Current opportunities
Current opportunities to join an advisory committee, panel, forum or network.
Science, Engineering and Technology Board and Strategic Advisory Teams vacancies
- Closing date
- 24 November 2023
- Number of positions
- Various
- Length of term
- Two years
- Time commitment
- Up to 10 days a year
- Remuneration
- Travel and subsistence will be paid, along with an attendance fee per meeting
- Applicable for both in-person and virtual meetings
- Outcomes communicated
- March 2024
EPSRC welcomes applicants for vacancies on our:
- Science, Engineering and Technology Board (SETB)
- Strategic Advisory Teams (SATs) for the following themes:
- digital security and resilience
- energy and decarbonisation
- engineering
- healthcare
- information communication technologies
- infrastructure
- manufacturing and the circular economy
- mathematical sciences
- physical sciences
- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics
We are seeking applications from individuals with experience of industry, academia, users of research, and in the third sector and government organisations.
BBSRC strategy advisory panels: member vacancies
- Closing date
- 10 January 2024
- Number of positions
- 10 member vacancies:
Three for Bioscience for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Strategy Advisory Panel
Three for Bioscience for an Integrated Understanding of Health Strategy Advisory Panel
Three for People and Talent Strategy Advisory Panel
One for Transformative Technologies Strategy Advisory Panel
- Length of term
- Standard term length is three years (one year in the first instance, with an anticipated extension if mutually agreed to a full term of three years)
The term can be extended further in exceptional circumstances, up to a maximum of six years
- Time commitment
- Maximum of 10 to12 days (generally less)
Including at least two strategy advisory panel meetings per year of one to two days each, with a maximum of five to six days for preparation, and a maximum of five to six days for additional responsibilities (ad hoc strategic advice for UKRI and BBSRC)
- Remuneration
- Attendance fee per meeting for both in-person and virtual meetings
Travel and subsistence for in-person meetings
- Outcomes communicated
- End of March 2024
We are inviting expressions of interest to join a Strategy Advisory Panel (SAP) as a member for:
- bioscience for sustainable agriculture and food
- bioscience for an integrated understanding of health
- people and talent
- transformative technologies
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council’s (BBSRC) SAPs play a key role in delivering BBSRC’s mission by providing expert input and advice that:
- help to shape and develop our strategy, policies and ideas
- provide assurance, monitoring and benchmarking on our research and innovation decisions
- ensures that our research and innovation decisions are supported by expert knowledge and insight from members of the scientific research and innovation community, including those with broad experience between and across disciplines
The panels are made up of six to eight members, supplemented as appropriate with additional invited experts according to business need.
We aim for our panels to reflect the diversity and experience across the breadth of the bioscience community, spanning academia, industry and policy.
Find out more: BBSRC strategy advisory panels: member vacancies
BBSRC strategy advisory panels: chair vacancies
- Closing date
- 10 January 2024
- Number of positions
- Three chair vacancies:
One for the Bioscience for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Strategy Advisory Panel
One for the Bioscience for an Integrated Understanding of Health Strategy Advisory Panel
One for the Transformative Technologies Strategy Advisory Panel
- Length of term
- Standard term length is three years (one year in the first instance with an anticipated extension if mutually agreed to a full term of three years).
The term can be extended further in exceptional circumstances, up to a maximum of six years.
- Time commitment
- Maximum of 10 to 12 days (generally less)
Including at least two strategy advisory panel meetings per year of one to two days each, with a maximum of five to six days for preparation, and a maximum of five to six days for additional responsibilities (ad hoc strategic advice for UKRI and BBSRC)
- Remuneration
- Attendance fee per meeting for both in-person and virtual meetings
Travel and subsistence for in-person meetings
- Interview date
- To be confirmed 2024
- Outcomes communicated
- End of March 2024
We are inviting expressions of interest to join a Strategy Advisory Panel (SAP) as a chair for:
- bioscience for sustainable agriculture and food
- bioscience for an integrated understanding of health
- transformative technologies
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council’s (BBSRC) SAPs play a key role in delivering BBSRC’s mission by providing expert input and advice that:
- help to shape and develop our strategy, policies and ideas
- provide assurance, monitoring and benchmarking on our research and innovation decisions
- ensures that our research and innovation decisions are supported by expert knowledge and insight from members of the scientific research and innovation community, including those with broad experience between and across disciplines
The panels are made up of six to eight members, supplemented as appropriate with additional invited experts according to business need.
We aim for our panels to reflect the diversity and experience across the breadth of the bioscience community, spanning academia, industry and policy.
Find out more: BBSRC strategy advisory panels: chair vacancies
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Last updated: 7 December 2023