The External Projects Team recently supported a PHD seminar series in FCES, organised by Fran Stubbs, the series is designed to provide opportunities for PHD students to explore new topics and learn from the key speakers who are invited to attend.
The External Projects Team discussed bidding for research and in a EU context and provided tips to writing a successful proposal.
Pictured above are the PHD students and Jose Beech, External Grants Manager.
The Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income countries (PEDL) programme has issued an Exploratory Grants Programme (EPG) call specifically for current PhD students. The ERG programme supports research related to private enterprise development in low-income countries which should contribute at least in part to the student’s planned doctoral dissertation. Applications in different aspects of private sector development will be encouraged. For information PEDL’s priority areas include – The dynamics of SMEs: Informality and entrepreneurship; the role of export-oriented industries in driving growth; Gender; fragile and conflict affected states; climate, environment and social compliance.
The upper limit of funding for ERG proposals is £35,000 with a deadline date of 1st July 2013. Further information is available at http://pedl.cepr.org/content/special-exploratory-research-grant-calls.
The UK-India education and research initiative of the British Council and the University Grants Commission invite expressions of interest for their thematic partnerships. These facilitate collaborations between faculties and researchers, and enable registered PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in India and the UK to undertake short-term visits to work on research projects. Partnerships are available for all subjects, including humanities, social sciences, science and technology projects. Multidisciplinary research is encouraged.
Project leaders should be of at least postdoctoral status or equivalent and based in an institution or research laboratory in a UK university or institution. EU citizens may apply provided that they hold a permanent position in the UK, and non-EU citizens should have held a permanent position for at least three years. Indian project leaders should be based in an Indian university or institution and be resident in India. Funds are available for partnerships of up to two years in duration and provide a maximum of £60,000 equivalent in INR. Eligible costs include research staff and fellow and student exchanges including travel and accommodation costs.
Closing date 31 May 13
Deadline information Proposals due by 5pm IST.
Award type Directed grants to institutions, research groups etc; Networking/collaboration; Studentship allocations; Travel for research purposes
Award amount max £60,000
Applications per institution 1
Consortium requirements Required