What you might have missed over the summer
Hi there and welcome to the second edition of our LinkedIn round-up newsletter! Please let us know how we can make this as useful to you as possible.
Advice and opportunities
Talking to the founders of the Black in Plant Science network
Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso and John Baison co-founded the Black in Plant Science UK initiative, to create resources and opportunities to nurture, connect and retain UK-based Black Plant Scientists. They were awarded the Advancing Culture prize at the UKRI FLF Impact Awards earlier this year, so we went to hear more about their story:
UKRI Policy Internships: there's still time to apply!
The scheme provides an opportunity for UKRI-funded doctoral students to undertake a three-month placement at one of a selected group of influential policy organisations. The student undertakes training and experience on a policy topic agreed with their host partner that is relevant to both parties. At the end of the internship, the student is expected to have:
More on how to apply and the partners we work with. Closing date October 2.
Recruiting Council Members
Applications are open until 15 September for council members across eight of our Research Councils. Application packs and full details can be found at this link. We are seeking to appoint up to 21 Council members, from a variety of backgrounds, including business, civil society, academia and government.?
There's also still time to apply to join AHRC's advisory board. Deadline is 12 September.
What I learned from a viral science experiment video
“You need something that will get people talking. If you can get talking to people, then you can tell them about the real science and why it matters. But you need an in.”
Dr Rob Thompson talked to us about his viral TikTok video which showed why we get flooding after a drought using a very simple experiment. Rob recently received the prestigious Michael Hunt Award for Increasing Public Understanding of Meteorology and its Applications. So we also asked him for his top tips on public engagement. Watch the video below:
What we're funding
￡28.5m in funding for Human Functional Genomics Initiative
Last month we announced funding that will support functional genomics research across the UK and contribute to the establishment of a new functional genomics screening laboratory.
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The Medical Research Council , in collaboration with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ( BBSRC ), has provided ￡28.5 million in funding to establish the Human Functional Genomics Initiative programme.
It aims to advance our understanding of how genomic variation influences human physiology and how it changes over time and in disease. More details.
98 new projects using artificial intelligence to improve productivity
The projects, which are funded through the Technology Missions Fund and delivered through the?Innovate UK?BridgeAI ?programme, involve more than 200 businesses and research organisations.
New to applying for funding on The Funding Service? We've got all you need to know in this YouTube playlist
Consultations and surveys
The next Spending Review will be the first for UKRI that has included formal commitments around place, so we will be preparing an investment strategy for places, which will set out at a high-level how UKRI investment will be informed by opportunities in places across the UK.
The strategy will build on the lessons learnt from existing programmes as well as wider evidence. To inform our work, we are interested in collecting perspectives on the current landscape - take part at the link below. Please note the closing date is 13 September.
#FundedbyYou: Stories from the news
A clinical trial has found a psoriasis drug to be effective in treating the early stages of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents.
The new study has shown that Ustekinumab, an established immunotherapy that has been used to treat psoriasis since 2009, is effective in preserving the body’s ability to produce insulin in type 1 diabetes. The results bring the goal of managing type 1 diabetes without insulin a step closer.
The study, funded by a Medical Research Council and National Institute for Health and Care Research partnership, showed that after 12 months of using Ustekinumab C-peptide levels, a sign that the body is producing insulin, were 49% higher. While the trial demonstrates the benefit of using Ustekinumab to treat type 1 diabetes, further clinical trials are required to confirm this finding and to work out which patients would benefit most from the treatment.
And finally, one of the projects funded under the Horizon Europe Guarantee fund. We've now awarded ￡2bn in grants under the scheme, which has been running since 2021.
Researcher - Author - Consultant
1 个月UK National Health Service Transformation Results. I am asking once again if any of the 8,900 people on LinkedIn with the title of NHS Transformation Director have any results of transforming the NHS patient journey. I have asked this question many times over the last twelve months and also emailed a lot of NHS departments but so far received nothing. The UK waiting list for treatment now extends to over 7.5 million cases. When I analyse the patient journey the value adding touch time is between 8 and 14% of the elapsed calendar time consumed, so time is a relevant measure of success in the NHS. My time based analysis framework can help transform the UK NHS. Please track a patient journey and record the value adding time, and by default the NVA time if you do not believe me.? See - Patient Safety Learning Hub -https://lnkd.in/eZUjzFid Please advise if you have any results.