The European Science Foundation (ESF) has issued its 2010 call for Exploratory Workshops with a deadline of 29th April 2010. This call funds workshops which aim to explore new areas or topics, or open up new avenues of interdisciplinary research. It funds subjects across a wide range of disciplines, including life and physical sciences, social [...]
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Launch of Daphne 2010 funding call
A funding call for proposals under the Daphne III programme is now open. Daphne is part of the General Programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’. The aim of the Daphne programme is to contribute to the prevention and combating of violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk.
With a [...]
British Academy: International Partnerships (Africa/Middle East/South Asia)
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 [...]
EU Event For Social Sciences and Humanities Researchers
If you have an interest in EC funding for social sciences and humanities research, I’d strongly encourage you to attend the following event:
Title: Turning to the future: a new approach for EU socio-economic and humanities research until 2013
Location: Charlemagne Building, Brussels
More details: Click here
Date: 5th June 2009, 9am – 3pm
Description: The aim of this conference is [...]
Future Directions for Social Sciences and Humanities in FP7
UK Research Office has suggested that the EC plans to shift the focus for the Social Sciences and Humanities theme in FP7 towards projects which address large-scale “societal challenges”. Each challenge (to be identified) is likely to attract around €8 – 10M of funding for a single project with between 7 and 15 partners. This marks [...]
European Collaborative Research Projects in Social Sciences
The European Science Foundation has just issued a new call for European Collaborative Research Projects (ECRP) in the social sciences:
2009 Call for ECRP
From the call:
The ECRP scheme is designed to advance international research collaboration in the social sciences by facilitating academic cooperation and pooling of expertise in Europe and beyond. The scheme offers the opportunity [...]
British Academy Announces Next Small Grant Deadline
The British Academy has recently announced the next deadline for their popular small research grants scheme, which funds work in the social sciences and humanities:
British Academy – Small Research Grants
The next deadline will be March 15th 2009. This is a change from previous years, when deadlines have been in January, April and October.
Small grants can [...]
Information Day on the Social Platform on Research for Families and Family Policies in FP7
If you’re interested in submitting a bid to the FP7 Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities theme in the area of family policy and research for families, you may be interested in the following Infoday to be held in Brussels on the 23rd October.
Title: Information Day on the Social Platform on Research for Families and Family Policies [...]
