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19th February 2021
In this edition:
 
  • New Items
  • Events 
  • Funding & Opportunities
  • Training
  • Research links
Nicola West Publication & New Periodontal Treatment Guideline Recommendations

Secretary of the British Society of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry
Secretary General of the European Federation of Periodontology
 
In 2020-2021, Nicola led a workshop on behalf of the British Society of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry (BSP), which involved taking the European Federation of Periodontology S3-level Periodontal Treatment Guideline document, and developing a UK version, suitable for the UK healthcare system. The aim of the guideline is to improve the quality of periodontal care delivered, the patients’ overall health and quality of life.

Nicola involved many stakeholders in this project, from a variety of organisations, to gain a broader insight and include different perspectives when reviewing the clinical recommendations. The working group meetings took place during lockdown and comprised of dental professionals, medical experts, key healthcare stakeholders and BSP Patient Forum who were all committed to rapidly review the European guidelines. 15 systematic reviews were distilled to 62 recommendations which were agreed by consensus and resulted in the S3-level (highest level) periodontal treatment guidelines for the UK. The paper was published in the Journal of Dentistry.

A flowchart has been produced including video of Nicola, Alex Pollard and Dominic Clark-Roberton from Bristol Dental School and will be distributed to all dental practices and Schools throughout the UK supported by a grant from GSK. Information is available here about the variety of resources the BSP has produced to assist the wider dental community in interpreting the guidelines, and to empower patients with information to take responsibility for aspects of their disease management.
New Items
 
Events:
  • Bristol Medical School Climate & Health Webinar Series: Our first talk is happening on the 26th of February at 12:00 as part of the student-organised Climate Emergency Day of Action, a series of events and "teach-outs" on the theme of climate change, open to all staff, students, and the public. The first presentation will be from Dr Eunice Lo from the School of Geographical Sciences and the Cabot Institute for the Environment. Dr Lo will be talking about Heatwaves and Mortality: Past, Present and Future Impacts. Join the event on Zoom here (12pm, 26 February)
  • Introduction to Research Grant Applications: Health & Life Sciences: The Research Development Team (based within RED) will be running a Workshop to give you an introductory overview and will explore the following topics: types of grants available for your discipline; the funding environment; what you need to take into account when choosing a funder; the basic anatomy of a grant application; the research funding application and assessment process; what support is available to you within the University. To book a place, please register here ASAP. Should you have any questions, please contact Sandra and Joe at rda-healthlife@bristol.ac.uk. This will take place via Zoom over two sessions, 10am-11am Friday 26 February 10am-11am and Friday 5 March.
Funding & Opportunities:
  • ***RED FOHS list of funding opportunities***
  • Philip Leverhulme Prize 2021: These prizes recognise researchers at an early stage of their careers whose work has had international impact and whose future research career is exceptionally promising. Every year the prize scheme makes up to thirty awards of £100,000, across a range of academic disciplines. Please note that no institution may submit more than three nominations in any prize area. As these are individual prizes and not research funding applications, RED will not be running a major bids process for the call, therefore Heads of Schools/Heads of Department, School Research Directors and Faculty research directors will therefore need to consider demand management procedures due to the institutional cap. The 2021 round closes for nominations at 16:00 on 17 May 2021.
  • MRes Health Sciences Research call for projects: Requesting project proposals for the MRes in Health Sciences Research from researchers within the Schools of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Life Sciences. The Programme is primarily aimed at intercalating clinicians (post 3rd year medics, dentists and vets), bioscience graduates and recently qualified medics, dentists and vets who wish to develop their research skills. The emphasis of the Programme is a ~8-month research project (carried out November 2021 – July 2022), for which the supervisor receives a £4,000 bench fee for project costs. If you would like to propose a project, please complete the attached form and email it to Fiona Holmes at healthsciences-mres@bristol.ac.uk (no need to email form again if offering a previously submitted project, just let Fiona know) by Monday 8 March 2021.
Events

Funding & Opportunities
Deadlines 
  • UKRI Statement - Coronavirus and funded research. UKRI have released a statement on the impact of the coronavirus and funded research.
  • ***REMINDER*** NIHR Global Health Groups and Units - internal process: The NIHR has calls out for Global Health Research Units and Global Health Research Groups, to support delivery of applied health research that will improve health outcomes for people living in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and strengthen crucial research capability in resource-poor settings.The NIHR closing date for applications is 1pm GMT on 18 May 2021. An internal process has been put in place for these calls; see below timelines. More information is available here. See 'Events' for webinar details. Internal deadline for expressions of interest: midday 22 Feb 2021
  • ***REMINDER*** Internal Global Challenges Ad Hoc scheme 2020/21: This scheme is open for applications which will develop equitable research partnerships with colleagues in Lower and Middle Income Countries.  All activities and expenditure must take place before 31st July 2021. The application form and scheme guidance and FAQS are available on our Global Challenges SharePoint site. Researchers considering applying to this scheme may find it helpful to refer our ODA toolkit. Please contact the Research Development (International) team if you have any queries about this scheme. Deadline(s):  23 February 2021.
  • ***REMINDER*** Internal Funding Call Notification: QR GCRF Research Workshops: This call aims to support Bristol researchers and their overseas partners run workshops which focus on tackling development challenges and have the potential to create impact in Lower and Middle Income countries (LMIC).  Applicants can run either a physical or an online workshop, but contingency plans must be in place should restrictions due to the response to COVID-19 prevent physical workshops taking place. Please contact rd-international@bristol.ac.uk if you have any queries about this call. Deadline(s): 23 February 2021. 
  • ***REMINDER*** ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants: launch of internal process. Further information and a brief internal application form is available on the RED website: Starting Grants; and Consolidator Grants. The deadline for internal applications for both schemes (applications can be submitted and reviewed in advance of this deadline) is 12pm, Wednesday 24 February.
  • ***REMINDER*** Healthy ageing catalyst awards – These awards support research into products and services for healthy ageing. Projects must tackle a problem that has a significant impact on later life.  Awards are worth up to £50,000 at 80 per cent full economic costs over 1 year. If interested in applying, please contact John Halliwell and Lisa Kehoe in the Impact Development Team. EoI deadline 25 February 
  • ***ECR*** Daniel Turnberg UK/Middle East Travel Fellowships: These Fellowships provide up to £4,000 for one month (or £9,000 for up to three months), to cover travel and subsistence for a research project. Funding is designed to enable early-career researchers in the UK and the Middle East to meet leading researchers in their field, learn new techniques, and develop ideas for longer-term collaborations. Deadline 1 March 2021.
  • EBI Research Associate Position Advertised (Job No. ACAD104869): The Elizabeth Blackwell Institute is looking for a researcher who can work with us to deliver research and a publication focused on equality, diversity and inclusion. For informal enquiries please contact Nina Couzin nina.couzin@bristol.ac.uk. Closing date 23:59 3 March 2021 
  • Elizabeth Blackwell Institute and Cabot Institute for the Environment: Joint call on Climate Change and Health. The aim is to support new interdisciplinary collaborations between University of Bristol researchers in the area of Climate Change and Health that would lead to major research bids in this space. A total of £30K is available and we expect to support around three projects. Please note funds awarded need to be spent by 31 July 2021. Please send any questions to ebi-health@bristol.ac.uk. Closing date for applications is 4 March 2021.  
  • Academy of Medical Science Starter Grants Scheme - Round 25 - for clinical lecturers. provide up to £30,000 over 1-2 years for research costs, enabling research-active Clinical Lecturers to gather data to strengthen their bids for longer-term fellowships and funding. Find out more here. Deadline for applications: 08 March 2021
  • Spring 2021 UHBW Research Capability Funding and Above and Beyond grants now open: Please find the application form and further guidance. Please read the guidance and then contact Caroline Nash or Elinor Griffiths with any queries: 0117 34 29897/29883 Email: funding@uhbw.nhs.uk. Grant applications leading to: NIHR Project and Programme grants: Considered on a rolling basis NO DEADLINE. Other applications: DEADLINE 09:00, Wednesday 31 March 2021.
  • International Biofilm Centres Launch Priority Questions Exercise: The international group are calling for support from the biofilm community to help identify important questions that, if answered, will make a considerable impact on the fundamentals of the field of microbial biofilms, to innovation in technologies and other approaches to prevent, detect, manage and engineer biofilms. Such exercises can play a critical role in bridging the gap between the data generated by researchers, and the information needed by policymakers to make funding or regulatory decisions. Questions can be submitted via this short online form before 31 March 2021.
  • Early deadlines: ERC Starting and Consolidator Grant schemes: Assuming access to the ERC is maintained, ERC Starting and Consolidator grant schemes are likely to be amongst the first deadlines under Horizon Europe. If you are interested in applying to either scheme, please contact the EU Research Team Mailbox at eu-research@bristol.ac.uk so that we can keep you updated with the latest developments and guide you through the UoB process. Provisional deadlines are as follows: Starting Grant: 9 March 2021. Consolidator Grant: 20 April 2021.
  • Expression of interest: UKRI transforming UK food systems for health and environment: Apply for funding to support interdisciplinary research into interventions that will transform the UK food system. Your project should bring together elements from both of these areas: 1) production, processing, manufacturing, food environments; 2) healthier diets and consumption. Further details can be found here. If you are interested in applying, please contact Sandra Spencer (sandra.spencer@bristol.ac.uk). Closing date for Expression of Interest: 22 April 2021.
  • Joint funding scheme between the BHF, DZHK and the DHF: This is a partnership research funding scheme between the British Heart Foundation (BHF), the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and the Dutch Heart Foundation (DHF). Awards will fund research projects where the cross-national dimension enables work of higher impact than can be carried out nationally, and which will tackle novel and globally important themes. Application deadline: 30 April 2021.
  • New 3-year PhD Studentship (Medical Research) opportunity: The Humane Research Trust (THRT) has a new opportunity to apply for a funded 3yr PhD studentship. The Trust are seeking applications from lecturers at UK universities, who were appointed in the last 5 years, to supervise a PhD project “Les Rhoades Memorial PhD Studentship”. The 3-year PhD studentship will be funded, including bench fees, consumables and stipend, to a total grant of £40,000 per annum. The closing date for applications is April 30 2021. 
  • FCDO/MRC/Wellcome Health Systems Research Initiative In collaboration with ESRC – Foundation Grant (Call 8): This call aims to generate new knowledge to strengthen and improve health systems in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs).  Priorities for the call include: multidisciplinary, collaborative and multi-country or multi-site applications; focused in-depth applications, including those driven by social science questions. For further information, please refer to the call guidance and the HSRI Committee’s expectations for successful applications. Please contact rd-international@bristol.ac.uk if interested in applying. Deadline: 26 May 2021
Flexible timelines:

Bristol Clear: Academic research staff career development

Bristol Clear offers researchers a wide range of support, including early career researcher development, the Vice-Chancellor’s Fellowship Scheme, mentoring and training.
 
This year they have created a 'research career road map' and have matched the workshops to the level you may be in your career as well as to the four domains of Vitae's Researcher Development Framework. 
 
Training & Courses
PGR Support

If you have any questions about your studies, or would just like to chat to someone about how your time here is going, feel free to contact Tabitha.blackwell@bristol.ac.uk (PGR Admin) or B.Su@bristol.ac.uk (PGR Director). 

We are always happy to help in any way we can. Please note that we are both working remotely, so email or Skype for Business is the best way to contact us.

Tabitha & Bo Su

You can also find other support resources on our intranet pages, or contact the Bristol Doctoral College webpages for advice and information on other training and support opportunities.
 
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