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The Translational Research Initiative (TRI) would like to bring to your attention the following funding opportunities, seminars, events, workshops and support opportunities.

Funding Opportunities

MVLS IEE Public Engagement Fund - now open!

We are delighted to launch the MVLS IEE Public Engagement Fund 2024-25. This is a rolling call to enable our staff and PhD students to deliver high-quality engagement activities. The award is for a maximum of £500 and is intended to support colleagues who do not have access to other funds for these types of activities. The fund will be open until the 30th June 2025 and all activity must be delivered by 30th November 2025.

Further information and instructions on how to apply can be found here.

Tenovus Scotland Lady Margaret MacLellan Award 2024

In April 1985 a sum of money was made available by Sir Robin MacLellan to provide a monetary prize (with a suitably inscribed momento) to be awarded biennially for outstanding contributions to medical science in Scotland. We have pleasure in advising that the 19th Lady Margaret MacLellan Award will be made to the individual, or group of individuals, who are, or have been, actively engaged in medical research or providing medical leadership in Scotland and have contributed most in the field of 'Big Data in Health Care’ within Scotland in recent years. The sum of £3,000 and a suitable memento will be awarded.

We are pleased to invite nominations for submission by Saturday 30th Novmber 2024. Submissions should be marked ‘LADY MARGARET MACLELLAN AWARD 2024’ and an electronic copy sent to general.secy@tenovus-scotland.org.uk.

A citation of not more than 500 words would be appropriate and we would be grateful if you could also provide a brief Curriculum Vitae for each nominee, a paragraph stating the nature and significance of their contribution and a list, if appropriate, of relevant publications. Find out more about past recipients here.

Events and Workshops

Women Researchers' Enterprise Network (WREN): Navigating the Spinout Pathway with Scottish Enterprise

The Women Researchers' Enterprise Network (WREN) is excited to invite you to an informative online session featuring Nicola McMillan, the Team Leader of the Scottish Enterprise High Growth Company Creation team. Scottish Enterprise is the national agency for economic development in Scotland. It supports businesses in driving innovation and growth to help transform the Scottish economy.

During this webinar, Nicola will share insights on how Scottish Enterprise aids budding businesses with a variety of financial support options, including grants, loans, and venture capital investments. Additionally, we will learn about Scottish Enterprise's upcoming initiative designed to empower female entrepreneurs.

Ensure your spot in this virtual lunchtime event on Monday 11th November (12:00-13:00) by securing your webinar link through Eventbrite. Find out more about the WREN Network and our events here.

Celebrating Achievements in Knowledge Exchange and Innovation

On the 21st of November 2024, the University will celebrate people and projects from across the knowledge exchange and innovation spectrum at University of Glasgow’s Advanced Research Centre Atrium and Conference Suite. Sponsored by the Vice Principal for Economic Development & Innovation and the Vice Principal for Research & Knowledge Exchange, this event will recognise excellence and breadth of achievements in KE & I in all disciplinary and staff areas.

As part of the event, there will be a celebratory showcase highlighting student enterprise, KE & I staff projects and expertise via lightning talks, videos, tabletop and freestanding displays, demos and more, all around a ‘town square’ theme that celebrates the city of Glasgow and our links to it. The showcase will bookend an awards presentation that emphasises the impact and success of colleagues, partners, and teams in the following categories:

Lifetime Innovators
Spin-out of the Year
Student Start-up of the Year
Positive Contribution to Place-making
Glasgow Changing Futures Award
Rising Stars

Integral to this celebration will be the recognition by research staff of those professional Staff Champions who have made a critical contribution to their KE & I activity or outcome. For more information on the event, its programme, and how to nominate and recognise people, Staff Champions, and projects (deadlines 6th and 23rd of September), please visit Celebrating Achievements in Knowledge Exchange and Innovation. To attend this celebratory event, please register in advance here. We look forward to seeing you there!

When: Thursday 21st November 2024, 2 - 5.30 pm

Where: University of Glasgow ARC Conference Suite and Atrium, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Seminars and Webinars

School of Cancer Sciences Innovation, Engagement and Enterprise (IEE) Webinar Series

We are delighted to announce a new webinar series for Innovation, Engagement and Enterprise (IEE) within the School of Cancer Sciences. This series will enable you to find out more about IEE activities being undertaken across our School and MVLS, including help and support available from. These sessions will be held online and composed of two 15-minute presentations from our guest speakers.

Next week's guest speakers are: Dr Helen Mulvana (Biomedical Engineering) and Iain Taylor (MVLS Research Support Manager).

When: Wednesday 6th November 2024, 12.00-12.30pm

Where: Microsoft Teams - Please use this link to join.

BBSRC Community Webinar 2024

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is hosting a live community webinar on Thursday 12th December (10.00-11.30am) and would be delighted if you would be able to join us to hear our plans and ambitions for UK bioscience over the next year and beyond. The webinar will include hearing from our Executive Chair Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith and a Q&A session with members of our Leadership Team. There will also be opportunities for you to share your thoughts and insights to help shape our future plans and activities.

To secure your place, please register by 5pm on 29th November 2024, and we look forward to you joining us on Thursday 12th December at 10am.

We intend to make the session interactive and would be pleased to receive questions in advance via the registration form. More information, including the finalised agenda and joining instructions, will be sent to those that have registered nearer to the event. We would like to encourage broad participation in this event and would encourage you to advertise this webinar to your colleagues, students, and networks. The webinar will be recorded and made available shortly afterwards for those unable to attend. If you have any technical issues or questions, please contact strategyandplanning@bbsrc.ukri.org.

Intellectual Property (IP) Skills webinars

The highly popular webinar series on intellectual property is back with a new focus on IP skills. Find out more here. Last year we held a series of highly popular talks about the basics of intellectual property. This year we decided to shift focus onto practical skills that are essential for any innovative or entrepreneurial researcher.

Turning research outcomes into new businesses, products, and services is one of the primary ways in which the University of Glasgow delivers meaningful social, economic, and environmental impact beyond academia. IP is critical to this activity – many potential industrial partners and investors will only collaborate or provide funding with appropriate IP protection in place. This means IP is of enormous and growing importance for generating impact. This new series of talks will explore IP skills that are critical for generating impact: freedom to operate, prior art, IP discovery, IP safety, IP value, and IP strategy.

These talks will be led by highly experienced patent attorneys from Mewburn Ellis. Ample time will be devoted to questions and discussion. These talks are open to all members of the University community, but people who have not previously contacted the IP & Innovation Team are especially welcome. The next in this series of webinars will be held on Wednesday 6th November 2024, 12 - 1pm.

You can sign up for all the IP skills webinars in the series on these links:

#2 of 7: Graham Forrest will explore freedom to operate. Get your free ticket here
#3 of 7: Nathan Zhang will discuss prior art searching. Get your free ticket here
#4 of 7: Niles Beadman will discuss IP discovery and capture. Get your free ticket here
#5 of 7: Sean Jauss will discuss ensuring the safety of your IP. Get your free ticket here
#6 of 7: Dan Thornton will discuss understanding IP value. Get your free ticket here
#7 of 7: Eleanor Maciver will explain what a commercially driven IP strategy is. Get your free ticket here

Training and Networking Opportunities

Research Impact and Policy Training from CoSS - all researchers invited!

The Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team in CoSS are pleased to announce the launch of our Autumn semester training and development programme, and we invite researchers from all Colleges to these trainings. We have two core offerings:

Research Impact training series is delivered from the viewpoint of social science (primarily) but much is relevant for all researchers. In particular, tools for planning impact and evidencing it:

Introduction to Impact: 8th Nov (online)
Impact Planning Workshop: 13th Nov
Evaluating and Evidencing Impact: 20th Nov
Research Impact & the Global South: 21st Nov

All sessions are now open for booking through Inkpath. We encourage you to register early, done via Single Sign On. For more details, including dates, times, and registration links, please visit our College intranet page: Knowledge Exchange and Impact Training. Please contact Sarah Weakley (Sarah.Weakley@glasgow.ac.uk) or Eleanor MacPherson (Eleanor.MacPherson@glasgow.ac.uk) if you have any questions.

Sustainable Screen Scotland database - Promoting research expertise in environmental sustainability

Sustainable Screen Scotland database is a new directory of academics and professionals with expertise in environmental sustainability. Funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh as part of the Sustainable Screen Scotland network grant, it is aimed at the Scottish media, press and film and TV sectors. Its purpose is to make knowledge, skills and expertise around environmental sustainability easily available to press officers, journalists and newsrooms as well as film, TV and media producers, professionals and production companies working in Scotland. The directory also allows academics to find and contact each other.

The structure of the directory is based on the expert databases that are held by newsrooms in media organisations. To illustrate its various users and uses, the directory could be used by a journalist who is looking for an academic to interview about the environmental impact of music festivals; sustainable computing and coding; or the impacts of climate change on equality and diversity. It could also be used by a production manager looking for expertise for restoring the biodiversity after an outside location film shoot or music festival, or by a film producer needing advice about to power their shoot with hydrogen or solar powered generators. It could also be used by a cinema, studio or postproduction facility looking for consultants to advise on how to retrofit their facilities to lower their carbon footprint.

Signing up will make your particular expertise available to the news, screen and music sectors. Signing up to the database is free and takes around 10 minutes at: https://sustainablescreens.org/

For further information or any questions please contact Inge Sorensen, Jo Gurney or Mark Wong.

Amplify 2 Public Engagement Training Programme

The MVLS Engagement team have 3 spots available for groups from the following schools to participate in Amplify 2 – a public engagement training programme run by the Glasgow Science Centre (GSC).

School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health
School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing
School of Molecular Biosciences

As part of Amplify 2, you will receive:

1 full-day & 1-half day public engagement training with the GSC Team
3 half-day development sessions with the GSC team, working to create and hone an engagement activity/resource
Various delivery opportunities to showcase the activity developed including Glasgow Science Festival 2025, Explorathon 2025, British Science Week, Curious About, Science Lates etc.
Up to £900 to spend on kit or promotional activity

Full details can be found here. Please note, Cohort 1 is now full. Interested groups would need to be available for Cohort 2 dates. Each group should have between 4-5 people. A group does not have to be a formal research group, any group of people who could work together to create and develop an activity or resource are welcome to apply. If you are interested, please email mvls-engage@glasgow.ac.uk and provide the names & emails of the members of your group by Monday 15th November 2024 at the latest.

TRI Support

Clinical 1-to-1 drop-in sessions

The TRI are offering a translational research regulatory support scheme, aimed to provide interested researchers with personalised regulatory support from expert consultants. This initiative is funded by the Wellcome Trust and provides applicants with the opportunity to attend a 1-1 session with therapeutics and clinical device regulatory experts, who can provide tailored guidance and support on the regulatory requirements of clinical translational projects. Interested researchers are invited to submit a short application along with their questions to Dr Michaela Petaroudi, and successful applicants will be invited to attend an online meeting with the regulatory consultant. In case further support is needed, eligible researchers will be offered with the option to attend a follow-up session.

Who should attend? This event is open to all University of Glasgow research staff of all levels, who are actively involved in translational projects and have identified specific areas where regulatory support or advice is required.

When? Drop-in sessions are now available on-demand. Please email Dr Michaela Petaroudi to book or to register interest.

Case Studies and Information

Translational Case Studies

SOLASTA Bio - From concept to company.
Increasing vaccine access - Cattle vaccines against malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) in East Africa.

MVLS Informational Videos

Translational Research Initiative - A series of videos on aspects of translational research and what support is available at the University of Glasgow.