MPLS Impact Awards 2019 winners announced at Winter Reception
The annual MPLS Impact Awards aim to foster and raise awareness of impact by rewarding it at a local level, preparing the ground for the impact case studies that will be needed for REF 2021, and future similar exercises. Awards comprise a pay award of £1,000 (minus taxes) made to the individual.
Read moreNew interim Head of MPLS Division appointed
Read moreAstronomers detect hundreds of thousands of previously unknown galaxies
A major new radio sky survey has revealed hundreds of thousands of previously undetected galaxies, shedding new light on many research areas including the physics of black holes and how clusters of galaxies evolve.
Read moreOxford students and Seychellois volunteers team up for an epic beach-clean mission
A group of Oxford graduate students is setting off to spend five weeks taking part in the Aldabra Clean-Up Project – an ambitious collaboration between the University of Oxford and the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF).
Read moreLab-grown meat’s promise for cutting climate warming depends on an energy revolution
Growing meat in the laboratory may do more damage to the climate in the long run than meat from cattle, according to new research.
Read moreProfessor Donal Bradley awarded the E-MRS 2019 Jan Czochralski Award
This award is in recognition of Professor Bradley's achievements in the field of Advanced Materials Science.
Read moreMPLS Division announces its first-ever Strategic Plan for Public Engagement with Research
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We are home to the mathematical, physical, engineering and life sciences at Oxford. Our research is the best of its kind in the country according to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, which is used to assess university research across the UK.
Upcoming events
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Strachey Lecture - Doing for our robots what evolution did for us: Professor Leslie Kaelbling (MIT)
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 3pm to 4pm
equality and diversity in mpls
Find out more about the Division's commitment to equality and diversity.
What's new
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MPLS Impact Awards 2019 winners announced at Winter Reception
19 February 2019
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New interim Head of MPLS Division appointed
18 February 2019
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Oxford sparks launch new podcast: why should we cuddle?
14 February 2019
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Professor Donal Bradley awarded the E-MRS 2019 Jan Czochralski Award
12 February 2019
Funding & Awards
2019 VICE-CHANCELLOR'S PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH RESEARCH AWARDS
Closing date for entries Tuesday 2 April. Award ceremony 10 July 2019
These Awards recognise those who undertake high-quality engagement activities or have contributed to building capacity in this area. Up to 12 Awards will be made across three categories: Projects, Building Capacity, and Early Career Researcher.
EPSRC IAA SMALL GRANT FUNDING
Deadline: 12 noon, 25 February 2019
Four schemes available: Partnerships, Technology Fund, Impact Workshops, and Doctoral Impact. Please speak to your department’s Research Facilitator or click the link in the title for details, including updated scheme guidance.
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