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Congratulations to Dr Becky Smethurst - awarded IoPs Mary Somerville Medal

Dr Becky Smethurst (Department of Physics) has been awarded the Mary Somerville Medal for exceptional early career contributions to public engagement within physics in recognition of the success of her YouTube channel, Dr Becky.

Science communication during a pandemic: is science writing the solution? Nov 3, 6-7pm GMT

This free event, Is science writing the solution?, is a panel discussion hosted by Professor Alice Roberts which will be followed by the announcement of the winner of the 2020 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize.

British Science Association Award Lectures, deadline 3 December

Every year the British Science Association asks for applications for the seven Award Lectureships available to early career academics who are skilled at engaging people with their research. These Award Lectures aim to promote open and informed discussion of science and related disciplines.

EPSRC Digital economy telling tales of engagement competition, deadline 16 Dec

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, under the UK Research and Innovation digital economy theme, invites submissions for its digital economy telling tales of engagement competition, which aims capture the wider impact of digital economy research and to provide researchers with the opportunity to tell their story of research impact in an interesting and engaging way to a wider audience.

British Educational Research Association Public Engagement and Impact Award, deadline 2 Oct 2020

This recognises the impact of research and practice in the education community and how they have demonstrably engaged the public. Two awards worth £500 each are available.

Royal College of Psychiatrists Morris Markowe public engagement prize, deadline 1 Oct 2020

The Royal College of Psychiatrists invites entries for the Morris Markowe public engagement prize, which recognises an article on a psychiatric topic aimed at the wider, non-specialist public. There is a cash prize of £1,000.

European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Public Engagement Award, deadline 20 Oct 2020

The European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy invites nominations for its public engagement award, which recognises activities that have engaged the public in gene and cell therapy research. There's a cash prize of €500 and complimentary registration to their annual congress.

Public Engagement with Research Seed Fund 2019/20 - project list now available

The list of project summaries for this year's PER Seed Fund projects are now available - 23 projects were funded in total, seven from MPLS researchers. Take a look, for inspiration and ideas.

Vice Chancellor's Public Engagement with Research Award winners 2019 announced

In a glitzy awards ceremony in a packed lecture theatre in Keble College, the winners of the VC PER Awards were announced - featuring two awards for MPLS researchers - and three more highly commended awards.

Public Engagement with Research Seed Fund 2018/19 - project list now available

The list of project summaries for this year's PER Seed Fund projects are now available - 12 projects were funded in total, three from MPLS researchers. Take a look, for inspiration and ideas.

Dr Sam Henry awarded MPLS Impact Award for Public Engagement with Research

Dr Sam Henry (Dept of Physics) has won the MPLS Impact Award in the Public Engagement with Research Category. You can find out more about some of his public engagement work in this video.

Dr Holly Reeve appointed MPLS BSA Media Fellow

Dr Holly Reeve, Project Manager and Co-Investigator of the HydRegen project (Department of Chemistry), has been awarded the MPLS British Science Association Media Fellowship and will be working at the Mirror this July.

MPLS Impact Awards Announced

This year MPLS has honoured 11 researchers from across the Division for their impactful work, including for public engagement with research. The awards were announced at the MPLS Winter Party.

Public Engagement with Research - Funded projects list now available