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.

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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.

Later this month, the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences will invite applications and nominations for its first cohort of Fellows. A crucial step in that process is the appointment of a group of selectors who will be jointly responsible for the Fellows' selection.

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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This year, the Talking Maths in Public conference will take place at the University of Warwick and online, on Thursday 28th - Saturday 30th August. TMiP is a biannual meeting for people who communicate maths in a variety of forms, from professional outreach providers to people who deliver maths enrichment activities alongside their work. 

Copies of the latest Chalkdust magazine (number 21 no less) are now available in the Common Room. This new edition features an interview with Alison Etheridge.

The online version, back issues and information about how to write for Chalkdust can be found here.

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