Activities
Network membership is free, and offers a number of opportunities:
Funding for pump-priming project :
Maximum funding per project: £30-40k (100% fEC*)
Deadline: 16.00hrs, Monday 16 November 2020.
The funding call will operate with the following 2 streams:
Open call: Maximum award £30k (100% fEC*)
Sandpit projects: Some funding will be ring-fenced to provide pump priming project funding to support large grant applications (>£1M) developed via the invited OOACT Network sandpit event (September 2020). Maximum award £40k (100% fEC*)
* All funding is provided at 80% fEC
For more information including how to apply, please visit our pump-priming project funding webpage.
Yearly network meeting:
Members will all be invited to our yearly network meeting, offering extensive networking time, alongside exciting keynote talks, and organ-on-a-chip focused sessions. We will also run workshops and focus groups at these events, with the goal of shaping the development of our field and identifying priority funding areas for our sabbaticals.
Support for running meetings & events:
We have a small events budget for which network members who wish to put on additional organ-on-a-chip focused meetings or events can apply
Access to network resources:
Our website incorporates tools to help you find collaborators and learn about the varied ongoing organ-on-a-chip research activity in the UK. This, alongside our newsletter, will also offer you help in identify potential funding sources and opportunities, and discovering the latest research advances across the field.
Lab exchange programme:
We will facilitate the running of a lab exchange programme, offering opportunities for early career researchers to experience different research environments and research sectors.
Training:
We also offer a series of training days associated with network events, which will cover leading research activity, translating research towards industrial products and adoption and also public engagement in research.
Public Engagement:
In particular we offer public engagement training with our professional team at the QMUL Centre for Public Engagement, linked with a fun competition to develop and present a major new public engagement interactive around organ-on-a-chip technologies at major UK science festivals.
Network management team:
There are also various opportunities to get involved with the running of the network, supporting network communication activities or events management.