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Latest funds on Research Professional 11/03/2016

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Horizon scanning research and intelligence centre

Department of Health including NIHR, GB

Funding aims to designate and fund a single NIHR horizon scanning research and intelligence centre that will act as a centre of excellence in provision of advanced notice to national policymakers of key new emerging health technologies. The budget is worth up to £2 million per year over five years, commencing 1 April 2017.

Maximum award: £10,000,000

Closing date: 12 Apr 16

 

Distinguished visiting fellowships

Royal Academy of Engineering, GB

These enable an academic engineering department in a UK university to be a host for up to a month to am expert from an overseas academic centre of excellence. Fellowships are worth up to £6,000 each, and include the cost of one return air fare, accommodation and a daily allowance to cover incidental expenses.

Maximum award: £6,000

Closing date: 18 Apr 16 (recurring)

 

Grants for research and innovation

Nuffield Foundation, GB

These support research, practical experiments or development work in the areas of children and families, early years education and childcare, economic advantages and disadvantages, education, law in society and social wellbeing. Grants normally range from £10,000 to £250,000, with the majority worth between £50,000 and £150,000.

Maximum award: £350,000

Closing date: 18 Apr 16 (recurring)

 

Call for projects

Software Sustainability Institute, GB

This offers the assistance and expertise of institute staff to research groups in order to improve the long-term sustainability of software across all academic disciplines, from computational biology to nuclear fusion.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 29 Apr 16

 

International conference symposium scheme

British Psychological Society, GB

This supports member networks to convene a symposium at an international conference in order to help the society showcase UK psychology to international audiences, by increasing member networks’ presence at international conferences. Grants are worth between £1,500 and £3,000 each.

Maximum award: £3,000

Closing date: 01 May 16 (recurring)

 

Mair scholarship

RCN Foundation, GB

This enables occupational health nurses to undertake learning and development activities such as postgraduate studies or professional short courses in order to enhance patient care, patient experience and development in nursing practice. Bursaries are worth up to £5,000 each for activities that commence between August 2016 and August 2017.

Maximum award: £5,000

Closing date: 03 May 16 (recurring)

 

Knowledge transfer partnerships

Innovate UK, GB

These aim to facilitate the transfer of knowledge, technology and skills, and help businesses innovate and grow, by linking them with a university and a graduate. Partnerships may last between six months and three years. SMEs must contribute a third of the project costs, usually around £20,000, whereas large companies must contribute 50 per cent of the costs, usually around £30,000.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 11 May 16

 

Skills development fellowships – expertise at the social science interface

Medical Research Council, GB

These support training for very early career researchers in, or individuals changing disciplines to, the areas of health economics and mixed methods research. Fellowships are available for three years and they cover salary as well as costs for consumables, travel and capital equipment appropriate for the research project.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 16 Jun 16 (recurring)

 

Fellowships in social science

Academy of Social Sciences, GB

These contribute towards research in any area, discipline or interdisciplinary field of social science.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 17 Jun 16 (recurring)

 

Joint call for European cooperation

Interreg Europe, EU

Funding enables local and regional public authorities, and other local actors of regional relevance to improve the performance of regional development policy and programmes in areas relating to research, technological development and innovation, competitiveness of SMEs, low-carbon economy, and environment and resource efficiency. Projects can be co-financed at a rate of either 75 per cent or 85 per cent depending on the legal status of the project partners.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 13 May 16

Funding for higher education in England for 2016-17: HEFCE grant letter from BIS

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On March 4th the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Minister for Universities and Science have confirmed funding allocations to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for financial year 2016-17.

The grant letter sets out government funding and priorities for HEFCE and for higher education for the coming year. It confirms funding of £3.7 billion, including capital funding of £478 million.

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Latest funds on Research Professional 26/02/2016

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Open knowledge exchange fellowships

Natural Environment Research Council, GB

These enable the sharing and flow of knowledge and expertise between the NERC-funded researchers and their user communities. The fellowships will cover 100 per cent of the fellow’s salary on a pro-rata basis including superannuation, national insurance and specific allowances, in addition up to £40,000 is available for travel and other associated costs. Awards can be between one and three years in duration.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 17 Mar 16

 

Industry fellowships

Royal Society, GB

These enable academic scientists to work on collaborative projects with industry, or individuals employed in industry to work on collaborative projects with university departments or non-profit research organisations. Fellowships support a period of up to two years and cover fellows’ basic salary during the secondment as well as research expenses of up to £2,000 per year.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 31 Mar 16 (recurring)

 

Prize for newer researchers

Society for Research into Higher Education, GB

This provides support for early stage researchers in the field of higher education research by enabling them to undertake a research project in their own right, or develop research skills which will help advance their research career. Grants are worth £3,000 each and are available for projects lasting one year.

Maximum award: £3,000

Closing date: 31 Mar 16 (recurring)

 

General project funding

Education Endowment Foundation, GB

This is for evaluating interventions or approaches that improve the learning and development of children aged three and four, as well as pupils in mainstream schools from ages five to 16. Grants are usually worth between £90,000 and £1.8million each.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 01 Apr 16

 

Programme grants for applied research

Department of Health including NIHR, GB

These support high-quality projects, feasibility or pilot studies that aim to provide evidence to improve health outcomes in England through promotion of health, prevention of ill health, and optimal disease management, with particular emphasis on conditions causing significant disease burden. The award amount and funding period depends on the nature of the proposed work. There is no fixed upper limit, although funding in excess of £2.5 million is unusual.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 06 Apr 16 (recurring)

 

Centre for doctoral training – modelling and quantitative skills in ecology and evolution

Natural Environment Research Council, GB

These aim to train the next generation of UK environmental scientists in various aspects of data collection, modelling, statistical analysis and inference with input from a range of quantitative disciplines, producing researchers with substantial quantitative expertise capable of developing new theoretical modelling methods. Studentships are worth up to £84,936 each.

Maximum award: £84,936

Closing date: 13 Apr 16

 

Carnevali small research grants scheme

Economic History Society, GB

This encourages small-scale research initiatives or pilot studies in economic or social history. Grants are worth up to £5,000 each.

Maximum award: £5,000

Closing date: 01 May 16 (recurring)

 

 

Health technology assessment programme: researcher-led workstream – evidence synthesis – 15/187

Department of Health including NIHR, GB

This programme supports research that is immediately useful to patients, clinical practice, and policy and decision makers, assessing the effectiveness of technologies within the NHS.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 05 May 16

 

 

Major research fellowships in the humanities and social sciences

Leverhulme Trust, GB

These enable well-established researchers in the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences to devote themselves to a single research project. Fellowships are awarded for two to three years and cover salary costs for an individual to undertake the normal duties of the fellow, as well as research expenses worth up to £6,000 per year.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 05 May 16

 

 

Research grants programme

Arts Council England, GB

These support projects that aim to better understand the impact of arts and culture and promote greater collaboration and co-operation between the arts and cultural sector and research partners. The budget for 2016-17 is £1.11 million and grants are worth between £50,000 and £200,000 in total. Actions must take place between 1 October 2016 and 31 October 2018.

Maximum award: £200,000

Closing date: 05 May 16 (recurring)

Professorship/ Associate Professorship Call 2016 – March 9th Advisory Session

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Last few places remaining:

To support the Professorship/Associate Professorship call announced in January, Dr Steve Wyn Williams will run an advisory session to guide prospective applicants on the conferment process and criteria.

The session will be held on Wednesday 9th March at 11.00am in the Cadman Executive Boardroom, Cadman Building, Stoke-on-Trent.

The session will run for two hours. In order to ensure that there is sufficient time for questions and discussion, attendance will be capped at 25 members of staff. If necessary an additional session will be arranged before 4th April deadline for applications.

Places must be booked and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. To book a place, please email your request to researchservices@staffs.ac.uk no later than 4th March 2016.

Bridging Business and Research Event in Cardiff – March 18th

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marie_curie_logoThe event is part of the Europe wide campaign to promote business-academic collaborations under the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) and will take place in Cardiff on Friday 18 March 2016. Whilst the main objective of the event is to encourage more involvement from the private sector in MSCA projects, the line-up of expert speakers from the European Commission, large industry, SMEs, public sector and academia will deliver an insightful programme, exploring the theme of bridging business and research more widely. Facilitated question and answer sessions and networking time are also included in the event’s Programme.

The event is free to attend, but registration is required on the event’s website

Professorship and Associate Professorship Call 2016 – Advisory Session

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cropped-theprofessorisinrevised-banner-FACEBOOK-CopyTo support the Professorship/Associate Professorship call announced by the Vice Chancellor in January, Dr Steve Wyn Williams will run an advisory session to guide prospective applicants on the conferment process and criteria.

The session will be held on:-

  • Wednesday 9th March at 11.00 am in Cadman Executive Boardroom, Cadman Building, Stoke

The session will run for two hours.

In order to ensure that there is sufficient time for questions and discussion, attendance will be capped at twenty-five members of staff. If necessary an additional session will be arranged before 4th April deadline for applications .

Places must be booked and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. To book a place, please email  your request to researchservices@staffs.ac.uk by no later than 4th March 2016

Latest funds on Research Professional 12/02/2016

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Supporting a culture of openness in the NHS – a policy evaluation

Department of Health including NIHR, GB

The tenderer will conduct a single research project on supporting a culture of openness in the NHS, on creating a culture of prioritising care, improving openness, detecting poor care and ensuring clear accountability. The total budget is worth £475,000 over a period of 30 months.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 01 Mar 16

 

UK-France joint PhD programme

Ministry of Defence, GB

This aims to develop research in key areas of mutual interest to France and the UK, such as autonomous underwater vehicles, meta-materials, synthetic biology, sensors, vehicle armour, and human and social sciences. Five PhDs are expected to be funded.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 04 Mar 16

 

Research grants

British Ecological Society, GB

These support innovative ecological research and pump-priming projects, and help early-career ecologists to establish an independent research career. Grants for small projects are worth up to £5,000 each, and early-career ecologists’ grants are worth up to £20,000 each.

Maximum award: £20,000

Closing date: 21 Mar 16 (recurring)

 

Emslie Horniman anthropological scholarship fund

Royal Anthropological Institute, GB

This encourages postgraduates to pursue fieldwork, to develop their careers and make significant contributions to the study of the growth of civilisations, habits and customs, religious and physical characteristics of the non-European peoples and of prehistoric and non-industrial man in Europe. Awards are in the range of £500 to £7,000.

Maximum award: £7,000

Closing date: 31 Mar 16 (recurring)

 

Men’s health and emergent longer-term conditions

Burdett Trust for Nursing, GB

These aim to support nurse-led projects that will help to define proactive strategies and interventions that seek to promote better self-care and self-management and reverse the negative impact that undetected and untreated men’s longer-term health challenges may impart. Grants are typically between £10,000 and £200,000.

Maximum award: €200,000

Closing date: 02 Apr 16

 

Hudswell international research scholarship

Institution of Engineering and Technology, GB

This is awarded to assist members with advanced research work leading to the award of a doctorate at an internationally recognised university or research establishment in the field of electrical, electronic, manufacturing or information engineering. One scholarship worth £5,000 is available.

Maximum award: £5,000

Closing date: 07 Apr 16 (recurring)

 

Programming development fund

British Film Institute, GB

This helps film programmers and exhibitors put together programmes of films which will be enhanced or underpinned by curation, interpretation or education activity. The total budget is worth up to £1.4 million per year.

Maximum award: £200,000

Closing date: None

 

UK research partnership investment fund

Higher Education Funding Council for England, GB

This supports large-scale projects that can attract substantial co-investment from private sources, building on the research excellence in the higher education sector. Each project may receive between £10 million and £50m. The fund may support between four and 20 projects.

Maximum award: £50,000,000

Closing date: 15 Apr 16

 

Erasmus for young entrepreneurs

Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, EU

This aims to expand and strengthen the existing network of intermediary organisations which act as local contact points for newly established entrepreneurs as well as experienced entrepreneurs in the participating countries. The maximum grant amount per specific agreement is €800,000 with a reimbursement of up to 90 per cent of eligible costs. Between 20 and 30 framework partnership agreements are expected to be signed.

Maximum award: €800,000

Closing date: 05 Apr 16

The EU Referendum Debate and its Impact on UK Universities 29 February 2016 –

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​Universities for Europe is hosting the first in a series of different debates on the EU referendum and its impact on British universities on 29 February 2016 at the Chelsea College of Arts.
An international panel of experts will meet to discuss the value of European Union membership for universities, its impact on collaboration and competitiveness, and the potential implications of the UK referendum for future collaboration.

The event is free of charge though registration is mandatory by ​22 February. More information on the event​ is availa​ble on the Universities for Europe website.

Transnational organised crime – cross-disciplinary innovation awards

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The Economic and Social Research Council, in collaboration with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, under the partnership for conflict, crime and security research programme, invites applications for its transnational organised crime call. This funds innovative research and networking activities which address transnational organised crime, from a range of cross-disciplinary approaches and research perspectives. Applications from collaborative work between social scientists and arts or humanities researchers, working where appropriate with engineers and physical scientists, are welcome. The following topics will be considered:

•the illegal movement of people, goods and money across international borders;

•human trafficking and illicit trafficking of arms and drugs;

•cross-border money laundering, bribery, corruption and financing of criminal and terrorist networks;

•cyber enabled crime;

•international art, conservation and heritage crime;

•transnational sexual exploitation, and trade in counterfeit identities and goods.

Applications which explore linkages with other PaCCS themes will also be considered.

Collaborations with researchers and stakeholders beyond the UK is strongly encouraged reflecting the international nature of organised crime.

Awards are worth £100,000 each, at full economic cost, for a duration of 18 months. The council expects to fund approximately 10 projects.

For further details contact tnoc@esrc.ac.uk

Closing date 30 Mar 16

 

Latest funds on Research Professional 28/01/2016

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Schools finance health competition

Innovate UK, GB

Funding supports phase two projects that aim to develop and evaluate prototypes or demonstrators, which offer practical solutions to enable improved financial health and efficiency savings in schools, without harming outcomes for pupils. The total budget for phase two is £200,000, including VAT. Each project may receive up to £100,000 over a maximum period of one year.

Maximum award: £100,000

Closing date: 24 Feb 16

 

Research associateships

Modern Humanities Research Association, GB

These support the completion of research projects through the provision of part-time research assistance. Up to three awards of £23,000 each are available for one year only.

Maximum award: £23,000

Closing date: 29 Feb 16 (recurring)

 

Small research study funding scheme

Posture and Mobility Group, GB

Funding supports research projects that promote best practice, provide training, collate information and advise stakeholders on posture and wheeled mobility services. Grants are worth up to £7,500 each and cover the replacement salary costs as well as other research expenses.

Maximum award: £7,500

Closing date: 29 Feb 16 (recurring)

 

International fellowship for midwives

Wellbeing of Women, GB

This fellowship enables midwives to further develop research interests in midwifery, maternity services, pregnancy, childbirth and women’s health from an international perspective. Each fellowship is worth up to £20,000, which is available to contribute to salary, research and travel costs.

Maximum award: £20,000

Closing date: 07 Mar 16

 

Awards for travel to Canada – academic staff and doctoral students

Canada-UK Foundation , GB

These enable faculty and doctoral students pursuing Canadianist research in UK universities to make a research visit to Canada. Awards are worth £1,000 each for visits lasting a minimum of one week.

Maximum award: £1,000

Closing date: 15 Mar 16 (recurring)

 

Efficacy and mechanism evaluation programme – researcher-led workstream

Department of Health including NIHR, GB

This supports research into interventions based in or used by the NHS and its partners, including clinical trials and evaluative studies of novel and repurposed interventions. There is no fixed limit on project duration. All funding should be clearly justified, but there is no upper limit.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 15 Mar 16 (recurring)

 

Environmental risks to infrastructure – knowledge exchange fellowship call

Natural Environment Research Council, GB

This aims to support infrastructure owners, operators, regulators and policy-makers to enable them to access and use environmental science to identify, quantify and manage environmental risks to infrastructure. The award is worth up to £40,000.

Maximum award: £40,000

Closing date: 17 Mar 16

 

Four year PhD studentships

British Heart Foundation, GB

These allow universities in the UK to recruit up to four students per year for four years into the cardiovascular research programme. The studentship includes a student stipend at the standard BHF rate, university PhD tuition fees at the home rate only and consumable costs of £8,000 for the first year and £14,000 per year thereafter.

Maximum award: Not known

Closing date: 31 Mar 16