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 Postdoctoral Prize 2025

Date: Spring 2025

SULSA are delighted to re-launch our Postdoctoral Prize for 2025! This prize recognises outstanding Postdoctoral Researchers whose work shows excellent potential to make an impact in the field of life sciences. It includes a fully-funded tour of three Scottish universities plus £1,000 towards flexible funding. Applicants are invited to apply before the deadline on 14th April 2025.

SULSA & The Data Lab - Life and Data Sciences in Focus

Date: Spring 2025

SULSA is teaming up with The Data Lab to deliver a programme of activity bringing together Data & AI with Life Sciences for the month of April. The programme aims to give students, researchers and staff in our SULSA member universities and institutes the opportunity to make new connections with academics or industry from the global The Data Lab Community and hear about projects working across the Data – Life Sciences interface.

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

IndAc25 Returns

Date: Spring 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 your interest now.

RIS Multidisciplinary Matchmaker

Date: Ongoing

SULSA, along with our RIS Partners, are delighted to launch our new Multidisciplinary Matchmaker platform! Have a great idea for a research proposal or want to participate in one? Connect with researchers across Scotland to help build a multidisciplinary team for specific significant research calls. RIS are currently supporting the following calls (1) BBSRC Network Grant (2) UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot.

International Coffee Breaks

Date: Ongoing

Our International Coffee Breaks are back! We’ve moved this initiative over to the RIS platform but it’s the same coffee breaks you know and love. These coffee breaks enables you to participate in short (15 minute) informal online conversations with researchers in other disciplines from Germany and Scotland. This is open to all career stages and we encourage you to sign-up now via our RIS partnerships platform.