Disruption Grant Closing 31st Dec22
ACTF Trustees recognise the disruption that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on analytical science students. We are relaunching a disruption grant of £500 aimed at PhD students whose studies have been adversely affected by the pandemic and need additional monetary support to complete their studies.
Note, this fund is to support personal costs to help enable students to complete their studies for example rent, or other caring or living costs, and cannot be used
Laboratory professionals and members of the analytical community will be connecting at Lab Innovations, the UK’s largest trade exhibition for the laboratory industry. The show takes place on 2nd – 3rd November at the NEC in Birmingham and registration is free.
CAMS member Alana Thompson from Anthias Consulting takes a look at what is going on at the show this year.
Now in its 10th year, Lab Innovations is a bright and busy show buzzing with new product launches and demonstrations of new technolo
To learn more click here
ACTF & CAMS are pleased to announce this year’s CAMS Fellowship Call is now open!
Visit https://cams-uk.co.uk/cams-fellowship-call-2022-now-open for more details.
Did you miss out on the CAMS Conference this year?
Head over to CAMS Conference 2022 - CAMS-UK to view all recordings from all our fantastic speakers.
Out of the lab and into the field: Rapid on-site Raman testing for food security
There is a fully funded PhD position available for a UK student with Roy Goodacre in the Centre for Metabolomics Research, University of Liverpool.
Project Description:
Major food adulteration and contamination events occur with alarming regularity and are known to be
episodic, with the question being not IF but WHEN another large-scale food safety/integrity incident will
occur. The challenges of maintaining food secu
CAMS is an industry-led initiative aimed at promoting world-class analytical measurement science training, research, and innovation by bringing together a network of industrial and academic partners with interests in these fields. Since the launch of CAMS in 2019, the network has attracted 37 members (15 industrial and 22 academic organisations) and to date has awarded/co-funded 2 analytical chairs, 7 lectureships, 6 postdocs, 5 PhDs across the UK and Ireland with its generous funding support fr
The Learning Science Teaching Innovation Awards support innovation to positively impact teaching quality and enhance student learning.
Applicants are asked to demonstrate how they have led innovation in teaching and learning in their institution. Winners will be chosen by an expert scientific educational panel.
Possible ways you may have innovated teaching and learning:
Solving a problem by improving tools and methods
Improving teaching materials and practices
Developing new digital learni
CAMS has launched its second call for Lectureships, PostDocs and PhDs, inviting responses to specific industry challenges aligned to the 4x CAMS themes:
Funding will be available for Lectureships, PostDocs and PhDs, noting that all bidders are expected to have secured co-funding that at least matches CAMS’s contribution (Lectureship - £200k, PostDoc - £100k and PhD -
The Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund (ACTF) and Community for Analytical Measurement Science (CAMS) are pleased to announce this year’s CAMS Fellowship call.
Purpose and Criteria of CAMS Fellowships
The ACTF-CAMS partnership provides funding for a range of initiatives to support the development of analytical measurement science talent. The objective of the ACTF is to promote, assist and extend the science and study of analytical chemistry, and of all questions relating to the analysis, nature and
Well, what a difference a few weeks make! I hope this finds you and yours well and coping with our flexible working revolution in parallel with home schooling, social distancing, excessive gardening and interesting hairstyles!
More than ever, the importance of community is central in everyone’s minds and this is increasingly true for the measurement sector globally. In recent weeks we have heard senior government officials comment on how testing is going to be important for a long time ahead and
UKRI invites applications for individuals from any discipline wishing to spend up to 36 months (full or part time) on secondment in the biomedical sciences sector.
More details available here
We are running 3 identical streams, which open on the same date but have different close dates:
You must ch
In 2019 the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund (ACTF) awarded 30 Summer Studentships of 6-8 weeks duration at 19 Universities, private sector companies and non-HEI public sector organisations across the UK and RoI. Awards are designed to provide experience of research to undergraduates with potential, and to encourage a career in analytical chemistry research once undergraduate studies are complete. ACTF has funded such studentships for many years; however, 2019 was the first year that they were
With this the first blog of the year, January has passed us by already, as CAMS enters an important phase in its journey.
With the CAMS Ltd entity established in a flurry of end of year activity, it has been business as usual this month - continuing to assign the initial stakeholder contributions to build on the 3 lectureships, 10 fellowships and 3 post-doctoral positions being added through CAMS to the wider analytical family around the UK. Focus is shifting also towards the longer term sustain
CAMS Fellowship Awards 2019
The CAMS fellowship awards for 2019 have been announced. The purpose of the award is to assist early career analytical chemists within 5 years of their first full-time junior academic appointment at a UK or Irish HEI to establish their own independent analytical science research identity. Congratulations to this year’s recipients:
Whether you are an individual, a University, an SME, an instrument manufacturer or a multi-national organisation there is a CAMS membership for you!
Go to the MEMBERSHIP page to find out more.
Molecular Diagnosis and the Case for SI Traceable Measurement Using Digital PCR (view here)
by Dr Jim Huggett, Principal Scientist (NML at LGC) & Senior Lecturer (University of Surrey)
We will be hosting a Q&A session with Dr Huggett at a later date. To register your interest in this, please email the CAMS Secretariat: secretariat@cams-uk.co.uk
CAMS-UK Fellowships Closing date: 06 Sept 2019
The purpose of the CAMS-UK Fellowships (funded by the ACTF) is to assist early career analytical chemists within 5 years of their first, full-time, junior academic appointment at a UK or Irish HEI to establish their own independent analytical science research identity. The Fellowships, which are valued at up to £30,000, may be used by Fellows in any way that advances the purpose of the Fellowship and of the ACTF.
All enquiries should be addressed
