
News and past events
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Announcing the Team Research Spring 2025 Community Seminar (online) on Wednesday 21st May from 1.30pm to 3pm
Join the Spring seminar from the University of Manchester’s Team Research Programme: with a keynote from Tayana Soukup Ascensao, Board member at INSciTS, Imperial College London, an introduction to PURE and Research Explorer from Laura Turner (University of...
Team Research launches Self-led Learning
The first three Team Research Self-led Learning modules are now live and available for all University of Manchester Blackboard users. The 3 modules are: Introduction to Team Research and Composition, Team Visioning and Ways of Working, and Followership. You can...
Team Research Monthly Reading Group
This month (February) our Training Manager Holly Fairburn-Barnes, has shared the book Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson with us. We are reading the Introduction pp 8-12 If you would like to join us for an informal chat about the reading please join via Teams at...
International Strategic Partnership Funded visit to Lahore, Pakistan, January 2025
A Wonderful Long Weekend in Lahore by Charlie Stockton-Powdrell I was invited to join a delegation heading to Lahore in Pakistan as part of the International Strategic Partnerships Fund from the University of Manchester, leaving on 1st January 2025. The award is led...
Registration open now! Teamwork and Collaboration Principles for Successful Research training workshop
Register now for the Team Research 'Teamwork and Collaboration Principles for Successful Research' training workshop. What is it about? Collaborative, interdisciplinary team-based ways of working and skills are becoming increasingly important in the fundability and...
Last few tickets remaining! Teamwork and Collaboration Principles for Successful Research training days
Register now for the Team Research 'Teamwork and Collaboration Principles for Successful Research' training workshop. What is it about? Collaborative, interdisciplinary team-based ways of working and skills are becoming increasingly important in the fundability and...
Funding Opportunities 2025
UMRI Interdisciplinary Research Placement Funding: This scheme supports early career researchers in developing cross-discipline partnerships through activities such as placements, work shadowing, and interdisciplinary workshops. Closing date: 28 April 2025 Impact...
Puzzles, pump-priming and people: Teams Build Dreams Autumn Community Event
Thank you to everyone involved in making our autumn Teams Build Dreams community event so successful: we have had some fantastic feedback and can’t wait to do it all again in spring! The focus this time was on launching our 24/25 Microcatalyst call which for 24-25 we...
Team Research Microcatalyst Call Launch 2024 / 25
Team Research Micro-catalyst Call 2024/5 The University of Manchester Team Research Programme (TeamsBuildDreams) invites applications to the micro-catalyst call 2024/25, following on from the successful call 2023/24. For this round we are delighted to partner with the...

Now closed. Register now! Team Research Networks and Team Working in Research Event on 14th May 2024
Register here A Community Event: Networks and Team Working in Research 14th May 2024 12-14:30 at UoM Campus, MECD Building A, GA.056. Booth St East With keynote speaker Dr Helen Hughes, University of Leeds Business School. “Joining the dots: leveraging networks to...
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