ERC Starting Grants - 16 September 2011

Event ERC Starting Grants 16 September 2011

The UK National Contact Point (NCP) for the European Research Council(ERC), the UK Research Office, is giving an information event for researchers interested in applying for the ERC Starting Grants at the University of Edinburgh:

Date: Friday 16th September 2011

Time: Two identical sessions will be held, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Please note that it is only necessary to attend one session. - Morning session: The morning session will start at 09:30 promptly (with registration from 9.10) and close at 13.15. - Afternoon session: The afternoon session will start at 14:00 promptly (with registration from 13.40) and close at 17.45.

Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, 7 Bristo Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9AL Map: http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps/buildings/bristo-square

Registration - please complete the on-line registration form at: http://www.ukro.ac.uk/erc/events/Pages/1109_stg_events.aspx

Attendance is free of charge.

Further information: http://www.ukro.ac.uk/erc/events/Pages/index.aspx

Eligibility

Please note that, to be eligible for the ERC-2012-StG call, the Principal Investigator (PI) must be 2 to 12 years after the completion of their PhD, which can be extended up to 16.5 years in certain (strict)cases.

Deadlines

The ERC-2012-StG Starting Grant Call opened on 20 July 2011.

There are three separate deadlines, one per research domain: - Physical Sciences and Engineering domain (Panels PE1 - PE10) - 12 October 2011 - Life Sciences domain (Panels LS1 - LS9) - 9 November 2011 - Social Sciences and Humanities domain (Panels SH1 - SH6) - 24 November 2011

Aim of each session

The aim of each session is to provide participants with an overview of the ERC in the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and will focus on the application process for the ERC Starting Grant scheme. Participants should gain a deeper understanding of the proposal format and the key issues they are required to address in planning, writing and costing a Starting Grant proposal. There will be opportunities to ask questions during each session.

Who should attend?

The sessions will be of particular interest to UK-based researchers planning to submit a proposal for the ERC Starting Grants.

Statistics and information

Further information (including the ERC Work Programme, Guide for Applicants and FAQs) are available on the UK ERC NCP website: http://www.ukro.ac.uk/erc/.

If you have any questions, please send an email to the UK ERC NCP helpdesk at: erc-uk@bbsrc.ac.uk or telephone: 0032 2 289 6121.

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Engineering Enterprise Fellowships

The Royal Academy of Engineering has launched a new scheme, Engineering Enterprise Fellowships, which provide funding and support to outstanding entrepreneurial researchers, working in UK Universities, to enable them to spend 12 months developing the commercial potential of their research.

- Enterprise Fellowships provide up to £85,000 seed funding, including salary support, to build a commercial enterprise at a UK University.

- In addition to the funding, business training is provided to develop skills and masterclasses will be offered using experienced entrepreneurs to supplement the training.

- Mentors will be allocated to each Enterprise Fellow to provide support and advice during the Fellowship.

- Access will be given to business angels and venture capital networks through the Mentors.

The deadline for applications is *Friday 21 October 2011*

For an application form and further details please contact Dr Shafiq Ahmed, Manager, International & Enterprise Fellowships at: Shafiq.ahmed@raeng.org.uk <mailto:Shafiq.ahmed@raeng.org.uk>**

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Leverhulme Research Programmes 2011-12

Information about the proposal development process the University of Edinburgh is following for the 2011-12 Leverhulme Research Programmes competition. Last year, the same process supported a bid which made it to the final four in Leverhulme's selection process.

If you plan to apply to this competition, which has a deadline of 11th January 2012, please read down. This information is also on our blog at: http://erirsd.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/leverhulme-programme-call-2011-12/

Overview

The Leverhulme Trust has recently announced its Research Programmes call (http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/RP/RP.cfm) for the academic year 2011-12. Research Programmes are prestigious awards that are worth up to £1.75 million each. For 2011-12, proposals are invited on the following themes: - Conspiracies - Patronage - Value Further information about the themes is in the Leverhulme Programme call 2012.

Step 1: Leverhulme Research Programmes Long Lunch

This will be an opportunity for researchers interested in being involved in an application to any of the three themes to get to know others with cogent interests and, hopefully, establish research teams. Attendees will be asked to give, either individually or in groups, a very brief (5 minutes max.) summary of the interests and expertise they think they could bring to an application to one or more of the themes. There will then be time for break-out discussions. We're pleased to say that Prof Steve Yearley will be present to speak about his own experiences of getting a proposal shortlisted.

Date: Friday 30th September 2011

Time: 12:00-15:00

Venue: G.07, Informatics Forum, Crichton Street Map: http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps/buildings/informatics-forum)

Booking: Attendees must indicate their attendance in advance by emailing emma.gliori@ed.ac.uk

Step 2: College-level Review

The purpose of this review is to finalise how many proposals are going forward from Edinburgh to Leverhulme and from whom - it is not a competitive process. College-level review will be conducted by College Deans of Research. Given the interdisciplinary nature of Leverhulme Research Programmes, two or three Deans are likely to review any one proposal.

- Deadline for receipt of proposals for internal review: 5pm, Friday 28th October 2011

Required format for proposals for internal review: 3 pages draft proposal (2 pages describing the project; 1 page describing the strengths of the research team, the timeline up to submission to Leverhulme and the reasons why Leverhulme will fund the bid over any others submitted to that theme).

Step 3: Completion and Submission of Proposals

Preparation of proposals will require the involvement of academic colleagues, school research administrators and ERI staff. Leverhulme's deadline is in early January 2012, meaning that, in practice, proposals need to be complete before Christmas 2011. (Minor changes can, of course, still be made over the Christmas break.)

- University of Edinburgh deadline for completion of proposals: 4pm, Wednesday 30th November 2011 - Deadline for submission of proposals to Leverhulme: 11th January 2012

Throughout

All applicants are strongly encouraged to have drafts of their applications reviewed by colleagues throughout the proposal development process. It is up to applicants to make suitable peer review arrangements by consulting with their school's Director of Research and research administration staff. Proposals should be peer reviewed against the call specifics set out by Leverhulme at http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/RP/RP.cfm.

JISC Grant Funding 12/11 and 13/11: Digital Infrastructure Portfolio

Please note that Scottish institutions can lead on bids for 12/11 below, but not 13/11. Edinburgh (and JISC) will not be restricting the number of applications the University can make to 12/11, but please note that there may be a limit on how many awards are made to Scotland as a whole.

The JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to be funded as part of its Digital Infrastructure Portfolio. The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to these calls is *12:00 noon UK time on Monday 12 September 2011.* Please note the different eligibility criteria for these two calls.

On 11 and 18 August 2011, the relevant members of the JISC Executive will be available for 30 minute sessions (via telephone and/or Skype) for prospective bidders to ask questions and seek clarification. Those wishing to avail themselves of this opportunity should email the relevant programme manager (contact details are within the calls). These sessions are optional for bidders. Furthermore, members of the JISC Executive may be available at other times and will endeavour to respond in a timely fashion to /ad hoc/ queries. Any general clarifications offered to prospective bidders will be shared publicly via an FAQ post on the "Information Environment" Blog at http://infteam.jiscinvolve.org/. Prospective bidders are advised to check this before contacting the JISC Executive.

JISC Grant Funding 12/11 <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2011/07/grant12_11.aspx>

This call has three strands:

Research Information Management -- 3-5 projects exploring the possibilities of two-way data exchange by producing a stable,reusable system for frequent or real-time exchange between two or more live organisational systems using CERIF. Funding of up to £650,000 is available for this work.

Digital Preservation -- 8-10 projects looking at active case studies, enhancing capabilities within institutions and a support and enabling project. Funding of up to £425,000 is available for this work.

Mobile Library -- 9-13 projects undertaking rapid innovation,developing mobile library content and a project supporting the mobile library community. Funding of up to £430,000 is available for this work.

Eligibility

Proposals may be submitted by HE institutions funded via HEFCE, SFC, HEFCW and DEL Northern Ireland, and by FE institutions funded via BIS, SFC, DFES Wales and DEL Northern Ireland.

With regard to bids from Scottish institutions, SFC has applied a significant budget cut to JISC in 2011-12 AY. Following consultation with Scottish institutions, SFC has requested that the impact of this budget cut falls on the number of innovation projects JISC is able to fund at Scottish institutions, rather than to cut or increase charges for national services, such as JANET, JISC Collections and JISC Advance. Whilst Scottish institutions therefore remain eligible to bid for project funding in response to this call, depending on the quality of the submissions, JISC may need to limit the number of projects awarded to Scottish institutions.

*JISC Grant Funding 13/11* <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2011/07/grant13_11.aspx>

This call is looking for projects to develop services that can contribute to the national infrastructure that supports discovery and reuse of resources in collections held by libraries, museums and archives. It is anticipated that 5-12 projects will be funded between November 2011 and July 2012. Funding of up to £900,000 is available for this work.

Eligibility

Proposals may be submitted by Higher Education (HE) Institutions funded by HEFCE. FE institutions in England that teach HE to more than 400 FTEs are also eligible to bid provided proposals demonstrate work that supports the HE in FE agenda. HE and FE institutions in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are not eligible to bid but may be involved as partners in proposals led by HE institutions funded by HEFCE or FE institutions in England which meet the criteria outlined above.

Please visit our web site at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/

FP7 Calls

The European Commission has today launched 39 calls for proposals under FP7. Calls cover Cooperation, Ideas, People and Capacities with a total budget over EUR 7 billion.

Highlights

· Innovation is key in all thematic areas.

· Deadlines are earlier this year, please check deadlines carefully.

· More 2-stage submissions - many more topics this year are using a 2-stage submission procedure, please check guidance documents carefully.

· To strengthen the Innovation agenda and to comply with the Innovation Union Flagship objectives, we are seeing an increased need to include Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), with many call topics suggesting a minimum budget allocation to them.

Calls for Proposals have moved to their new home in the

Participant Portal -

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/fp7_calls

Important Documents

Work Programme - this lists each call topic, what to address in your application and impact. Also provides details of appropriate project type. Please refer only to the final versions available at the above site and disregard any drafts you may have.

Guide for Applicants - includes a 'common' and 'specific' part and is specific to each project type, outlines application procedure, general rules and details required for application.

Next steps

If you are expecting to co-ordinate or participate in an application please contact your Research Support Advisor as soon as possible:

http://www.eri.ed.ac.uk/research-support-and-development/about/meet-the-team/index.htm

FW: [Fwd: EPSRC Email Alert]

This is EPSRC's alert of the latest calls for proposals.

Autonomous and Intelligent Systems
Invitation for proposals: The EPSRC and a number of industrial partners have
formed a strategic partnership to fund novel research in autonomous and
intelligent systems.
Closing Date: 04-08-2011
http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/open/Pages/ais.aspx

Research Council Follow-on Fund - August 2011
Invitation for proposals: The Follow-on Fund helps researchers to bridge the
'funding gap' between traditional research grants and commercial funding.
Closing Date: 25-08-2011
http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/open/Pages/fof2011.aspx
If you experience any problems, please contact the EPSRC Helpline: 01793
444100 or infoline@epsrc.ac.uk
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Visit to Edinburgh by UK European Health National Contact Point, 3rd June 2011

In the summer of 2011, the European Commission will launch its next calls under the Health theme of Framework Programme 7's Cooperation programme. To support applicants to these calls, the UK's National Contact Point for the EU Health theme, Victoria Brewer, will be visiting the University of Edinburgh on 3^rd June 2011. During her visit, Victoria will give a presentation on the future of the Health theme, advice on lobbying for call topics, and hints and tips on preparing proposals for the upcoming calls (HEALTH.2012). Victoria will also be available to meet briefly with individual researchers to discuss their planned funding applications.

Presentation details Date: Friday 3^rd June 2011 Time: 9:30-11:30am Venue: Lecture theatre A, Chancellor's Building, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (map http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps/buildings/chancellors-building) Information on travelling to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is available at http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/hospitals/InfirmaryMap.pdf Eligibility: Researchers and administrative staff with an interest in the Health theme. Please note that the Health theme does not provide funding for PhD students.

Booking: Please book via MyEd (http://www.myed.ed.ac.uk/ <http://www.myed.ed.ac.uk/>)or by contacting Emma Glior(emma.gliori@ed.ac.uk <mailto:emma.gliori@ed.ac.uk>; 0131 651 4055)

Details of individual meetings ('surgeries') Date: Friday 3^rd June 2011 Venue: Seminar room 4, Chancellor's Building, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (map <http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps/buildings/chancellors-building>).

Information on travelling to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is available at http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/hospitals/Infirmary_Map.pdf Eligibility: Researchers who are interested in making an application to the Health theme. Please note that the Health theme does not provide funding directly to PhD students.

Booking: Please email Emma Gliori (emma.gliori@ed.ac.uk <mailto:emma.gliori@ed.ac.uk>) to request a surgery slot, giving a brief summary of what you wish to discuss and any time between 1 and 3:15pm on 3^rd June that you are not available.