- 'Our Routes for Academic Engagement with Government' outlines ways external experts can engage with government
- 'Directory of Academic and Policy Exchange Schemes' – list of short and long term opportunities for academics and policy makers to learn more about each other’s work.
23.07.2025 18:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Search, browse or analyse Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) from UK governmental bodies.
Where can research make a difference? See how your research could help solve problems and inform government policy.
New initiative!
GO-Science works to foster two-way trusted connections between government and theresearch community, supporting the use of excellent science advice in policy and decision-making. See thread for examples of resources included.
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Photo competition open at the moment!! Open through 15 August.
21.07.2025 12:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Travel Award Deadline today!!
The next deadline for our Travel Award is today - 15 July! if you're heading to a conference or meeting or needing some extra funds for fieldwork, we can offer support of up to £500. full details on our website!
www.challenger-society.org.uk/Applicant_Gu...
15.07.2025 13:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
So glad to be able to support people to gain valuable skills and connections by working in the field. Keep us posted when you analyse the data @aidandonnelly.bsky.social !
28.05.2025 21:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Next History SIG talk: 5pm UK time on Wednesday 21 May. It will be given by Jo Williams of the National Oceanography Centre and will be called "Using Citizen Science to Rescue Historical Tide Gauge Data".
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The role (3-yr term) involves:
Receiving applications & responding to inquiries
Managing assessing criteria, with Council input
Communicating on application success
Administering reporting requirements
Attending Council meetings 4x annually
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Council Position available!
We are looking for a new Student Travel Awards & Stepping Stones Portfolio member to administer the travel & research grants available for Early Career Researchers.
Main tasks are communicating with applicants & tracking completed reports. Deadline 16 May 2025.
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Workshop on the contribution of UK Arctic Ocean science to the International Polar Year 32/33 | NOC EventsListBasket
Workshop Announcement:
Discussing the UK contribution to the Arctic Ocean science to the International Polar Year 32/33.
At NOC Southampton on 11 & 12 June 2025 (with hybrid option). Registration deadline 16th May
Register: noc-events.co.uk/workshop-con...
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Our next issue of the Challenger Wave is out today! check it out for latest news, events and opportunities!
www.challenger-society.org.uk/Challenger_W...
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Next History SIG talk tonight at 5pm!
19 March 2025: John Gould, National Oceanography Centre: From Swallow Floats to Argo, 50 years of Technology Development.
Please use this link to join:
lnkd.in/eqAfXpQr
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Save the date!
Townhall on the UK Arctic Ocean contribution to the International Polar Year 2032/2033
12:00 11th June – 16:00 12th June 2025
NOC Southampton
More details: challenger-society.org.uk/Home
International Polar Year details:
13.03.2025 13:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
LinkedIn
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Registration for Deep-Sea Ecosystems Special Interest Group meeting in Newcastle is now live (lnkd.in/e9KNwaMd). Closes on the 9th of May.
Meeting will be 15-16 July 2025 in person (remote attendance TBC), hosted by Will Reid at Dove Marine Lab on the outskirts of Newcastle.
25.02.2025 08:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Job opportunity 🙌
Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) is hiring a Offshore Industries Coordinator. This full-time, fully funded three-year role focuses on reducing the impact of offshore industries on whales and dolphins. Deadline: 12 March 2025
Details: uk.whales.org/about/job-va...
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News
Next online History SIG talk is today at 5pm!
19 February 2025: David Bowers, University of Bangor: The Loch Ness Monastery: a Tale of Edwardian Scientists and Monks.
Zoom link to join ukri.zoom.us/j/9523329470...
Full list of talks here: www.challenger-society.org.uk/News/httpsuk...
19.02.2025 09:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NOC Association of Marine Science National Capability Beneficiaries (NOCA) 2025 | NOC EventsListBasket
Registration open for the 14th NOC Association AGM!
This free event will be over Zoom on 15 & 16 May 2025 10-12:30. Proposed topics: national capability (science, ships & AUVs), community engagement, updates on AtlantiS & new marine science scoping group.
Register: noc-events.co.uk/noc-associat...
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January issue of Challenger Wave is now out! Get it here: www.challenger-society.org.uk/files/pagefi...
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Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
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Last chance to join Dr Bahareh Kamranzad for the launch of the MASTS 2025 Webinar series today (22/01) at 1pm: Coastal Resilience in a Changing Climate: Challenges and Opportunities. Register below. 🌊🏘️
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9e9fb7...
22.01.2025 10:33 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
First History SIG webinar this Wednesday 15 January at 5pm!
Philip Pearson: Remembered Lives, The Remarkable Seamen of the Challenger Expedition.
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Joining Link available on our website. challenger-society.org.uk/News/httpsuk...
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13.01.2025 10:33 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Research vessel Coriolis II, ISMER
Research Projects Offer in Physico-Chemical Oceanography at ISMER-UQAR 🌊
@uqar.bsky.social
Join the team of Mathilde Jutras, a new professor at ISMER-UQAR.
She is looking for students and researchers of all levels to form her research group.
More info: mathildejutras.github.io/offres_gradu...
03.01.2025 20:22 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Our final SCAR newsletter of the year has just been sent out!
It features an interactive End-of-Year Review.
Join us in reflecting on 2024, and we can't wait to reconnect in 2025 for another year of Antarctic science and collaboration.
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🌊 Join our Workshop on Nature Restoration #WKREST in March 2025 to explore how ICES expertise can help meet targets set by the EU's Nature Restoration Law to restore marine habitats.
📅 4–7 March 2025
🔗Register ices.dk/community/groups/Pages/WKREST.aspx
20.12.2024 15:06 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
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Don't miss out! 📣 The 4th round of applications for the
@uofgjmsphd.bsky.social Scholarships are open until 31 Jan 2025.
12 Scholarships are available in any research area where the University can supervise. Plus mentorship, placements, networking and much more!
➡️ www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
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Discover new research from across the sciences and highlights from the world's longest-running journal archive. Part of @royalsociety.org royalsociety.org/journals
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URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography is one of the world’s premier academic institutions of oceanography and ocean exploration. An anchor of the blue economy.
Combining more than 120 years of ocean research with the repeatedly ranked No. 1 U.S. institution in innovation, impact and sustainability.
Eukaryotic Plankton Ecology and Evolution | Associate Professor @biosstation.bsky.social @arizonastateuni.bsky.social | ZoopGroup laboratory | Se Habla Español
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Biogeochemical Oceanographer ⚓️
UEA - UNC - VIMS
Scientific Assistant @EawagResearch🇨🇭MRes Marine Biology at Plymouth University/MBA 🇬🇧 Research interests include evolution, ecophysiology & parasite/host interactions 🇨🇦 Birding enthusiast 🦉
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Marine biologist and science communicator 🌍👩🏽🔬 | PGR at University of Liverpool, UK | she/her #FirstGen | eDNA, climate change, intertidal, conservation marketing | https://www.dinathebiologist.com/
Our mission is to work with the research community to secure cutting-edge capabilities and expertise that enable world-leading science.
🎧 Dive deeper into FMRI - listen to the podcast with Dr Helen Czerski
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Birds/dragonflies (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk), Oceanography/cetaceans (Southern Ocean, Antarctica)
Marine physiologist 🌊
Postgraduate researcher @ Exeter Uni 🐟
Marine biogeochemistry 🌊 (phyto)plankton genetics 🧬 climate science 🌎 | PhD student @ Uni of Oxford | New Scientist Video reporter
Geology @ Plymouth Uni | plate tectonics, volcanology, geochemistry
PhD Marine Ecology 📉/ Detection dog handler & trainer🐕 / Conservation & welfare 🏞/ Scotland & beyond 🌏/ Art & Science 🎨/ Mountains 🏃🏻♀️🗻
Technological design to interpret signatures of ocean biology and biogeochemistry, at scale. Specialisation in omics, eDNA and microbiology
Sensor development at the UK's National Oceanography Centre. Microfluidics, system design, and fieldwork to enable marine science. Views my own.
Chemical oceanographer. Studying trace nutrients in the Southern Ocean and their impact on carbon cycling. Postdoc at Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, University of Tasmania.
