Brief description: Department of Research and Innovation Seminar - Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - pathways to impact, priorities and knowledge exchange

Title: Department of Research and Innovation Seminar - Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - pathways to impact, priorities and knowledge exchange.

Date: Thursday 3 March 2011

Time: 11am - 12.15pm

Venue: Department of Research and Innovation 'seminar room', 7th floor, Faraday Tower

Admission: Free. Anyone interested in applying to NERC or in current receipt of NERC funds will benefit from attending.

Speaker Profiles:
Sophie Hodgson is a Knowledge and Innovation Manager in NERC's Knowledge Exchange Team. Sophie is responsible for ensuring that the major elements of NERC's Knowledge Exchange funding portfolio are strategically aligned and for setting up and working with the up-and-coming Marine Renewable Energy KE Programme. Prior to joining NERC, Sophie worked in the fields of sedimentary geology and geophysics in both the public and private sectors.

Andrew Richardson has been with the research councils for over twenty years, and has worked in a variety of roles.  He is currently in NERC's Knowledge Exchange team, where he looks after NERC's knowledge exchange grant and studentship schemes.

Professor Tariq Butt is one of the world's authorities in biological control of arthropod pests using entomopathogenic fungi. Tariq was the recipient of two NERC follow on fund grants which he will discuss in a case study.
Other: By the end of the seminar, attendees will know more about:

• Pathways to Impact and NERC's research priorities.
• NERC's knowledge exchange schemes and elements of what a good grant proposal looks like.
• Experience of applying for and benefiting from a NERC grant

Contact details: To enrol, please reply to:
research and innovation@swansea.ac.uk