SULSA Resources
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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
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.
RESILIENCE Leadership Training
Date: Autumn 2025
We are delighted to have secured places for 8 SULSA PhD and Postdoctoral Researchers on the RESILIENCE Centre of Excellence Leadership Accelerator in medicines manufacturing starting in November. Designed to identify and nurture the next generation of leaders in both academia and industry, this dynamic programme accelerates personal and professional growth through two sequential ‘My Future Plan’ workshops, led by Dr Tony Bradshaw of Biosocius Ltd and MyFuturePlan.
IndAc25 Returns
Date: Summer 2025
IndAc25 will return in October 2025 this time in Glasgow! Our 2-day SULSA conference is focused on industry engagement, for both collaborative R&D and employability. Day one will cover industry-academia collaboration and day two will focus on employability and skills development run similar to a careers fair. You are invited to register now.
Innovation Seed Funding
Date: Summer 2025
SULSA is delighted to launch a new round of Innovation Seed Funding in collaboration with The Data Lab. Following a successful series of webinars exploring the intersection of Life Sciences, Data, and AI, we’re now offering funding to support new, cross-sector collaborations between academia and industry. This fund is designed to spark innovative research projects that advance life and health sciences through strong data or digital-driven approaches.
RESILIENCE Leadership Accelerator Programme
Date: Summer 2025
Are you a late-stage PhD student, postdoc, research technician, or assistant looking to take your leadership skills to the next level? The Leadership Accelerator Programme is designed to identify and nurture the next generation of leaders in both academia and industry. This dynamic programme accelerates personal and professional growth through two sequential ‘My Future Plan’ workshops, led by Dr Tony Bradshaw of Biosocius Ltd and MyFuturePlan.
Commercialization Webinar Series
Date: Summer 2025
Join us for two online sessions in June for a practical and engaging lunchtime workshop series with Amy Lam from Symbiosis IP designed to build your knowledge and confidence in research commercialisation. Whether you’re just curious about the process or considering starting your own spin-out, these sessions are designed to support researchers across all disciplines with a particular emphasis on early-stage life sciences!
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!