STFC Public Engagement Small Awards
The STFC Public Engagement Small Awards 2016B call is now open. Applications may be submitted until 4.00pm on Thursday 27th October 2016. The scheme provides funds for small, local or ‘pilot’ projects promoting STFC science and technology. Almost anyone can apply, including grant-funded research groups, STFC research facility users, schools, museums, etc. Awards range from £500 to £10,000 and the expenditure can go towards materials, salaries and travel & subsistence. Projects must be relevant to publicising engagement or teaching about the STFC science and technology areas,...
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The 2016 round of the Public Engagement Large Awards Scheme is now open for applications to Stage 1. Applications can be accepted up to 4.00pm on Thursday 3rd November 2016. The Large Awards Scheme provides funds for projects which are expected to have a significant regional or national impact. We offer awards from £10,000 up to £100,000. Almost anyone can apply but project teams must have strong links with STFC’s scientific research community. We also encourage partnerships that may positively impact on the success of the project e.g. universities with science...
Read MorePost Doc Position, Open University
A three Year Post Doctoral Research Associate position in Astrobiology/Planetary Science. Applications are invited for a Leverhulme-funded PDRA position within the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The aim of the project is to investigate the feasibility of contemporary life elsewhere in the solar system with a focus on Mars and the sub-surface oceans icy moons, Enceladus and Europa. You will combine laboratory-based simulation experiments with thermochemical modelling to define the limits of habitability and investigate whether primitive Solar System material...
Read MoreAstrobiology Primer v2.0
The second, updated version for of the Astrobiology Primer has now been published. This updates the original 2006 edition. The primer serves as an introduction to the various topics that make up the field of astrobiology. It is aimed at a PhD-student level, but is a useful summary of the state of the field no matter what stage you are at. The primer is available online as free-to-view open access article via the Astrobiology Journal.
Read MoreUCL Post-Doc Vacancy
UCL is advertising for a post-doc to work in the Lane lab on the origin of life in alkaline hydrothermal vents. Candidates should have expertise in analytical chemistry (MS, HPLC, NMR) and high motivation. Details available here, quoting ref 1571617. Closing date 9th September 2016.
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