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News: Festival of Communities 2019
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It's just over a month to go until the Festival of Communities kicks off (15-16 June) exploring living and learning across the borough. The first wave of activities for our programme will be heading your way this week, so keep your eyes peeled!
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Opportunity: NCCPE & STFC's Wonder Match
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The NCCPE and the Science and Techologies Facilities Council are looking for scientists and engineers who have the hunger to share their research with new audiences to join them for the London Wonder Match event on 4 July. The event will focus on building partnerships between community organisations and researchers in STFC releated disciplines, to help develop new collaborative public engagement projects
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Opportunity: Volunteer at Soapbox Science
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Are you passionate about science and love talking to people about it? Do you want to raise awareness of gender inequality and help overcome science stereotypes? If you've answered yes, then why not volunteer to help out at Soapbox Science London on 25 May?
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Training: Introduction to Evaluating Public Engagement
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Wednesday 5 June, 13:30-16:00, Scape 0.15, Mile End Road
Join us for our next training session where we'll be looking more closely at all things evaluation in public engagement. Learn more about the tools that you can use to produce meaningful evaluation that could be used in REF Impact Case Studies.
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Training Workshop: Public Humanities
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Tuesday 11 June, 14:00-16:00, Scape 1.04, Mile End Road
This workshop will discuss different tools for addressing audiences other than specialists in your field. These tools range from writing op-eds based on research to writing general interests book, book reviews, podcasts, and social media strategies. No need to book in advance, just show up!
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Training: Public Humanities Short Course
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Wednesday 11-12 July, 9:00-17:00, School of Advanced Study
This two day short course will explore how public engagement can be embedded in humanities research careers and will cover working with the media, navigating impact and the REF, and funding.
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Advice: Surgery Slots Available
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The CPE run a regular fortnightly public engagement surgery where you can book a slot to pick the team's brains about projects, funding, logistics, and more.
- Tuesday 28 May: 10am-12noon, SCR Queens' Building, Mile End Campus
- Wednesday 12 June: 10am-12noon, The Shield, Charterhouse Square Campus
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Centre for Public Engagement Community Engagement Grants
Up to £500 to develop community engagement initiatives based on the needs of Queen Mary's local community.
Deadline: 15 May
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/publicengagement/funding/small-grants/community-engagement-grants/
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Centre for Public Engagement PPI Grants
Up to £500 to develop new and innovative opportunities to involve patients and the public with health-related research.
Deadline: 15 May
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/publicengagement/funding/small-grants/patient-and-public-involvement-ppi-grants/
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Centre for Public Engagement Small Grants
Up to £1000 to develop new engagement approaches, engage new audiences, or to try small or one-off projects.
Deadline: 15 May
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/publicengagement/funding/small-grants/public-engagement-grants/
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The British Academy/Wolfson Fellowship
Early career researchers in the Humanities and/or Social Sciences are invited to apply for up to £130,000 for three years to pursue research and public engagement
Deadline: 15 May
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/wolfson-fellowships
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Alzheimer's Research UK Inspire Fund
Three funding tiers (up to £30,000) available for projects to engage the public with dementia and current research
Deadline: 31 May
https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/grants/inspire-fund-public-engagement-grant/
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Insitute of Physics Public Engagement Grant Scheme
Up to £3000 available to fund physics-based events and activities in the UK and Ireland
Deadline: 31 May
https://beta.iop.org/public-engagement-grant-scheme
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Wellcome Trust Hub Award
Grants of up to £1m for a collaboration between researchers and creative minds to explore a health-related question in an innovative and experimental way
Deadline: 13 June
https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/hub-award
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