The COVID-19 virus

Research Communities Funding Call: COVID19 Response

We are excited to announce that University of Westminster, generously supported by the Quintin Hogg Trust, is announcing a one-off funding call for projects seeking to address issues arising from the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. Via our four Research Communities we will fund a small number of projects based in each Community which, taken together, …

Nuffield Foundation FUNDamental

NUFFIELD FOUNDATION Background Nuffield Foundation is an independent charitable trust with a mission to advance educational opportunity and social well-being, particularly for those whose opportunities are constrained by disadvantage at different points in their lives.  The foundation supports research that informs social policy, primarily in Education, Welfare and Justice. They also provide opportunities for young people to develop skills and confidence in …

Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Scheme

Are you an early career researcher in your first independent post? Does your research have clear relevance to human health? If so, the Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard awards may be what you are looking for! The Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard awards are aimed at biomedical researchers at the start of their first independent …

Getting started with Research Professional

University of Westminster has a subscription to Research Professional and all staff are able to use it free of charge. It is the UK’s most comprehensive source of up-to-date information on available research funding opportunities. It’s the benchmark for such databases and is used by the majority of UK universities. Please have a read through …

Westminster to Run VITAE Culture, Environment and Development in Academic Research Survey (CEDARS) from April to May.

CEDARS is a new, national survey from Vitae which seeks to gather anonymous data on the working conditions of researchers and their managers, as well as on career aspirations and opportunities for career development. The new survey integrates key questions from the CROS (Careers in Research Online Survey) and PIRLS (Principal Investigators and Research Leaders …

REF2021

Research Excellence Framework 2021: Update on coronavirus (COVID-19) contingency planning

Research England have sent a letter to all universities announcing that the Research Excellence Framework for 2021 will be delayed until further notice, and that the original submission deadline of 27 November 2020 will no longer apply. A new deadline for submissions will be announced at least eight months in advance to give institutions time to prepare, …

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Publish Open Access with Springer Nature

UPDATED IN OCTOBER 2023: the previously limited Springer Compact list of journals has been expanded to include 2051 Springer, Academic, Nature and Palgrave Macmillan journals. Authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish articles in in more than 2000 of Springer Nature’s hybrid journals at no further charge to the author.  This covers original …

Scholarly Communications Team

The Scholarly Communications Team provides support to enable our researchers and doctoral researchers to publish and share their outputs. This includes: Advice relating to Open Access including funding and REF2021 Management of the Repository section of the Virtual Research Environment (VRE) and Westminster Research, the University’s open access repository of research outputs of our academic community University of Westminster Press Advice and training relating to Research …

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Publish Open Access with Wiley

Authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish original research and review articles in any of Wiley’s fully gold Open Access or Wiley’s hybrid, OnlineOpen journals at no further charge to the author. To be eligible: You must be the corresponding author who is affiliated with the University of Westminster at the point of …

COVID-19: Research Office and Research Funding Update

All members of the Research Office including the Corporate Partnerships team and Scholarly Communications team are now working remotely. Please contact colleagues as normal, by email or via Microsoft Teams. If you’re not sure who to speak to email research-office@westminster.ac.uk Please refer to the University of Westminster Coronavirus Response page for updated advice about the …