Grantcraft support packs are now available on the Research Office portal (login required) for applicants to the 2012 round of European Research Council Starting Independent Researcher Grant (ERC Starting Grants.) The fifth call for proposals for the ERC Starting Grants,…
Marie Curie Fellowships: Last Minute Deadline Reprieve!
The EC has taken the unusual step today of postponing the deadline for the Marie Curie Fellowship schemes by one day due to IT difficulties. Here’s the message which currently appears on the Participant Portal: Due to an IT issue…
New UKRO Advisor for the University
UKRO recently contacted us to let us know that Chloë Somers, the new UKRO European Advisor for East Midlands universities, will be joining the office on 5th September. Chloë takes over from Amy Williams who left earlier this year. UKRO continue…
ERC Budget Increase: Good News for “Blue Skies” Research
The Times Higher Education reports today that the “blue skies” focused European Research Council will have an annual budget increase of 23% to €1.6bn: Funding for the highly regarded European Research Council, which finances “frontier” research, will rise by 23…
EU Funded Airship Project at Lincoln School of Engineering: All Systems Go!
The University Press Office writes: International research collaboration for Lincoln Lincoln’s PVC Research, Professor Paul Stewart and Professor of Energy Conversion, Chris Bingham, have been awarded high profile European funding for a new research project. The MAAT (Multibody Advanced Airship…
FP7 2012 Calls Open
Last week the EC launched 39 calls for proposals under Framework Programme 7. The full list is below, with links to the relevant documents available on the Participant Portal: Specific Programme – Cooperation Health FP7-HEALTH-2012-INNOVATION-1 FP7-HEALTH-2012-INNOVATION-2 Food, Agriculture and Fisheries…