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 EU Energy Focus, the National Contact Point for Energy in Horizon 2020, and the Energy Generation and Supply Knowledge Transfer Network are arranging a series of webinars on the topics covered by the draft Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2014. It is hoped that 2014 work programmes will be published on 11th December, so for an early insight colleagues are advised to join these webinars or visit the site afterwards to listen to the recordings for more detail about the funding available.

Low carbon energy – 20th November at 2:30pm: Research and demonstration for grids, storage, biofuels, CCS plus market uptake www.eventsforce.net/h2020-6

Smart Cities and Communities – 22nd November 12.30pm  www.eventsforce.net/h2020-7

 

Getting up to Speed on European Funding

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Book your place on Staffordshire University’s annual workshop, Getting up to Speed on European Funding.

Special guest, Eevi Laukkanen, will be coming to Staffordshire University on 11 December 2013. Eevi is from UKRO in Brussels and will be talking about the new European funding streams being launched in January 2014.

The event will be held in LT113 Ashley. There are three open sessions which staff are invited to book on onto:

9:30-11:55 Welcome to Horizon 2020, LT113 Ashley, Stoke
• Horizon 2020, the replacement for FP7 which funds research and innovation

12:10-13:00 Discovering Erasmus+, LT113 Ashley, Stoke
• Erasmus+, funding education and vocational training scheme

14:00-14:45 H2020 rules of participation and financial models LT113 Ashley, Stoke

If you wish to book onto any of these sessions please email  externalprojects@staffs.ac.uk specifying which session(s).

Plus for those of you who already have ideas in mind of projects to develop we have a limited number of 20 minute one to one slots to enable you to get expert advice from Eevi Laukkanen on developing your application. Anyone who is interested in these should email the External Projects Team directly on the address below.

• 16:00-17:00 –One to one sessions –LT113 Ashley, Stoke

For further details please email externalprojects@staffs.ac.uk

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West Midlands Production Fund

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This fund is not really research, but may be of interest to some of the film and TV production academics as it supports the production of feature films of all genres including documentaries and animation; and TV drama series, serials and one offs with a slot length longer than 30 minutes.

It is specifically focused on productions in the West midlands

 

Funding Body: Creative England

Scheme: West Midlands Production Fund

Overview: Fund which invests in the production of feature films and high-end TV drama from companies based in the West Midlands as well as from producers looking to establish a base and film in the region.

Budget: They are planning to support between four and five productions over the next 18 months, with investments of up to £500,000 per project.

Deadlines: Open call apply any time

Further Information: http://www.creativeengland.co.uk/index.php/portfolio/film/#production_funding

The AXA Research Fund invites applications for its chairs programme

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http://researchfund.axa.com/chairs

The AXA Research Fund invites applications for its chairs programme. Grants enable institutions to attract one or more world-class researchers to undertake teaching alongside research work. The researcher may address the following topics:

•environmental risks, including natural hazards, human-driven environmental changes and risks linked to climate change;

•life risks, including ageing and long-term care, addictions and risky behaviours and biomedical risks;

•socio-economic risks, including geopolitical risks, macro-economic and systematic financial risks, individual and collective behaviours when facing uncertainties, and large corporate risks.

Applications are welcomed from research institutions in the European Union as well as from 40 other countries.

Chair positions may request up to €2.5 million, while funding for the successional chair programme is worth up to €1.8m.

Horizon 2020 factsheets

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Horizon 2020 is the new European Commission funding programme for collaborative research, development and innovation activities from 2014 – 2020. We will be promoting these workprogrammes at our UKRO event on 11th December. In advance of then, the Horizon 2020 draft work programmes are coming out thick and fast providing an indication of the topics you can bid for.  The External Projects Team has condensed these into a series of factsheets, providing you with an overview of the main funding opportunities. Additional factsheets will be produced as more work programmes become available. If you would like further information on any of the topics presented, please contact externalprojects@staffs.ac.uk for access to the full draft work programme document.

Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

Secure Societies Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

Nanotechnologies Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

Health and wellbeing Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

Food and Security Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

ICT Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

Inclusive Innovative Reflective Societies Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

Energy Challenge Briefing Sheet

Future & Emerging Technologies Briefing Sheet

Leadership in Enabling & Industrial Technologies – ICT Briefing Sheet

The Joint Research Centre Information Sheet

European Research Council Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

November Wider Outlook

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Novembers Wider Outlook is now available

Download the newsletter here

This issue includes:

Page 1 Witty report on HE role in the Economy

Page 2 Review of the Leverhulme Visit to the University

Page 3 In House compliance Audits

Page 4 EU Innovation Indicator

If you have any comments or ideas for future editions we would love to hear from you

externalprojects@staffs.ac.uk

HEIF call news

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Enterprise and Commercial Development will shortly be opening a call for Innovation and Collaboration Vouchers. The guidelines and application form for this call are now available for download from Drop Box at the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/o7enem2ouzowbem/-Um17cAot7.  

Applications can be submitted from the 4th Nov – 6th Dec 2013. Further details can be found by viewing the guidelines and a best practice example of a completed HEIF application form is also available at the above link.  Please send all completed application forms to Alex Harvey, HEIF Project Manager, via email to a.harvey@staffs.ac.uk.  

Future calls: A call for Continuous Improvement Projects is planned for January 2014.

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ESRC: Empathy and Trust In Communicating Online (EMoTICON) Sandpit

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6-10 January 2014 (Cranage Hall, Cheshire)

The Economic and Social Research Council invites expressions of interest from eligible individuals for an intensive, five-day interactive commissioning workshop (sandpit) from 6-10 January 2014, being held at Cranage Hall in Cheshire.

ESRC, in partnership with AHRC, EPSRC, Dstl and CPNI, is commissioning new research to develop a greater understanding of how empathy and trust are developed, maintained, transformed and lost in social media interactions.

In order to develop innovative approaches and stimulate genuinely transdisciplinary collaborations, the ESRC is commissioning projects via a sandpit. The aim of the sandpit is to bring together researchers and other partners to create projects that will develop theoretically-informed and empirically-derived understandings of the workings of empathy and trust in online contexts and communities.

This call is intended to attract participants from across the full range of social sciences, arts and humanities, and engineering and physical sciences. The ESRC is particularly looking for people with particular personal attributes – creativity, openness, and the ability to work effectively as part of a team. A willingness to engage with policymakers, community organisations, government agencies, businesses and other key stakeholders is also essential.

Full-time and part-time scholars at UK-based research organisations (ROs) can apply. A mix of researchers at different career stages is also sought. The sandpit is aimed at early- and mid-career researchers as well as those in senior academic posts. We regret that, on this occasion, PhD students and scholars based overseas are not eligible to participate in the sandpit.

The sandpit is an intensive residential event and participants must attend all five days of the event. By submitting an application form, you are confirming that you are available for the full five days of the sandpit.

The closing date for expressions of interest is 11.00 on 11 November 2013. Applications from interested candidates should be submitted via the electronic application form.

Further Information

For further information, please contact:

Looking to collaborate with the US?

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The British Council are running the Global Innovation Initiative which will providing funding for university research collaborations between the UK and US working with either Brazil, China, Indonesia or India.  Science, technology, engineering and mathematical research issues of global significance will be supported through this scheme. The research competition opens on 28th October, with a deadline of 16th December.

Academics interested in applying are encouraged to contact their potential partners now to prepare for the call launch.  Only 20 grants are expected to be supported, with project values proposed between £100,000 – £150,000.

The goals of the scheme are:

  • To increase the global mobility of students, researchers, faculty, and higher education administrators from the U.S., the UK, and other countries;
  • To develop a cadre of people in the U.S., UK, and other countries who have the international experience, outlook and knowledge to confront global challenges and operate in a global context;
  • To encourage international collaborations that develop capacity across a range of universities in the U.S., the UK, and other countries;
  • To forge university and business linkages that support a globally mobile talent pool and a multinational base for the exchange of discovery and innovation.

Further information: http://global-innovation-initiative.org/ 

Please contact externalprojects@staffs.ac.uk if you are developing a proposal for this call.

Pitch for £5,000 of HEIF Funding at Enterprise Exchange

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People attending the next Enterprise Exchange meeting will be given the chance to give £5,000 to a project of their choice under the HEIF scheme.

Staff are being invited to give an ‘elevator pitch’ –the length of time you get when you want to impress an influential person you have met in a lift. They will be given two minutes to pitch their ideas to the Enterprise Exchange group and the crowd will vote on the project they like the most. Ideas could include business start-ups, support to established businesses or pioneering new products and practices.

There will be a small number of slots available to pitch – you must pre-register with Libby – libby.plant@staffs.ac.uk, Libby also has some tips on helping you to develop your pitch.

The next Enterprise Exchange Meeting is on Wednesday 11th December, 2pm-4pm LT114/116, Ashley Centre, Stoke. So plenty of time to get planning.

Further Information: libby.plant@staffs.ac.uk