School of CS newsletter

Congratulations to Andrei Muntean (Y2, CSwIE), Geanina Hinta (Y1, CSwIE), Cristian Bodnar (Y1, CSwIE), Anais Hristea (Y1, HCIwIE), Alexandra Misca (Y1, HCI4wIE), and Dainis Gorbunovs (Y2, CS4wIE) -- L to R in the picture, with Duncan Hull on the far right -- who won the #UniTechChallenge at BBC Salford Keys last Thursday 3 Dec. They beat stiff competition from five other teams at Universities across the North West, and won prizes of £600 between them and work experience at the BBC, BAML or Barclays (who organised the contest), plus fast-tracked applications to graduate and intern programs. An impressive and fantastic result, well done all! (This article is from Toby Howard's Monday Mail.)

Please contact sarah.chatwin@manchester.ac.uk for more information including:

•          A document on how to approach impact in Horizon 2020 proposals
•          A note on Open Science, which is of particular relevance to the forthcoming H2020 Marie Curie European Training Network - call deadline: 12 Jan 2016

16 December 2015: Deadline for staff to update their output selections

RRE eligible staff should update their RRE outputs and information via 'MyManchester'. If you have any questions on the system please contact Sarah Chatwin.

Deadline: noon 11 Dec

Although there is still no cap on the number of nominations to this scheme, we have agreed to hold another internal review process for submissions to the Royal Academy’s Research Chairs/Senior Research Fellowships with the Dean, as nominations require his support.  As the RAEng deadline is 1^st February, with Christmas right in the middle, the process will be light touch.

Applicants are asked to provide a 2 page outline (max), to be submitted by noon on Friday 11 Dec to Vicky Holt via e-mail Vicky.holt@manchester.ac.uk,  detailing the following:

• Details of proposed industry support (please note it is not necessary to submit a finalised support letter from your industrial partner at this stage)
• Fit with University research and investment strategy
• Impact of research (meant to be “use inspired”)
• Plans for self sustainability once RAEng finding ended

The 2 page outlines will be reviewed by a Faculty level panel.  Nomination/s given approval to go forward for submission to the Royal Academy will be provided with a letter of support from the Dean.

Any queries regarding applications to this scheme should be referred to the School Research Support Manager (Sarah Chatwin) in the first instance.

Full details regarding the scheme itself can be accessed at the following link: http://www.raeng.org.uk/grants-and-prizes/support-for-research/research-chairs