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>
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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.

RAEng Enterprise Fellowships

Are you ready to turn your research into a successful business? Engingeering Enterprise Fellowships provide up to £85,000 for 12 months to enable you to develop a spin-out business around your technological idea. With the help of business mentors and training, you will gain the tools, contacts and confidence to transform your idea into a successful business venture. Please see website for further information: ww.raeng.org.uk/research/researcher/eef For enquiries please contact: katie.melton@raeng.org.uk

EPSRC submission for additional capital bids as part of RCUK input

The Daphne Jackson Trust is a charity which offers flexible, part-time, paid fellowships to scientists, engineers and technologists who have taken a career break of two or more years for family, caring or health reasons. Applications are invited to apply for two Daphne Jackson Fellowships at the University of Edinburgh and one at the University of Huddersfield. For more information on how to apply, visit www.napier.ac.uk/srcnews http://www.napier.ac.uk/srcnews [www.napier.ac.uk http://www.napier.ac.uk ] Young Women Engineer of the Year Awards (YWE Awards) The YWE Awards are UK only awards for females under the age of 30. Nominees are currently required for - YWE Award (£2,500 prize money), Mary George Memorial Prize for Apprentices (£750 prize money) and the Women's Engineering Society (WES) prize (£750 prize money). The awards are all free to enter and are aimed at women in the Science, Engineering, Technology or IT sectors. For further information and how to nominate/enter visit www.napier.ac.uk/srcnews http://www.napier.ac.uk/srcnews [www.napier.ac.uk http://www.napier.ac.uk ]

MRC Confidence in Concept Scheme - deadline for sending proposals to ERI WEDNESDAY 20 June

Likely themes for potential projects will include: 1. drug and diagnostic targets where initial confidence could be established by early compound screens or clinical sample evaluation, 2. medical tools hardware/software (including devices, diagnostics or computer apps) where an early prototype would provide confidence. Given the breadth of research activity across the College, I realise that there could be potential linkage across all the Schools in the College. The award can be used flexibly by the institution to support a number of preliminary-stage translational projects. The projects supported should aim to provide sufficient preliminary data to establish the viability of an approach - i.e. to provide confidence in the underlying concept - before seeking more substantive funding (e.g. from DPFS/DCS* http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Grants/DPFS/Specification/index.htm or TSCRC** http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Grants/TSCRC/MRC004680 or from a commercial partner). The funding is not intended to support: Entire translational projects - applicants seeking funding for entire projects are directed to the MRC's DPFS/DCS scheme http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Grants/DPFS/Specification/index.htm and TSCRC http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Grants/TSCRC/MRC004680 · Staff between posts/funding (i.e. as "bridging" funds), or PhD studentships · Continuation of normal research grants · Costs relating to protection of intellectual property It is anticipated that individual projects funded from an institution's award will be of the order of £50-100k and around 6 months, although this will be dictated by the needs of each project. The University of Edinburgh will be submitting an application to the Confidence in Concept Scheme and needs to provide evidence of the potential projects that would be suitable to apply for the internal funding if the application was successful. ERI welcome suggestions within these themes and more widely as these could confirm capacity for additional themes. If you know of PI s who have a suitable project idea, please fill in the attached one page template. The deadline for project ideas is close of business on Wednesday 20th June. If you have any questions please contact your local institute or school business development contact. Please send your completed templates to Lorraine Dobbs (lorraine.dobbs@bioquarter.com lorraine.jackson@bioquarter.com).

China-UK cooperation programme in global priorities grants (energy, food, biotech)

Research Councils UK (RCUK) and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) have launched a joint call to strengthen the existing research links between the UK and China. The deadline for applications is *30th April 2012*.

Funding will be provided to facilitate bilateral co-operation between British and Chinese research groups in the research areas of:

* *healthy ageing populations* * *energy* * *food security*

Up to £200K per project is available on the UK side; matching resources will be provided by MoST for the Chinese side It is anticipated that 1-2 joint projects will be funded in each theme area.

Eligibility

UK-based researchers should:

* have received funding in the last three years from BBSRC, EPSRC or MRC for collaboration which has involved partnership with China * be able to demonstrate existing and active research links with a specific Chinese institution

Further info

Full details of the call including eligibility conditions and instructions on how to apply can be found on the RCUK website:

* China-UK Programme in Global Priorities (CUKPGP)

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Call for Short-term Grant Funding for EPSRC-Related Research; DEADLINE - 11 May 2012

Call for Short-Term Grant Funding for EPSRC-Related Research - EPSRC Unspent Grant Balances 2012. EPSRC has made available a small amount of money for the University of Edinburgh to spend on promoting activities which address our and their priority areas. These activities will be constrained to the following areas: bridging funding to retain key staff on EPSRC projects. Follow-on studies to determine commercial viability of EPSRC-funded work. Collaborative meetings for future multi-disciplinary, international or industry collaborations. Pilot projects to determine feasibility of future EPSRC applications. Interdisciplinary proposals in the following EPSRC themes will be prioritised:

1. Energy. 2. Living with Environmental Change. 3. Healthcare Technologies. 4. Global Uncertainties. 5. Digital Economy. 6. Manufacturing the Future. See http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/ourportfolio/Pages/default.aspx for further details on the EPSRC themes. Activities that will lead to a contribution to REF2014 will also be preferred. The College intends to fund 10-15 projects at a cost of £10k-£30k for expenditure in the period from the *1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013*.

Please note: These funds cannot be used to supplement bids to EPSRC or for research equipment.