NESTA Learning Award, 2005, with Peter Normington (IT, Ardus), to set up a database and website of ‘writer-friendly scientists’ willing to meet and discuss their work with writers. Project included publicity articles, and organising the 2 ‘Subtle Science’ writing competitions sponsored by the Guardian and Science. Plus talks and workshops on ‘putting the science into fiction’ for Soc of Authors, Romantic Novelists Association, PEN London (‘Four scientists in search of an author’), Dana Centre, Manchester LitFest, Edinburgh International Lit Fest, National Academy for Writers, Quilters’ Guild – and more.
Financial support ended in 2010, and the project was closed down.