Our Research Workshop Grants are open for applications until 4pm on 14 October 2026. The grants are intended to facilitate intellectual and creative interaction and partnership between researchers from different disciplines and a range of institutions, across the academic community and the publ... Read More
Archive for the ‘ECR Network’ Category
Three grant schemes for researchers: deadlines nearing
8 October, 2026
Our grant schemes: making Wales a great place to be a researcher
Our close work with researchers across Wales', from universities to industry to the third-sector, means we know how important, and difficu... Read More
Watch Back: Building a Welsh Language Research Infrastructure: Access, Confidence, and the Path into Higher Education
7 October, 2026
On Monday 21 September, the Learned Society of Wales's Early Career Researchers' Network hosted a webinar exploring the use of Welsh in higher education and research.
With an ambition of reaching one million Welsh speakers b... Read More
Research Workshop Grant Scheme: Access Insight Knowledge Exchange
2 October, 2026
The power of the right training to help Welsh communities still struggling to recover from post-industrial poverty and deprivation cannot be underestimated. However, letting people know about suitable courses, and then retaining them as students, is an enduring challenge.
The offer of our Researcher Development Programme continues to grow. We are thrilled to launch three funding opportunities designed to support researchers and professionals across Wales in developing collaborations, strengthening research culture, and building the connections a... Read More
Dr Luned Badder wins Three Minute Thesis Competition at the National Eisteddfod
12 August, 2026
Dr Luned Badder of Cardiff University has won this year's Three Minute Thesis Competition, held at the National Eisteddfod in partnership with Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. The title of her presentation was ‘Hyfforddi feirysau i gludo cemotherapi i ganser y pancreas’ (‘Training viruses to c... Read More
Inspiring mentor receives inaugural Hywel Thomas ECR Prize
30 June, 2026
Dr Caitlyn Donaldson has received the Learned Society of Wales’ inaugural Hywel Thomas Prize, in recognition of her mentorship, community building, and service at instituti... Read More
LSW Colloquium highlights need for researchers to engage with Wales’ communities and policy priorities
26 June, 2026
The LSW’s fourth annual Early Career Researcher’s Colloquium will show why university research is one of the best tools the government has for developing economic growth and social progress in Wales.
The Colloquium takes place at Aberystw... Read More
‘Three-minute thesis competition’: Eisteddfod research showcase is back again
8 June, 2026
The skill of describing complex research to the general public will again be tested in our popular ‘Three Minute Thesis’ competition at this year’s Eisteddfod in Y Garreg Las... Read More
Research career stories: forging a research career outside academia
7 May, 2026
The range of careers for researchers outside academia are wide and varied, with the benefits of research skills required far beyond the world of higher education.
