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Planet Earth

ACE would like to invite colleagues who are keen to apply for grant funding to our next Proposal writing workshop. It will take place on 27th of November from 9.30- 14.30 2025. Light lunch will be provided so please confirm attendance by registering.

Early career symposium

The ACE Early Career Network held its first symposium on 1st September in the Nucleus. We had over 70 attendees from across the University and ACE’s partner organisations, bringing together a truly diverse range of early career researchers all interested in adaptation to global change.

Lindsay Williams in the lab

Professor Steven Spoel and Dr Lindsay Williams with Elsoms Seeds have been awarded funding by the European Research Council (ERC) to extend the shelf life of Brassica family vegetables. Find out more about their Post-Harvest Boost project in this short video.

accessible forest

Centre partners have won funding from the Natural Environment Research Council to look at ways to increase inclusivity in Environmental Research and the Green Jobs sector.

Planet Earth remotely monitored from space

European Funding has been awarded to a consortium of partners to support the next generation of interdisciplinary researchers in climate and sustainability.

Grant writing on a computer

ACE can help it's members with grant writing. Our workshops are one way we can do this.

Participants at UKRI Grant writing masterclass

ACE recently hosted a UKRI Grant writing masterclass to support it's members

Participants at UKRI Grant writing masterclass

Each May we have an annual partner meet-up at the University of Edinburgh to discuss ideas for projects

Gannets suffered high mortality during the latest outbreak

Centre partners have recently been awarded major funding from the Natural Environment Research Council to form the ECOFLU consortium bringing together multi-disciplinary expertise to address the impact of Avian Influenza in wild bird populations.

Alys and Sarah

A reflection by the ACE Earth fellows on the Adapt.ed project. Developing a narrative around what adapting to changing environments could mean to different disciplines.

On Thursday 20th April, editors from the Royal Society journals led a workshop for early career researchers on how to publish a scientific paper.

scottish government buildings

A new scheme to bring together researchers from the University and the Scottish Government.