UK International Coronavirus Network (UK-ICN)
The UK International Coronavirus Network (UK-ICN) is a four-year project (Oct 2021 – Oct 2025), funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Research Council (BBSRC) and the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
NETWORK MEMBERS
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Network Summary
Since our project launch in November 2021, taking place virtually during the height of the lockdown, our network has grown and evolved immensely. Some key highlights include support and facilitation of:
- Recruitment of 520+ members across 43 countries
- Annual general meetings for members
- Delivery of regional and topic-focused workshops
- Monthly coronavirus seminar series featuring early career researcher and international speakers
- Creation of a YouTube repository of recorded seminars and presentations
- Establishment of numerous national and international collaborations leading to co-application of grant funding and publication
- Generation of coronavirus research roadmaps (in collaboration with STAR-IDAZ) and subsequent prioritisation for UK researchers
We also designed and established an early-career researcher focused programme of activities:
- Creating opportunities for ECRs to co-create a development programme
- Creating opportunities for networking to enable lab exchanges for training
- Supporting 150+ travel grants for conferences and workshops
- Supporting 10 research projects: pump-priming (n=7) and impact-acceleration research grants (n=3) in collaboaration with The Roslin Institute and The Pirbright Institute
- Establishing a forum for technical discussion to accelerate knowledge exchange
- Delivery of career-development researcher conferences with integrated career pathway workshops and discussions to retain talent within the sciences
General Enquiries
UK-ICN@liverpool.ac.uk
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