This small fund targets Early Career Researchers. It can be applied to at anytime and is looking for cross disciplinary work around digital technologies and sustainability, which makes it a good fit to a number of research areas in the University.

Funding Body: Sustainable Society Network

Scheme: Small Grants open call

Overview: Small grants provide funding for projects, or other activities, that lead to, or support, cross-disciplinary collaboration in the use of digital technologies to promote and support a sustainable society. The applications should address the “three pillars” (UN, 2005) or “triple bottom line” (Elkington, 1994) of sustainability – social, economic, and environmental. These will be up to 3 months in duration and are designed to test new ideas or create novel linkages between research areas.

We encourage applications led by early career researchers (defined as within 5 years of their PhD submission).

• resource consumption (e.g. water, waste, and energy)
• environmental degredation and contamination (e.g. air, soil, noise, water)
• local and national transport, water, waste, and energy, and ICT infrastructures
• architecture, landscape architecture, town and country planning, building science
• national and international supply chains
• rural and urban enterprise infrastructures
• support health and wellbeing (this call will NOT fund clinical trials)
• social infrastructure support mechanisms
• sustainable prosperity
• safety and emergency services
• environmental and engineering policy

Budget: Funding for 80% of a project costing up to £3,000 is available for applications led by staff from UK universities and research organisations

Deadlines: The fund closes on the first of every month (but will shut on the 15^th for the January call)

Further Information: http://sustainablesocietynetwork.net/open-call-submissions/