Tag: Doctoral Students

Global Bioeconomy Alliance (October 2026 – Mexico) – Call for Abstracts (Deadline 24 July)

Global Bioeconomy Alliance (October 2026 – Mexico) – Call for Abstracts

The Global Bioeconomy Alliance (GBA) connects leading universities worldwide to advance research, teaching, and innovation in bioeconomy. Through workshops, projects, and staff exchanges, we share knowledge and tackle global challenges. Our network brings together diverse expertise to build a sustainable, biobased future.

Join global experts from science, industry, and policy to explore emerging technologies driving the sustainable bioeconomy, and to feature the GBA Award for Impact and Leadership in Bioeconomy 2026.

Call for Abstracts – you can check the call here (deadline 24th July)

Researchers, industry professionals, policymakers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and students are invited to submit abstracts for presentation at the Global Bioeconomy Alliance (GBA) Conference 2026.

There is an early career researcher track, student fee discount and additional funding to support early career researchers attending (deadline 30 July).

Workplace Culture Survey (Deadline 10 Aug 2026)

Call for Participants: What’s your workplace culture? Your experience, your voice.

EDICa’s running a survey of research & innovation workplaces – capturing data from technicians, researchers, PhD students, professional service, administrative, managerial, operational, and support staff. http://go.hw.ac.uk/workplace2026

What is your organisations commitment to equity? Do you feel support by your employer? How is the work/life balance? How is the physical environment of your lab and/or office space?

Our national survey — Working in UK Research: Your Experience, Your Voice takes around 5 minutes to complete. It’s fully anonymous, and the findings will be shared openly with policymakers, funders, and sector bodies to help drive real, evidence-based change.

We’re particularly keen to hear from researchers at all career stages from doctoral students to established researchers and from those working across all disciplines and types of organisation, not just universities.

⏳ Survey closes 10 August 2026 — please respond and share before then.

Developing a Sustainable Research Computing Environment at UK Universities (24 July 2026)

Do you ever wonder about the environmental impact of your research computing activities? How do you estimate carbon impact, and what practical steps can you take to reduce it? Join like-minded colleagues for a one-day event to learn about Imperial’s new activities in this area. Talks will be delivered by research computing experts from Imperial and UK universities.

July 24, 2026 | 10:30 – 16:00 | South Kensington Campus
In-person event, catering provided

Details and registration: https://step-up.ac.uk/events/20260724-sustainable-computing/

 

Feel Present – Live online workshop with Marcus Bazley (29 July)

Marcus Bazley is a theatre director who has spent the past decade working with academics, postgraduate researchers and PhD students on voice, communication and presence.

Academic life asks a huge amount of researchers’ voices and nervous systems – lecturing, conference panels, the question you didn’t prepare for. Feel Present is a 90-minute online session designed specifically for this audience, focused on grounding, breath and building confidence under pressure.

Part-Time Job Opportunity – Careers PhD CV & Covering Letter Assistant (apply by 02 August)

The post-holder(s) will provide CV and covering letter (CL) advice to Imperial College London Undergraduate and Masters’ level students to enable them to make effective applications to manage their careers successfully both in the UK and internationally. The CV/CL Assistant will be employed on a part-time basis to assist with student one-to-ones to meet seasonal demand and support the activities of the wider Imperial College London careers team.

You will work closely with colleagues at the Careers Service and actively participate in internal training and regular peer review with other members of the team as required.

In addition, the post-holder may be asked to undertake independent research into the global graduate job market and application methods to keep up to date with recruitment and application trends and requirements. They may also be asked to support the work of the service by providing front line support to the information team.

Job Description & Person Specification

How to apply:

The role is based in the Careers Service at South Kensington, and working hours are flexible and can fit around your other commitments.

Send your CV and cover letter to Madelaine Chapman (Careers Consultant) at m.chapman@imperial.ac.uk by midnight, Sunday 2 August 2026.

Note: Due to high interest, we will not be able to provide feedback to those not shortlisted for an interview.

Interviews will be held in person at the Careers Service, South Kensington on Wednesday 19 August.

GTA Opportunity (July-September 2026) – apply by 17th July

This is a good opportunity to develop your research computing and data science skills while generating some income as a GTA. You will be working with the Research Computing and Data Science team at the Early Career Researcher Institute and the Central Education Office on a project to streamline the delivery of supra-curricular teaching and professional development training.

This post is part of an ongoing project to deliver supra-curricular content to all students within Imperial. To enhance this project, there is a desire to know to what extent certain themes are being taught within our curriculum content. This will enable us to better understand what students need from their supra-curricular provision and to highlight complementary areas of content and/or good practice within core-curricular teaching delivery. You will carry out an analysis of text extracted from module content, which will provide a score for the different themes reflecting how much they are addressed in each module. Four themes will be within scope of the initial project (EDI, Sustainability, Programming, Entrepreneurship/Enterprise). However, an output of this work should be a software pipeline by which this could be repeated for other themes (and other data sets).

We are looking for a GTA with experience of python programming in the context of a research project, and an interest in text analysis. Previous experience with machine learning, natural language processing and/or LLM workflows is desirable.

Tasks and conditions:

  • design and develop python software to carry out thematic analysis of curriculum content, making use of open source libraries as appropriate.
  • the highest GTA pay rate (£36.50/hr)
  • remote working
  • approximately 30 hours of engagement in August 2026.
  • regular supervisory meetings with project staff (online or in person).
  • flexible hours (as long as they are evenly spread)

Submit your application here.

The deadline is Friday 17th July 2026 by the end of the day, and we expect to conduct interviews on Thursday 23rd July 2026. If you have any questions about the Education Office project please contact Katie Stripe (k.stripe@imperial.ac.uk) and if you have any questions relating to the technical aspects of this role please contact John Pinney (j.pinney@imperial.ac.uk).

Research Survey on Generative AI

Research on “Assessing the development in policies for use of generative Ai tools in the ethical research process in the higher education of the UK”

The questionnaire takes approximately 10 minutes to complete, and all responses are completely anonymous. Participation is entirely voluntary, and the data will be used solely for academic research.

Access the Survey

Institute of Science Tokyo & Imperial Collaboration Fund 2026-27

We are happy to share that the first research collaboration fund between Imperial and Science Tokyo is now open to applications until 31 July 2026. There are also several emerging Japan-UK funding opportunities available to support long-term research partnerships.

Institute of Science Tokyo-Imperial Collaboration Fund 2026/27

This new fund aims to support new, early-stage collaboration between academics and researchers at Imperial and Institute of Science Tokyo. Researchers from both universities are eligible to apply.

This is an open call, and research proposals aligned with the themes under Imperial’s School of Convergence Science and Science Tokyo’s Visionary Initiatives are particularly encouraged to apply.

Deadline to apply: 31 July 2026

 

Other Japan-UK Funding Opportunities

(1) Expression of interest: Japan-UK joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies

This joint call between EPSRC and NICT aims to encourage Japan-UK collaborations on advanced connectivity technologies. Research related to integration of AI in digital networks, non-terrestrial networks, and advanced optical and photonics are encouraged to apply.

UK applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. Japanese applicants must be eligible for NICT funding.

Deadline to apply: 8 September 2026, 16:00 (BST)

(2) Japan Science and Technology Agency: Changes to CREST program funding eligibility for overseas collaborators

The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) recently announced an increased focus on internationalisation, encouraging research collaborations between Japanese and overseas institutions. As of April 2026, overseas collaborators applying as Co-Principal Investigators to the CREST program may also be considered for funding from JST with suitable justification.

Applications typically open annually in April. For more information, please see the JST website for future funding calls and application guidelines

Free training at Crick – Introduction to FIJI for image analysis (31 July)

The Francis Crick Institute invites staff and students from its partner universities to register their interest in attending a one-day beginners course to learn the necessary skills to analyse their imaging data using the open-source FIJI application.  https://www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/introduction-to-fiji-for-image-analysis

Held at the Francis Crick Institute in London, the course mixes classroom-based theory with practical sessions, guiding participants from the fundamentals of image analysis, through best practices, and finishing with hands-on macro scripting.

No prior experience is required, although a basic understanding of microscopy and image acquisition will be beneficial.

The course has been developed by experts from the Crick Advanced Light Microscopy (CALM) science technology platform, which provides cutting-edge imaging and image analysis services and training to researchers across the institute.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: 

  • Explain why automating image analysis pipelines is crucial for scientific reproducibility
  • Perform common image analysis tasks using the FIJI graphical user interface
  • Write simple macros to automate workflows

Register by 26 June