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Clean water for all – EPSRC Call

The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council are calling for collaborations between academic groups in the UK and the USA in the area of Water Engineering.

The call is placed within the context of the global grand challenges of Resilience and Sustainability identified at a recent international summit. The collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of the call aims to encourage proposals that bring different, complementary sets of knowledge, skills and experience together, and which add value to existing engineering research activities.

Supplementary funding is available from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for UK groups to collaborate with groups in the USA. Funding is only available for work which is supplementary to current research funded by EPSRC, and applicants will be required to submit their application to the EPSRC for assessment. Through a parallel activity, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will fund US groups working in the same field to collaborate with groups in the UK.

Funding from the EPSRC is in the region od £1-2 million.

Funds should be available for collaborations to commence from autumn 2013.

Source: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/open/Pages/cleanwaterforall.aspx

 

Monthly Bid Writing Surgery with Martin Pickard

Coat of armsDo you need expert advice on a research proposal? The next bid writing surgery will be held on Thursday 14 February.

Dr. Martin Pickard (Grantcraft) is an external consultant employed by the University of Lincoln with over 25 years’ experience in writing and advising on grants and tenders for EU and other funders.  He has worked extensively across Europe with a number of universities, research institutes and industrial firms, and provides a bespoke bid writing support service for external research funding applications.

Martin’s monthly bid writing surgery will give staff an opportunity to access his 25 years of experience in supporting bids for external funding. Availability is limited. Contact Research and Income Generation Support if you wish to book an appointment to speak to Martin about a bid to any funder. Each appointment lasts around 45 mins to 1 hour.

 

Monthly Bid Writing Surgery with Martin Pickard

Do you need expert advice on a research proposal? The next bid writing surgery will be held on Thursday 14 February.

Dr. Martin Pickard (Grantcraft) is an external consultant employed by the University of Lincoln with over 25 years’ experience in writing and advising on grants and tenders for EU and other funders.  He has worked extensively across Europe with a number of universities, research institutes and industrial firms, and provides a bespoke bid writing support service for external research funding applications.

Martin’s monthly bid writing surgery will give staff an opportunity to access his 25 years of experience in supporting bids for external funding. Availability is limited. Contact Research and Income Generation Support if you wish to book an appointment to speak to Martin about a bid to any funder. Each appointment lasts around 45 mins to 1 hour.

Latest EPSRC Funding Opportunities!

epsrc logoA number of EPSRC opportunities for research funding and access to facilities are now open:

Bright ideas awards – The big pitch: Nanoscale design of functional materials

Invitation for outlines: Invitation for outline applications for transformative research projects that work towards the Physical Sciences Grand Challenge of nanoscale design of functional materials

Closing Date: 26-02-2013

Resource Allocation Panel (RAP): Class 1b access to HECToR

Invitation for proposals: This is a call for applications for (class 1b) access to HECToR through the Resource Allocation Panel.

Closing Date: 01-03-2013

Resource Allocation Panel (RAP): Calls for access to the Edinburgh GPGPU Test Bed

Invitation for proposals: This is a call for applications to access a new GP-GPU test bed hosted by the University of Edinburgh.

Closing Date: 01-03-2013

Resource Allocation Panel (RAP): Technical “top up” applications from existing class 1a grant holders

Invitation for proposals: This is a call for applications to the Resource Allocation Panel for “top up” HECToR resource. This call is open only to current class 1a grant holders. Applications for additional resource on technical grounds only will be considered.

Closing Date: 01-03-2013

A Call for Outlines: A Better Way of Detection for Humanitarian Demining

Invitation for proposals: The EPSRC and Find A Better Way (FABW) have partnered to fund one or more research projects focused on new ways of detecting landmines.

Closing Date: 25-03-2013

Call for Fellowship Proposals: CIMComp – EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Composites

Invitation for proposals: The EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Composites (CIMComp) is offering funding for a two year research fellowship in the field of Composites Manufacturing. CIMComp is looking to fund TRL 1 to 3 research.

Closing Date: 16-03-2013

TSB/EPSRC: enhancing manufacturing through automation

TSB_Logo_Grey_new1The Technology Strategy Board, TSB, in collaboration with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, EPSRC, invites applications for its enhancing manufacturing through automation competition.

The Technology Strategy Board is to invest up to £7m in collaborative R&D to develop, enhance or improve automation systems and equipment, including the use of robotics – driving significant improvements in complex manufacturing processes, including those of food. Additional funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of up to £1m may be available for projects that contain a significant, high-quality academic research component and demonstrate added value by building on or being complementary to existing research programmes and portfolios.

Of the total £8m available, £2m will be specifically allocated to automation in the food sector.

Proposals must be collaborative and business-led and include a potential end-user. We expect to fund mainly industrial research projects in which a business partner will generally attract up to 50% public funding for their project costs (60% for SMEs). Projects should last from one to three years, with total project costs in the range of £500k to £2m, although we will consider projects outside this range.

This competition is a two-stage process, which opens on 21 January 2013. Expressions of interest (EOI) must be submitted by noon on 6 March 2013.

A briefing day for potential applicants will be held in London on 24 January 2013.