Funding & Awards
Adam Curtis Collaboration Award
Supporting training visits, technology transfer and new collaborative research.
About the award
Named in honour of Professor Adam Curtis, whose work exemplified interdisciplinary collaboration in tissue engineering and cell–material interactions, the Adam Curtis Collaboration Award (ACCA) provides £1,000 for short-term training visits and collaborative activities.
The scheme aims to help researchers gain specialist skills, exchange techniques and develop collaborations that may lead to future joint publications or grant proposals.
Eligibility
Under the Society’s published criteria, the award supports second- and third-year PhD students and postdoctoral research associates who are TCES members. Activities may include visits to specialist laboratories in the UK or to TCES-member laboratories in Europe.
Applications and deadline
Applicants should submit a CV, an invitation from the host, a letter of support from their supervisor, and the completed form setting out the proposed objectives, schedule and deliverables. Applications go to Prof Nicholas Evans.
The current TCES awards page states a closing date of 31 October 2026. Please check for any updated instructions before submitting.
Awardees in action
In 2025, ACCA recipient Zhipeng Deng of the University of Bristol undertook specialist rheology training at the University of Glasgow as part of his research on injectable regenerative biomaterials.
Read Zhipeng’s collaboration story →
Successful applicants are expected to acknowledge TCES in resulting outputs and contribute a short article to the Society’s news or newsletter.