Robert Carroll, PhD chemistry student Robert added,” Coming to the end of my PhD I can present the complete scope of the work I’ve carried out, at clinical conferences this has actually helped me to communicate with the larger community and improve my understanding of subject area. Now, the opportunity to bring this to MPs, and a more basic audience, is an excellent way to engage much more individuals with the interesting research study we’re involved with at Southampton”.
Stephen Metcalfe MP, Chairman of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, stated:
“This yearly competition is a crucial date in the parliamentary calendar due to the fact that it gives MPs an opportunity to speak with a wide range of the country’s finest young researchers.
“These early profession engineers and researchers are the architects of our future and STEM for BRITAIN is political leaders’ finest chance to satisfy them and understand their work.”
The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee runs the event in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Biology, The Physiological Society, The Nutrition Society and the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, with sponsorship from Dyson, Clay Mathematics Institute, UK Research Study and Innovation, Warwick Production Group, AWE, the Society of Chemical Market, Institute of Biomedical Science, the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research Study, the Biochemical Society and the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
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Each classification session will lead to the award of Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates and prize money. The Gold winner will likewise get a medal. There will likewise be an overall winner from the 5 sessions who will receive the Westminster Medal at an unique awards event in Parliament in April, organised by the Parliamentary & Scientific Committee.
STEM for BRITAIN was developed by Dr Eric Wharton in 1997. Following his untimely death in 2007, the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, with support from the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Biology, The Physiological Society, The Nutrition Society and the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, is working to enhance his legacy.
The event is enabled this year with financial support from Dyson, the Clay Mathematics Institute, UK Research and Innovation, WONDER, Warwick Manufacturing Group, Society of Chemical Market, Institute of Biomedical Science, the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research Study, the Biochemical Society and the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
The competition is open to early stage or early profession scientists, that includes university research trainees, postgraduates, research study assistants, postdocs, research fellows, newly-appointed speakers, part-time and mature trainees, returners, those individuals embarking on a 2nd profession, and their comparable in nationwide, public sector and commercial labs, and suitable final year undergrad and MSc trainees, all of whom are engaged in clinical, engineering, technological or medical research.
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