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British Academy: International Partnerships (Africa/Middle East/South Asia)
Fitz Globe by Norman B Leventhal Map Center at the BPL
The British Academy’s International Partnerships Scheme is now open for applications. These awards are available to support the development of ongoing links between research centres or institutions, within the humanities and social sciences in the UK and in Africa, the Middle East or South Asia, with an emphasis on helping scholars to develop research skills and to produce a joint research outcome.
The link would be built around a specific research theme of mutual interest, and could include visits, workshops, seminars, lecture programmes, collaborative research and joint publications. The programme might form part of either institution’s training programme and will ideally involve participation from more than one overseas institution, and might also involve more than one department/university/group/research centre in the UK.
Priority will be given to projects with a training element, such as the support and development of staff or postgraduate students (in the UK and overseas). The scheme is intended to benefit early-career scholars from both the UK and overseas, and projects will be highly regarded where they include junior academics from both sides.
Maximum Award: £10 000 per year for a period of up to three years
Deadline: 20th April 2010
For more information please visit the website:
Vitae Events To Support Researchers
Vitae, the national organisation championing postgraduate and research staff training and career development, has released information about three upcoming training events for researchers and postgraduate students:
Vitae is running three national events for researchers in March 2010.
For both postgraduate researchers and research staff:
Digital researcher, 15 March 2010, London The British Library and Vitae are running this one-day event exploring the use of Web 2.0 in research, networks and building researchers own profiles.
For more information and to book a place visit www.vitae.ac.uk/digitalFor research staff:
Advancing in academia, 29 March 2010, Manchester This interactive one-day event provides research staff with the opportunity to explore and develop some of the skills, knowledge, experience and attributes required to advance an academic career.
For more information and to book a place visit www.vitae.ac.uk/aia2010For postgraduate researchers:
Careers in focus, 30 March 2010, Manchester Following the success of our previous Careers in academia events, Vitae is running another one-day Careers in academia event to explore what a career in the academic environment is really like.
For more information and to book a place visit www.vitae.ac.uk/cia2010
AHRC Disruption In 2010
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has announced a series of cut-off dates for key funding schemes during 2010 due to upheaval caused by its move to the RCUK Shared Service Centre:
Important information for applicants to AHRC funding schemes in 2010
Here are the key points from the announcement:
- Research Grants and Fellowships Schemes – AHRC will not be accepting applications between 19 March 2010 – 31 May 2010. In addition, Fellowship applicants are strongly advised to submit their applications before the end of February as the outcomes of some applications submitted in March are unlikely to be announced until spring 2011. AHRC are also rescheduling panel meetings during 2010 which may mean that applicants will not receive outcomes when they would have been expecting them.
- Research Networking Scheme – AHRC will not be accepting applications between 26 February and 31 May 2010.
- Knowledge Transfer Fellowships – The planned closing date in May will not occur. The scheme will re-open later in 2010 on an open deadline basis on a date to be confirmed.
- Knowledge Catalysts – AHRC will not be accepting applications between 26 February 2010 and 31 August 2010. This will give time to consider the outcomes of the current review of the scheme due to be completed by end of March and implement any changes in the light of the review.
EPSRC Regional Meetings 2010
The EPSRC has recently announced a series of regional meetings open to the engineering and physical science research community. For more details and booking forms, please check the EPSRC webpage:
The closest meeting to Lincoln is in Loughborough on 5th March. The closing date to register for this meeting is Friday, 19th February (but please note that other meetings are on different days and have different closing dates for registration).
The meetings include an Impact Plan Workshop and a talk by EPSRC Chief Executive Prof. David Delpy. Please check the link above or contact EpsrcEvents@epsrc.ac.uk to find out more.
Research Funding News Digest for January 29th
Monthly Bid Writing Surgery
From 4th March 2010, URO will be running a monthly bid writing surgery with an experienced external bid consultant, Dr. Martin Pickard (Grantcraft). The surgeries will take place on the first Thursday of every month until July 2010.
Martin has been writing and supporting grant applications and projects for the past 25 years and has a wealth of experience in external funding. His advice and guidance have contributed to high levels of funding success in a number of UK universities, including Nottingham.
Dr. Pickard is available to discuss any external funding applications – at any stage. Whether you want to discuss initial ideas for funding, or you are in the final stages of bid preparation, Martin is available to help.
Please contact research@lincoln.ac.uk if you’d like to a book an appointment for the next surgery day (4th March). Appointments typically last 45 minutes to 1 hour and are usually one-to-one, but you can book a consultation for a small research group if you prefer.
In addition to the monthly surgery sessions, Martin is available 24/7 for ongoing bid advice and guidance to University of Lincoln staff. He can also deliver presentations to groups of staff on a specific funding call or topic. Please contact us to find out more.
