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The Policy Support Fund is open to all departments to provide internal grants for strategic projects working towards enabling evidence-based policy making. Apply before Friday 26 June for bids up to £50,000.

A new national framework for identifying and describing skills needs will help employers, training providers, job seekers, and people looking to upskill, thanks to work from ÌÇÐÄTV’s Institute for Employment Research and partners.

You may already know that plant-based diets improve key cardiovascular risk factors – now, ÌÇÐÄTV analysis has shown they may also help lower levels of a key marker of inflammation in the body, increasingly recognised as a driver of age-related diseases.

Researchers will soon move to using the Symplectic Elements system to capture research impact and to collaborate. Join a webinar on Thursday 21 May to find out what is changing and what this means for you.

Want to celebrate Social Science research at the ESRC Festival of Social Science? From exhibitions, lectures, and debates to performances and workshops, express your interest - on the theme of money, finance and the cost of living - by Friday 22 May.

Early career researchers and PhD students from all faculties are invited to enter a new interdisciplinary innovation competition - Putting New Ideas Into Practice. Submit ideas with real‑world impact by Friday 8 May for the chance to win a £500 prize.

Co-hosted by Dr Samantha Flynn (Centre for Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disability) and Dr Carrie Grant MBE, neurodiversity advocate, the series brings together lived experience and expert insight to provide practical support for families and professionals.

There’s still time to share your experiences to help colleagues exploring setting up a network for professional services researchers.  

Dr Jeremy Keown (School of Life Sciences) will investigate how viruses replicate at the molecular level to help develop urgently needed antiviral therapies.