SULSA Resources
Explore the various SULSA resources available to you including up to date news, useful databases and topical reports
SULSA Reports
Read the various SULSA Reports and Policy Responses covering a wide range of areas written by the SULSA team
SULSA Colouring Book
Inspire your future scientists with our Colouring-in Book packed full of exciting jobs in STEM
SULSA Blogs
Hear from the researchers directly involved in our projects and funding calls via our collection of SULSA Blogs
Microscopy Database
Explore our Scottish Microscopy Facilities Database created in conjunction with the Scottish Microscopy Society
Careers Database
Explore our Post-Academic Careers Database raising awareness of alternative career paths for early career researchers
SULSA NEWS
SULSA EC Development
Date: Winter 2026
SULSA are delighted to launch the next round of our Early Career Development Fund! This funding aims to support researchers in their endeavors to develop their own independent academic research track via travel, training, consumable costs and facility access with up to £4,000 is available per project. The application deadline for this call is Monday 16th March 2026.
SULSA IndAc27
Date: Winter 2026
We may only be in early 2026 but we have a date for your 2027 diary! IndAc27 is confirmed for 5-6th October 2027 in Glasgow. Our dynamic biennial two-day conference and careers fair will return bringing together life sciences industry and academia to explore the latest in industry-academia collaboration, commercialisation, and career development. You are invited to register your interest now.
SCALE Horizon Europe
Date: Autumn 2025
We are excited to announce award of funding from DSIT and Enterprise Ireland to host a series of Horizon Europe Consortia Building workshops with Italy, Ireland and Germany to strengthen Scotland’s participation in Horizon Europe. Focus will be across Cluster 1 (Health), Cluster 4 (Digital) and Cluster 6 (Environment). We would like to extend a warm welcome to Holly Van Dessel who has joined the SULSA team as a Project Officer to deliver these workshops.
IndAc25 Conference
Date: Autumn 2025
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for IndAc25 — our delegates, speakers, exhibitors, and partners who made this year’s Industry–Academia Conference such a success. Across two packed days, we saw brilliant conversations, inspiring talks, and new connections being made between academia and industry right across Scotland’s life sciences community making all the planning worthwhile! We’re already looking ahead to IndAc27 and invite you to register your interest now.
SULSA Postdoctoral Prize Winners
Date: Summer 2025
We are thrilled to announce the four outstanding winners of this year’s SULSA Postdoctoral Prize, an award celebrating exceptional Postdoctoral Researchers whose work shows outstanding potential to make a meaningful impact in the life sciences. Dr Shika Shika from University of Glasgow, Dr Gwendolyn Kirschner from James Hutton Institute, Dr Eilidh MacDonald from University of Glasgow and Dr Sian Sloan-Dennison from University of Strathclyde. We are incredibly proud to support the next generation of life science leaders in Scotland and look forward to seeing the continued impact of their research.
RS Macdonald Facility Access Fund
Date: Spring 2025
SULSA is delighted to announce that together with SINAPSE we have awarded 9 exceptional projects as part of the RS Macdonald Facility Access Fund to a total of £80,000! Recognizing the exceptional quality of applications, RS MacDonald granted the fund an uplift of £56,000 to award further 6 applications, raising the fund to a total of £136,000!