Useful Nanotechnology Higher Education Links (UK)

• UCAS - UCAS is the central organisation that processes applications for full-time undergraduate courses at UK universities and colleges
• Education UK - information for overseas students about studying in the UK, includes lots of further links
• NARIC - The National Academic Recognition Information Centre for the UK - promotes British qualifications overseas and gives advice and information on comparability of overseas qualifications with those from the UK
• New Student - A website that helps you choose a College or University, meet your future friends, or plan your gap year
• Nanotechnology: Education and Mobility - the European Commission's Nanotechnology website offers information with regards to education and mobility in nanotechnology
• Qualifications Explained - DirectGov's explanantion of vocational qualifications
• National Database of Accredited Qualifications - Users can search for details on current and expired accredited qualifications
• National Nanotechnology Initiative Education Center - Education information from the National Nanotechnology Initiative
• Foresight Nanotechnology Student Resources - A comprehensive collection of links to research and other nanotechnology resources for students

Nanotechnology Finance and Funding Links

• EPSRC - EPSRC leads the Research Councils UK Nanoscience Programme - funding for researchers
• BBSRC - supports a total of around 1600 scientists and 2000 research students in universities and institutes in the UK
• STFC - Offers grants and support in Particle Physics, Astronomy, Nuclear Physics and Facility Development
• Technology Strategy Board - collaborative R&D competitions for grants:
• EUREKA's Eurostars Programme - funding for market oriented R&D
• Seventh Framework Research Programme (FP7) - European collaborative R&D competitions for grants
• Cordis guide to EU funding
• The European Research Area - is composed of all research and development activities, programmes and policies in Europe which involve a transnational perspective
• UK Intellectual Property Office - IP search and advisory service
• The Royal Society - The Royal Society provides a range of grnt schemes to support the UK scientific community and foster collaboration between UK based and overseas scientists
• The Royal Academy of Engineering - The Academy is committed to the support of engineering education from the sixth form through to postgraduate level and continuing professional development.
• NERC - the UK's main agency for funding and managing research, training and knowledge exchange in the environmental sciences
• MRC - supports research across the entire spectrum of medical sciences, in universities and hospitals, in MRC units, centres and institutes in the UK, and in MRC units in Africa
• The British Council
• Wellcome Trust - offer a wide variety of funding schemes, including Investigator Awards, fellowships and Strategic Awards, and also support several major initiatives
• Leverhulme Trust - the Trust provides funding for research projects, fellowships, studentships, bursaries and prizes; it operates across all the academic disciplines, the ambition being to support talented individuals as they realise their personal vision in research and professional training
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships - Covering a huge range of projects, KTP is one of the largest graduate recruitment programmes across the UK
• National Science Foundation - the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities
• National Institutes of Health - NIH is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world, funding thousands of scientists in universities and research institutions in every state across America and around the globe.