The Retreat for Women in Applied Mathematics 2026 (RWAM 2026) is a five-day retreat for female applied mathematicians (or people who identify as female) from all career stages (PhD, postdoc, junior or senior faculty), generally working in the field of mathematical modelling across the physical sciences, biology and engineering. Building on the successes of RWAM 2023, 2024 and 2025, RWAM 2026 will be a distinctive event touching different aspects of careers in mathematics.
Early career STEM researchers are encouraged to take part in one of the UK’s most prestigious opportunities to showcase their research: a national poster competition held at the heart of Parliament. This event invites early-stage researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to present their work to Members of both Houses, fostering direct engagement between academia and policymakers.
The finals of STEM for BRITAIN 2026 will be held in Parliament on 17 March 2026.
This is an annual prize, which recognises high-achieving students at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, providing up to £1,000 to support their growth, help them deepen their knowledge and explore new ideas, along with exclusive access to the G-Research community
If any of your undergraduates might be interested please pass on.
UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) has recently launched a Good Practice Exchange Survey to help develop a plan for research culture.
It’s targeted at anyone that has a passing interest or involvement in anything research culture related. It closes on 10 August.
The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK and Ireland Young Talent Awards is an annual programme that awards grants worth £25,000 to five outstanding early-career women scientists in the fields of Engineering, Life Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, Physical Sciences and Sustainable Development.
The grants are designed to provide flexible and practical financial support to enable these women scientists to further their research and careers.
Richard Fisher, an editor for the philosophy, science and culture magazine Aeon, is seeking authors interested in communicating novel and interesting ideas in mathematics in an essay form.
Aeon has a global general audience of c1m readers/month, is open access, and pays an honorarium of £600. You'll be supported by an experienced editor (Richard is ex-BBC and New Scientist), fact checker and art editor.
The Academy for the Mathematical Sciences is actively seeking applications for its first cohort of Fellows. The closing date for applications is Monday 15th September, 2025 at 23.59 (UK time).
Further details, for both Applicants and their Sponsors, about the role of Fellows and the application process can be found here.
The Anomalous Mathematical Patterns Sci-Art competition invites you all to vote for the People’s Choice Prize artwork.
The Erlangen AI Hub Conference will bring together leading minds from across the UK’s mathematical, algorithmic and computational communities to advance the application of pure mathematics in AI.
9-11 June 2025
Maths Building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
Registration deadline: 23 May 2025 (12 noon). Link above.
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