Author Archives: Fiona Millar

About Fiona Millar

Research Funding Officer for the Faculty of Natural Sciences, typically blogging about funding, social media and my perspective on the research funding environment.

Tiree Tech Wave 6 (TTW-6), Island Roaming and App Testing

Louisa Preston is currently researching a PhD at the Universities of Stirling and St Andrews based on the Nesta Digital R&D Fund. Tiree Tech Wave 6 By Louisa Preston In October this year the sixth Tiree Tech Wave took place … Continue reading

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The much anticipated meeting of the Second Call projects…

On the 21st of March the CReATeS team met the four projects who had been successful in securing funding from the second round of the NESTA R&D Digital Fund. The first project to present was led by Ben Kampas of … Continue reading

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NESTA Collaborative Workshop 21.03.13

We were greeted by the inspiring surroundings of The Hub on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh on a rare day of sunshine (obviously out for the meeting of the 2nd call projects), with participants’ prompt arrival  motivated by the breakfast … Continue reading

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A failure – or just not a cat?

by Doris Ruth Eikhof Writing about the Happenstance project funded by the Digital R&D Fund for Arts and Culture in England , Chris Bilton suggests that arts and cultural organisation might want to learn to fail . Yes, I thought, … Continue reading

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NESTA Collaboration Day- National Galleries, Edinburgh

The CReATeS consortium team arrive for the third collaboration day of the Digital R&D Fund and are welcomed by the inspiring surroundings of the National Gallery of Modern Art. 24.01.13 The meeting kicked off with an introduction by Gillian Easson … Continue reading

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