Tuesday 21 August 2012

£3000 Fellowships available for researchers from all disciplines

The Software Sustainability Institute (www.software.ac.uk ;http://www.software.ac.uk) has launched a Fellowship programme that recognises outstanding UK-based researchers who use software. The Fellowships come with £3000 funding which can be used for travel, collaboration and running events. Fellows advise the Institute on important software, evangelise software practices and champion the adoption of best-of-breed software. Fellows will contribute to our blog, and are supported in advertising their own research. Apply to become a Fellow online: http://bit.ly/FellowsApplication --Launch event-- A Fellowship Launch event will be held at the Digital Research 2012 (http://bit.ly/FellowsLaunch) in Oxford on 10 September 2012. Attendees at the launch event will receive free entry to the conference on 10 September and, if they choose to stay on, a 50% reduced fee for the rest of the conference. Applicants to the Fellowship Programme put themselves in an advantageous position if we have met them already at the workshop. --Who we are looking for-- We are seeking fifteen outstanding researchers at different stages in their career, from PhDs to Professors, and from a wide range of research disciplines in science, technology and engineering. Successful Fellows will have a demonstrable knowledge and visibility in their community and have excellent communication skills. --Funding-- The £3000 funding is flexible and can be used for travel to conferences, setting up and running workshops, starting new collaborations or hosting/teaching at Software Carpentry training events. --Important information-- The Software Sustainability Institute is a national facility that helps researchers and developers to build and use better research software. The closing date for applications is Thursday 20 September 2012 at 5pm. Fellowships last eighteen months and are available from 1 January 2012 through 30 June 2014. We will announce the successful recipients of the Software Sustainability Institute's Fellowships in November 2012.

Monday 6 August 2012

Tuesday 7 Aug - EU funding calls workshop

REMINDER

Tuesday 7 Aug - EU funding calls workshop

Workshop on latest EU funding calls
Seminar Room, Old Surgeon's Hall
Tuesday 7th August
Robin Williams will be at all sessions, as will representatives of ERI
(Sarah Anderson and Andy McDonald).

We've now produced a shortlist of calls based on the interests of people who've responded, and have allocated *times* to discuss these.

Anyone is welcome to come along to these sessions, whether or not they've  already been in touch with me or Robin about their interests. If you plan to  come along, please RSVP to sarah.anderson@ed.ac.uk
<mailto:sarah.anderson@ed.ac.uk> if possible.

Robin Williams
Sarah Anderson

Director, Research Centre for Social Sciences
Edinburgh Research
and Innovation




Friday 3 August 2012

Royal Society grant schemes - Industry Fellowship

The next round of the *Royal Society Industry Fellowship Scheme* will be open for applications from *Wednesday 1 August 2012*. The closing date for applications is *Friday 5 October 2012*.
The Industry Fellowship scheme is for academic scientists who want to work on a collaborative project with industry and for scientists in industry who want to work on a collaborative project with an academic organisation. The scheme aims to enhance knowledge transfer between academia and industry and provides holders with a basic salary and a contribution towards research costs.
The scheme covers all areas of life and physical science, including engineering but excluding clinical medicine. The fellowship is for two years full time or up to 4 years part time.
Further information and full eligibility criteria can be found on the Royal Society website - royalsociety.org/grants/schemes/industry-fellowship
<
http://royalsociety.org/grants/schemes/industry-fellowship/> or by emailing innovationgrants@royalsociety.org <mailto:innovationgrants@royalsociety.org>
NOTES
The scheme provides the applicant's basic salary while on secondment.
The employing organisation continue to pay national insurance and pension contributions.
Research expenses may be claimed up to the value of £2,000 per year.
Awards can be for any period up to two years full-time or a maximum of four years pro rata, i.e. an award could be held at 50% part-time for four years enabling fellows to maintain links with their employing institution more easily.

Royal Society grant schemes - Industry Fellowship

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

The next round of the *Royal Society Industry Fellowship Scheme* will be
open for applications from *Wednesday 1 August 2012*. The closing date for
applications is *Friday 5 October 2012*.

The Industry Fellowship scheme is for academic scientists who want to work
on a collaborative project with industry and for scientists in industry who
want to work on a collaborative project with an academic organisation. The
scheme aims to enhance knowledge transfer between academia and industry and
provides holders with a basic salary and a contribution towards research
costs.

The scheme covers all areas of life and physical science, including
engineering but excluding clinical medicine. The fellowship is for two years
full time or up to 4 years part time.

Further information and full eligibility criteria can be found on the Royal
Society website - royalsociety.org/grants/schemes/industry-fellowship
<http://royalsociety.org/grants/schemes/industry-fellowship/> or by emailing
innovationgrants@royalsociety.org <mailto:innovationgrants@royalsociety.org>

NOTES

The scheme provides the applicant's basic salary while on secondment.
The employing organisation continue to pay national insurance and pension
contributions.

Research expenses may be claimed up to the value of £2,000 per year.
Awards can be for any period up to two years full-time or a maximum of four
years pro rata, i.e. an award could be held at 50% part-time for four years
enabling fellows to maintain links with their employing institution more
easily.



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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.