The European Commission has decided to continue to allow Higher Education Institutions to claim 60 per cent of eligible direct costs as overheads on FP7 projects. The Special Transitional Flat Rate (“transitional” in the sense that it was supposed to be a temporary arrangement until universities and the EC could agree on a method of [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
New University Faculty on the Repository
Paul Stainthorp has just blogged about the addition of the newest faculty to the University of Lincoln’s online repository:
FAFAS are on the Institutional Repository
The faculty of Agriculture, Food and Animal Sciences amalgamates expertise at both the Riseholme and Holbeach campuses and is being officially launched today at this year’s Lincolnshire Show. As Paul mentions, a presence [...]
NERC Release Success Rates for 2008/09
The Natural Environment Research Council has released its success rates for 2008/09 by institution and department:
NERC Success Rates 08/09
The average success rate across the sector for NERC grants is 24%, but there are significant differences between institutions as you’d expect. Lincoln, for example, only submitted 1 proposal which was unsuccessful. Even some of the larger [...]
E-journals Revolution: how the use of scholarly journals is shaping research
Title: The e-journals revolution: how the use of scholarly journals is shaping research
Date: 1st July 2009, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Location: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE
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Description:
This free RIN event will look at the findings of the ‘E-journals: their use, value and impact’ report, which takes an in-depth look at how [...]
Successful Bids On The Portal
URO is currently compiling a repository of successful grant applications in collaboration with academic staff. The bids will be made available for all internal staff on the Portal over the coming weeks:
Successful bids on the Portal
We hope this will give researchers a quick and convenient way to find examples of well written bids which can [...]
Research Connection 2009 Sessions Now Online
The 2009 Research Connection conference, which took place in Prague on 7th and 8th May, had a wealth of information on EC funding streams. All of these presentations, including videos, are now online:
EC Research Connection 2009 Presentations
This is a great resource, particularly if you’re thinking of bidding for FP7 funding.
British Academy Move to Electronic Grants
British Academy announced last week that it is moving to an electronic grants system for all future proposals by the end of the summer. They intend to use eGAP2, which is the same web-based system used by the Royal Society. Below is the full press release from the Academy:
During June and July, the British Academy [...]
ARMA 09: Post-Conference Thoughts
The 2009 Association of Research Managers and Administrators conference took place in Southampton from 1st to 3rd June. I attended the full three day event which was a great opportunity to find out about good practice in research administration at other institutions, as well as the latest news in HE funding. Since returning I’ve had [...]
