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Science and Technology Facilities Council funding call EOI
STFC runs a Challenge Led Applied Systems Programme (CLASP) to support the application and commercialisation of STFC research in key global research challenge areas.
The key challenge areas for CLASP 2020 are security and environment. Applications that address a specific challenge within one, or both, of these themes can be submitted.
For more information, including specific criteria, see the STFC website.
What do we know about the birth of planets?
Dr Farzana Meru, an astrophysicist here at the University of Warwick, explains what we know - and what we don't ... yet.
Telescope instrument opens its 5,000 eyes for the first time
A brand new telescope instrument, designed and built by an international team involving Warwick scientists, will provide precise measurements of the universe's expansion rate and capture images of galaxies up to 11 billion light years away.
Five reasons future space travel should explore asteroids
While the world reflects on the first flight to the moon and our future on Mars, Dr Dimitri Veras and James Blake from Warwick's astrophysics department think asteroids – the so-called “minor planets” – deserve recognition. Here’s why.