Followers of this list will be interested in Paul Jeffrey's blog http://dirit.blogspot.com/ about 'A remarkable Town Meeting has been held at UCL, at which a draft Strategic Plan for the UK Research Computing Ecosystem was discussed.' Paul relates that 'the Strategic Plan and associated documentation will be considered by David Willetts / BIS and circulated to university Vice Chancellors next Wednesday (13 July).' The Strategic Plan for the UK Research Computing Ecosystem is available at: http://wikis.nesc.ac.uk/_escienvoy/files/e/ef/ResearchcomputingV30.pdf Information about the Town Meeting on held on 8 July 2011 is available at: http://wikis.nesc.ac.uk/escienvoy/Town_Meeting ***** JISC Grant Funding 07/11 Call Managing Research Data Programme 2011-13: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2011/06/managingresearchdata.aspx ***** Programme Website: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/mrd.aspx Community Discussion List: [log in to unmask] Blog: http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/ Programme Tag: #jiscmrd ***** Twitter, Skype: simonhodson99 Calendar: https:[log in to unmask]&ctz=Europe/London&gsessionid=OK ***** Dr Simon HODSON Programme Manager – Managing Research Data JISC Executive Brettenham House (South Entrance) 5 Lancaster Place London WC2E 7EN E: [log in to unmask] M1: +44 (0) 7545 524 009 T: +44 (0) 203 006 6071