BLS Research by Michael Urbaniak https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x How can we support research activity in BLS en-us 2023-09-19 19:58:17 UTC 2023-09-21 02:44:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f469-1f52c.png QR code mickurbaniak https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712491900 2023-09-20 09:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712491900 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712840821 workload allocation for PGR supervision]]> 2023-09-20 13:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712840821 Admin Support https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712840953 Other academic departments have professional services research administrators, might be worth exploring?]]> 2023-09-20 13:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712840953 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712841434 consumables for FHM studentship]]> 2023-09-20 13:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712841434 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712842982 time allocation for the development of DTP proposals]]> 2023-09-20 13:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712842982 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712843237 A master excel sheet that lists funding opportunities to be aware of. (Fellowships, grants, DTP opportunities, etc) 

Particularly useful for new starters. ]]> 2023-09-20 13:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712843237 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712844415 pump priming funding (like catalyst)]]> 2023-09-20 13:45:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712844415 Technical support https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712845298 2023-09-20 13:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712845298 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712847221 Get back PI time funding from the university, to pass on to workload]]> 2023-09-20 13:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712847221 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712847911 More technical support for extended research projects]]> 2023-09-20 13:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712847911 I would encourage new starters in the neuro field to talk to Neil, Cheryl and myself about DD funding. We do joint projects and work as a team being involved in DD events and publicity but could add leverage in terms of reagent costs for suitable projects when applying for Faculty studentships. Maximizes DD funding whilst furthering neuro research in the Division. Ed. https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712849994 2023-09-20 13:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712849994 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712850450 Core facility provision from technical staff, rather than reliance on students (for continuation and sustainability).]]> 2023-09-20 13:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712850450 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712852918 Continuation/sustainability in expertise. For example, hplc suppport following users leaving.]]> 2023-09-20 13:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712852918 Critical mass in individual fields. https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712853405 2023-09-20 13:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712853405 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712854989 Consumable funding support for PhDs (for New starters)]]> 2023-09-20 13:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712854989 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712855983 standing of the department in terms of research environment ]]> 2023-09-20 13:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712855983 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712855990 Spending up 1000 codes within short time frame]]> 2023-09-20 13:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712855990 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712856854 small postdoc and PhD student community, critical mass]]> 2023-09-20 13:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712856854 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712856872 Consumable support more generally ]]> 2023-09-20 13:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712856872 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712858551 little time to spend on research]]> 2023-09-20 13:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712858551 Don't get rid of Masters by Research. They are good for preliminary data acquisition and potentially save costs on 3 year PhDs if the student is self funding during the Masters and then transfer on to the second year of a PhD. https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712859185 2023-09-20 13:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712859185 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712859253 More access to small pump priming funds. E.g. £2-3k]]> 2023-09-20 13:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712859253 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712859984 structured cohort-building programme for PhD students]]> 2023-09-20 13:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712859984 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712860802 freezer replacement programme]]> 2023-09-20 13:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712860802 Excel sheet from John Hardy (Chem) with lots of funding links, inc Masters and PhD https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712860821 2023-09-20 13:53:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712860821 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712866602 Time to generate applications and pilot data
Teaching load and admin
Need to capitalise on current themes
Charges made to international students]]> 2023-09-20 13:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712866602 Admin workloads https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712868546 2023-09-20 13:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712868546 Giving people with good ideas the workload allocation to develop projects e.g. a DTP that benefits multiple people in the dept/faculty https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712869425 2023-09-20 13:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712869425 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712870083 Can we request project students for supervision in research]]> 2023-09-20 13:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712870083 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712872339 We don’t get good prices on anything. Bulk buying of culture media. Central source of culture media]]> 2023-09-20 13:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712872339 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712873856 Assessment and grant deadlines coincide. Put deadlines in calendar to cross reference with timetable]]> 2023-09-20 14:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712873856 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712874288 Establishment of facilities that would support research: sequencing, buffer preparation, mass spec. ]]> 2023-09-20 14:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712874288 Database/list/spread sheet with historical deadlines for grants, PhD studentship, travel grants sources and who within the faculty had experience or success with them https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712874410 2023-09-20 14:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712874410 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712874857 Pump priming. Historically the ROI has been huge on these sorts of initatives]]> 2023-09-20 14:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712874857 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712876641 Find someone to write a DTP. A year off from teaching and admin to develop a program ]]> 2023-09-20 14:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712876641 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712877323 If FEC income being asked for, then incentivise. Neither the PI nor the Department benefit directly, only Centre (correct?)]]> 2023-09-20 14:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712877323 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712879365 Centralised sources of consumables eg gloves, falcons, eppendorfs etc. in the labs so individual labs don’t need to store their own and therefore make better use of space ]]> 2023-09-20 14:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712879365 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712881255 Make start up funds for new pis available for 3 years ]]> 2023-09-20 14:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712881255 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712882720 Agree strongly with the request to get salary on fec grants back into department ]]> 2023-09-20 14:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712882720 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712888281 Workload. Lack of funds coming from centre to support research even when funded by UKRI ]]> 2023-09-20 14:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712888281 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712888761 The sheer volume of undergraduate students needing supervision per group suspends lab research by several weeks]]> 2023-09-20 14:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712888761 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712891523 Media fridge and freezer in stores, was planned pre-Covid by Lisa I think but never materialised ]]> 2023-09-20 14:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712891523 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712893011 Formally allow postdocs to take on co-supervision responsibilities for MRes/PhD students to ease burden on PI and reward those that do ]]> 2023-09-20 14:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712893011 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712936342 Have structure in place for PhD students to ensure first year reports are submitted/viva’ed by the end of the first year, not halfway through the PhD, to flag up issues with project/supervision so things can be changed in time and make students feel more supported ]]> 2023-09-20 14:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712936342 Increased advertising of studentship/funding opportunities from other faculties, especially FST, so we can be aware of deadlines for potential cross-faculty collaborative opportunities https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712956884 2023-09-20 14:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2712956884 DTP https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2713356984 Work with LMS (and others) to build critical mass for DTP applications around other themes/funders/
(Jemma Kerns, LMS)]]> 2023-09-20 18:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2713356984 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2713604752 It would be good to have more funding opportunities for staff development (including attending workshops and conferences) that are considered independently from the amount of start-up funding we have. ]]> 2023-09-21 00:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2713604752 It would be good for MSc/MSci project supervisors to have some say in selecting students (e.g. if the same project is selected by multiple students) https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2713609670 2023-09-21 00:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2713609670 https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2713611777 Help to get admin rights for research PCs from ISS. Would save a lot of time.]]> 2023-09-21 00:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mickurbaniak/vs6kmehqadxjpl3x/wish/2713611777