Patricia Gruver

Patricia Gruver

Science & Innovation Officer

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6th September 2016 Los Angeles, USA

Patricia Gruver

by Patricia Gruver

Science & Innovation Officer

FUNDING: NIH opportunities

Attention researchers! We’d like to highlight the following NIH opportunities that are currently open and soliciting proposals in which non-U.S. organizations, non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations and/or other non-U.S. components may apply. If you are a researcher in the UK looking to partner with a colleague in the U.S (or vice versa)., there may be an […]

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31st August 2016 Los Angeles, USA

Patricia Gruver

by Patricia Gruver

Science & Innovation Officer

FUNDING: Microbiome Partnership Development Awards: Open Call for Submissions

The UK-US Partnership Development Awards Programme aims to develop new relationships in the field of microbiome research, leading to long‐term research collaborations. Applications for the current round are open to academic and innovation experts in the UK and US. Ideal outcomes include joint publications; joint or complementary funding applications; student / researcher exchange programmes; sharing […]

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8th July 2016 Los Angeles, USA

Patricia Gruver

by Patricia Gruver

Science & Innovation Officer

FUNDING: Lead Agency Agreement between EPSRC and NSF

This post is meant to highlight a new lead agency agreement between the EPSRC and NSF for international collaboration.  The lead agency agreement model allows researchers to submit a single collaborative proposal with a joint funding decision, informed by a single lead agency review. This review process will follow the usual process for the lead agency. […]

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20th May 2016 Los Angeles, USA

Patricia Gruver

by Patricia Gruver

Science & Innovation Officer

Hyperloop: Just a Pipe Dream?

In July 2012, Elon Musk touted a proposal that would place the Jetsons within the realm of possibility. He proposed a solar-powered tunnel which could transport people from Los Angeles to San Francisco in an unbelievable 30 minutes. You would think we were discussing the future, but this idea has been floating around for over a […]

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19th May 2016 Los Angeles, USA

Patricia Gruver

by Patricia Gruver

Science & Innovation Officer

Trust Your Gut: Scientists Want to Study your Microbiome

It’s easy to forget that there are trillions of microbes that call us home. We tend to only think about our inhabitants when they’re causing us harm, but science suggests there’s much more to our microscopic squatters. Currently hailed as “the holy grail of health and wellness,” the microbiome is the ecosystem that lives in, […]

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19th May 2016 Los Angeles, USA

Patricia Gruver

by Patricia Gruver

Science & Innovation Officer

Funding: Global Challenges Research Fund

Agriculture and Food Systems call (~£15M) The challenge of ensuring access to a safe, sufficient and nutritious diet for a healthy life – whilst maintaining a healthy agri-environment – will intensify as demand for food rises with an increasing global population, urbanisation and changing diets. At the same time as ensuring a sustainable food supply […]

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4th April 2016 Los Angeles, USA

Patricia Gruver

by Patricia Gruver

Science & Innovation Officer

Why So Serious? Brits play serious games with US researchers to improve health outcomes

By Science and Innovation Officer Patricia Gruver and Head of Science and Innovation Washington Catharine Young  Imagine a child playing video games for hours on end with their parents’ full awareness and support. Sound like poor parenting? Not if the child is playing serious games. What is a serious game, you may ask? A serious game is […]

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8th September 2015 Los Angeles, USA

Patricia Gruver

by Patricia Gruver

Science & Innovation Officer

2015: A Space Blogyssey Part 2

with contributions by Stefania Di Mauro-Nava *This is part 2 of a multi-part blog series on the UK space sector* Led by Innovate UK, with support from UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and the UK Science and Innovation Network (UK SIN), nine representatives from UK-based start-ups in the space and nanosatellite applications sector got the […]

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