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UKNSCN Operations to Close from 31 December 2011

The four Research Councils* currently sponsoring the UKNSCN recently reached a decision not to renew their funding for the Network’s activities. More detailed information is available in the funders’ press release. The UKNSCN will therefore cease operations from 31 December 2011. This website will remain accessible as an archive information resource for the foreseeable future.

* BBSRC, MRC, EPSRC, ESRC

UKNSCN Press Release on Future Governance and Funding for the Network.

Following the joint meeting of the UKNSCN Advisory Committee and Management Board which took place on the 22 June, the UKNSCN has issued a press release covering the outcome of this meeting and the way forward for determining UKNSCN's future governance and funding.

Further information will be available via the UKNSCN website and bulletin in due course.

UKNSCN 2011 Conference a Great Success

The UKNSCN’s fourth annual stem cell science conference was held in York from 30 March - 1 April. The conference was a great success, with around 450 delegates in attendance, and 38 companies/organisations participating in the sold-out trade exhibition held alongside the plenary programme.

The UKNSCN gratefully acknowledges the sponsorship provided by the four companies/organisations displayed on the 2011 conference homepage, along with the two parallel workshop sponsors. A number of evaluation forms have already been submitted by delegates with some excellent ideas for improving the conference and exhibition. If you attended the conference and have yet to submit an evaluation form, please do so by posting your completed form to the UKNSCN’s Assistant Programme Manager at the address quoted in the Contact Us page. Your feedback and ideas for future conferences are very important to the Network.

Second Review of UKNSCN

Following the first review in 2008, the UKNSCN Research Council sponsors - BBSRC, MRC, EPSRC and ESRC - increased their core funding of the Network to £180k per annum for the two financial years up until 31 March 2011. The UKNSCN has been subject to a second review, carried out by RCUK, during late 2010/early 2011. A full report from the review will be published on this website in the next few weeks.

It has not yet been possible for the sponsors to reach a decision on the future funding and governance of the UKNSCN. For the interim period, until 30 September 2011, the sponsors will continue to fund the Network in its current form, until a decision is made in the longer term.

UKNSCN Small Awards Scheme

The UKNSCN Small Awards Scheme for 2010/2011 is now closed to applications and all of the funds have been granted. Details of the scheme for the new financial year 2011/2012 will be announced soon.

The scheme is for UK academics who are seeking to offset the costs of holding national-level meetings and conferences in stem cell science and translation. Full details and eligibility criteria are available via the left-hand menu of the UKNSCN website.

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