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Public event
This webinar is for prospective applicants to the APEX award scheme and their university research offices. It will include an introduction to the scheme, a brief presentation by the APEX Award Committee Chairs, as well as presentations from two APEX award holders and a Q&A.
The webinar will cover different aspects of the APEX scheme and provide information on what the panel look for when assessing applications for the scheme and how prospective applicants can craft strong applications
About Apex Awards
In partnership with the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society (‘the Academies’) and with generous support from the Leverhulme Trust, the APEX award (Academies’ Partnership in supporting Excellence in cross-disciplinary research award) scheme offers established independent researchers, with a strong track record in their respective area, an exciting opportunity to pursue genuine interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven research to benefit wider society.
The scheme places a particular emphasis on the boundary between science, engineering and the social sciences and humanities
Read more about the scheme and details on eligibility
Programme
| 2.00pm |
Welcome |
| 2.05pm |
Introduction to the APEX award scheme |
| 2.20pm |
Perspectives from the APEX chairs |
| 2.35pm |
APEX award holders’ perspectives |
| 2.55pm | Q&A |
| 3.15pm | Close |
Recording notice
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Accessibility
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Professor Chris Frith FMedSci FBA FRS
Chris Frith is a neuropsychologist whose experiments have helped us to understand the major symptoms of schizophrenia — hallucinations and delusions — in terms of the cognitive mechanisms that underlie conscious experience. A pioneer in the application of non-invasive neuroimaging techniques, he used these to study the relationship between the mind and the brain, and in particular the neural basis of consciousness and free will. He has also been exploring the uniquely human ability to attribute mental states to one’s self and to others and to share conscious experiences. This ability to reflect on and report our experiences is crucial for learning from others and developing culture.
Professor Carole Goble FREng
Professor Goble is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Manchester. Her current research interests include Grid computing, the Semantic Grid, the Semantic Web, Ontologies, e-Science, medical informatics, Bioinformatics, and Research Objects. In 2008 Carole was awarded the inaugural Microsoft Jim Gray award for outstanding contributions to e-Science. In 2010 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Dr Robyn Grant
Dr Robyn Grant is a Reader of Comparative Physiology and Behaviour at Manchester Metropolitan University. Robyn is a Sensory Biologist, specialising in somatosensation. Robyn’s research focusses on touch sensing and perception, specifically on whiskers in mammals and rictal bristles in birds. She addresses fundamental questions about the form and function of vertebrate touch sensing by adopting an interdisciplinary approach, making use of techniques in anatomy, psychology, engineering, maths and robotics.
Professor Jill Burke
Jill Burke is a historian and curator who focuses on the history of the body and its representation in Renaissance Europe (c. 1400-1650). Her current research focuses on how men and women in this period changed their bodies to meet beauty ideals, and how this relates to broad social changes, such as early colonialism and debates about skin colour, the history of disease and nutrition, and the role of the environment in affecting appearance. This includes exploring new methodologies such as investigating materials and methods of sixteenth-century personal care recipes with scientist colleagues in the laboratory.