IAS Vanguard Fellowship Programme The Institute of Advanced Studies Vanguard Fellowship programme aims to attract outstanding early- and mid-career researchers, normally within 15 years of achieving their PhD, who hold a research post in academia, industry, charity, arts or other organisations. Full details of how to make a proposal can be found on our website, with the next deadline on 13 November 2017. Institute of Advanced Studies Internal Funding Programmes IAS has a range of funding programmes designed to support and develop colleagues’ cross-disciplinary research ideas, longer-term projects and collaborations with world-leading academics. If you are interested in making proposals, or have any questions, please visit our website or contact Sue Gilligan, who will be pleased to give you more information about all our programmes and support. IAS Workshops and Distinguished Visiting Fellows Deadlines: 13 November 2017, 15 January and 12 February 2018 Research Investment Scheme (RIS) Deadlines: 26 October and 7 December 2017 Upcoming workshops and events

IAS Birmingham and TUM-IAS joint workshop on Inorganic Chemistry meets Medicine Date: 25 and 26 October 2017 Workshop leaders: Professor Angela Casini (Cardiff University, UK & TUM-IAS Hans Fischer Senior Fellow) Professor Mike Hannon (Institute of Advanced Studies, Birmingham) Professor Fritz E. Kühn (Molecular Catalysis, TUM) At the frontiers of Bioinorganic chemistry, the workshop will highlight recent advances and emerging directions in the development of metal-containing agents to detect and treat cancer, infectious disease, and other medical disorders.

Institute of Advanced Studies Public Lecture: Preserving Cultural Heritages; Sustaining Social Diversities Date: 25 October 2017 at 5.00pm Location: ERI Building, Room G51 Speaker: Professor Shenglin Elijah Chang (National Taiwan University). Professor Shenglin Elijah Chang will introduce the cultural heritage-related architecture projects completed by the Building and Planning Research Foundation at the National Taiwan University, including Kochapogan slack stone houses in Pingdong, traditional Dawo houses in Orchid Island, and the sacred Island Lula of Thao tribe in the Sun Moon Lake of Taichong.

In spitting distance: towards a University of Birmingham centre for the analysis of oral fluids Date: 30 October 2017 Workshop leaders: Dr Melissa Grant, School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham, and Professor David Wong, IAS Distinguished Visiting Fellow (University of California, Los Angeles) This workshop will explore an emerging field of research: the use of oral fluids in understanding the mechanisms of human disease and creating diagnostic tools.

Institute of Advanced Studies Public Lecture: Salivaomics, Saliva Diagnostics and Saliva Liquid Biopsy. Date: 30 October 2017 at 5:30pm Location: Michael Tippet Room, Staff House Speaker: Professor David Wong (University of California, Los Angeles) All are welcome, register here.

Institute of Advanced Studies Lunchtime Lecture: Patient-reported outcomes for symptom monitoring in oncology Date: 9 November 2017 at 1.00pm Location: Murray Learning Centre Room LC-UG05 Speaker: Professor Ethan Basch (University of North Carolina) Professor Ethan Basch (University of North Carolina) is an oncologist and Director of Cancer Outcomes Research, where his team created a system for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to collect patient-reported side effects during cancer trials called the ‘PRO-CTCAE.’

Challenges to Wellbeing: The Experience of Loneliness and the Threat of Epistemic Injustice in the Clinical Encounter Date: 22 November 2017 Workshop leader: Professor Lisa Bortolotti, School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham The workshop will explore collaboration, impact, and global innovations inspired by the arts and humanities in the area of mental health, sharpening cross-College conversations and making new connections with the Birmingham Institute for Mental Health, under the Directorship of Professor Matthew Broome.

Muslim Societies and Islam Date: 23 November 2017 Workshop leaders: Dr Katherine E. Brown and Professor Jorgen Nielsen This IAS workshop will bring together academics from history, law, social policy, religious studies, geography, political science, religious studies and linguistics at the University of Birmingham to enhance and maximise University-wide expertise in the study of Muslim societies and Islam.

Model Parameterisation in Healthcare and Life Sciences: Extracting Knowledge from Data Date: 11 December 2017 Workshop Leader: Professor David Smith, School of Mathematics and Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research This workshop will explore the potential of model parameterisation to determine the quality of descriptions of biological reality, how patients differ from each other and, crucially, the ability to make predictions.

If you are interested in attending any of our workshops or events, please contact Lauren Rawlins

Opportunities

Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute Visiting Research Fellowship This programme offers 12-month fellowships (effective from 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019) based in Trinity College Dublin. Applications are welcome from experienced researchers from all over the world. Research proposals should align with one of the Institute’s research themes: Creative Arts Practice, Digital Humanities; Identities in Transformation; Making Ireland; Manuscript, Book and Print Cultures. Deadline: 20 October 2017. Full details

Co-Operation Groups 2019/20 Fellowships ZiF, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld University, Germany Now open for applications from interdisciplinary research groups. Deadline: Open for application all year. Read more about the Cooperation Group fellowships and how to apply

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