Sophie Potter

Former guppy-botherer (PhD @carletonscience), now Grants Manager with @ResearchNT. Natural world enthusiast, lover of laughter, words & museums. Views own

[Sophie Potter @sojopotter]

Well, now everyone knows what I did last summer - helped support a successful Cambridge Collections application for a new East of England Collections PhD consortium!

[Cambridge Collections Connections Communities @CamGLAMresearch]

Exciting news for #InternationalMuseumDay! Collections & Connections in the East of England (CC-EE) is a new @ahrcpress Collaborative Doctoral Programme across @camunivmuseums @theul @pboromuseum @colmuseums, @ipswichmuseums @norfolkmuseums

[National Trust Research @ResearchNT]

🎄On the 12th day of Christmas, NT researchers gave to me... 12 nationally rare and scarce species of spider🕷️🕸️
@nationaltrust
#12DaysofNTResearch
https://t.co/5lXWmgpg1C

[National Trust Research @ResearchNT]

🎄On the 11th day of Christmas, NT researchers gave to me... an 11th century castle from which to give a royal wave 🏰👑
@HistoricEngland @nationaltrust @CorfeCastleUK
#12DaysofNTResearch
https://t.co/h9VoM75cFi

[National Trust Research @ResearchNT]

🎄On the tenth day of Christmas, NT researchers gave to me... £10m in @UKRI_News funding to tackle the health impacts of climate change ☀️🌡️
@nationaltrust
#12DaysofNTResearch
https://t.co/KwdDWQa4tx

[National Trust Research @ResearchNT]

🎄On the ninth day of Christmas, NT researchers gave to me... nine (and more) ladies dancing in lovely Regency costume 💃🕺https://t.co/KMHrPEk2Vg
@nationaltrust
#12DaysofNTResearch

[National Trust Research @ResearchNT]

🎄On the eighth day of Christmas, NT researchers gave to me... Eight kings called Henry (one of them on tour) 👑
https://t.co/9cL3zt9viM
@nationaltrust
#12DaysofNTResearch

[National Trust Research @ResearchNT]

🎄On the seventh day of Christmas, NT researchers gave to me... 700,000 place names analysed to find 'lost blossom' in the Blossom Through Time project 🌸
https://t.co/Tk5iMBAupm
@nationaltrust
#12DaysofNTResearch

[Sophie Potter @sojopotter]

Whoop! That's through RICHeS funding from @ahrcpress- such an exciting award

[National Trust Research @ResearchNT]

🎄On the sixth day of Christmas, NT researchers gave to me... 600,000 (and a bit) £ in funding for a new historic paints laboratory 🎨
https://t.co/3GFV7XusMl
@nationaltrust
#12DaysofNTResearch

[Cambridge Collections Connections Communities @CamGLAMresearch]

Come and join us and @theUL and work on #bibliography and #naturalhistory as part of the new Natural History Humanities research programme!
Details on our website!
https://t.co/5TZqJOshTv

[National Trust Research @ResearchNT]

🎄On the fifth day of Christmas, NT researchers gave to me... five iconic tapestries now on display at Hardwick Hall @NThardwick 🪡🧵
https://t.co/ZoGKzMiDOr
@nationaltrust
#12DaysofNTResearch

[Sophie Potter @sojopotter]

Looking forward to getting stuck in! (@bertsbooks- I'll be ordering this in)

[Jack Ashby @JackDAshby]

COVER REVEAL!
Here's what my new book "Nature's Memory: Behind the Scenes at the World's Natural History #Museums" will look like.
I couldn't guess what image @PenguinUKBooks would select to represent ALL SPECIMENS IN ALL MUSEUMS, but I think this snail is perfect.🤩 #CoverReveal

[National Trust Research @ResearchNT]

🎄On the fourth day of Christmas, NT researchers gave to me... four champion urban gardeners in Manchester 🪻
https://t.co/yBtDXD6zzj
@nationaltrust
#12DaysofNTResearch

[National Trust Research @ResearchNT]

🎄On the third day of Christmas, NT researchers gave to me... over 3 ha3 of new aquatic habitat created in Somerset, a 1700% increase 🐟🌊🌳
https://t.co/q9bPdvxQzr
#12DaysofNTResearch

[National Trust Research @ResearchNT]

🎄On the second day of Christmas, NT researchers gave to me... two turtle doves in our historic dovecotes🕊️https://t.co/4nnAHLAO7x
#12DaysofNTResearch

[National Trust Research @ResearchNT]

🎄On the first day of Christmas, National Trust researchers gave to me... one brand new baby seal at Orford Ness🦭https://t.co/jwvY5dlgtN
#12DaysofNTResearch

[The Biodiversity Genomics Academy @TheBGAcademy]

It’s only June and we already have 20 fantastic sessions confirmed for BGA24! These cover manual-curation, assembly pipelines, annotation, tools for manipulation and exploration and more! You can find out more at https://t.co/b8kWTcaIIo!
#BGA #bioinformatics #EBP #genomics

[Cambridge Visual Culture @camvisculture]

We're seeking a new post holder for the role of CVC Coordinator! Deadline 30 June: https://t.co/tjViYSNdut @HoArt_cambridge @FitzMuseum_UK @kettlesyard

[Sophie Potter @sojopotter]

Bookshop tourism yesterday led to another @JackDAshby spot, this time at @StanfordsBrist!

[Sophie Potter @sojopotter]

Just a couple of days left to apply for the Grant Officer roles in my team- take a look if you're keen to support funding applications for environmental and cultural heritage projects!

[Sophie Potter @sojopotter]

There's currently 2 Grants Officer vacancies in my wonderful team at @nationaltrust! If you're looking for a role supporting grant fundraising for a national charity, please consider applying. Closing date June 2nd, £36,621 pa
https://t.co/trjar1WaIm

[Sophie Potter @sojopotter]

Link to the latest National Trust Research Report- so satisfying to see all the work going on across the Trust, and hoping that next year's report will contain some projects that I've supported!

[National Trust Research @ResearchNT]

We're delighted to share the newest edition of our Annual Research Report (2023-24), showing how our research supports decision making, finds solutions for urgent environmental challenges, & provides new knowledge for interpretation. Download & read here: https://t.co/Ij40fGXfvk