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*Funding Policy Opportunity*

*EPSRC Portfolio Day: Neurodegenerative Diseases <http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MjgzNzg4NywxMTkyMDE2Mzk=>*

An opportunity to influence the direction of future EPSRC research within this healthcare area. Deadline is *5th January 2010*

*Latest Calls (by deadline)*

*EU Science and Technology Fellowship Programme China* <http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MjgzNzg4OCwxMTkyMDE2Mzk=>

For postdoctoral researchers in any discipline to spend two years in China. New extended deadline is *4th January 2010*

*Industrial Fellowships, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 <http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MjgzNzg4OSwxMTkyMDE2Mzk=>*

Can cover EngD research, in which case University receives honorarium on completion. Deadline is *28th January 2010** *

*Research Fellowship, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 <http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MjgzNzg5MCwxMTkyMDE2Mzk=>*

Three year postdoc-level fellowship for researchers in any branch of science or engineering. Deadline is *25th February 2010*

*RSE/BBSRC Enterprise Fellowship <http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MjgzNzg5MSwxMTkyMDE2Mzk=>*

Allows fellow to concentrate on developing the commercial potential of their research, whilst also receiving formal training in relevant business skills. Deadline is *4th May 2010*

<http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MjgzNzg5MiwxMTkyMDE2Mzk=>

*Events Run by Others*

*Business Exchange for the Life Sciences 9th Dec 2009, London <http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MjgzNzg5MywxMTkyMDE2Mzk=>*

Opportunity for researchers to meet with UK and international companies, and to learn about new initiatives in the UK life sciences sector. Followed by Genesis 2009 - a biotechnology networking conference - on 10th December. <http://system.newzapp.co.uk/GLink.asp?LID=MjgzNzg5NCwxMTkyMDE2Mzk=>

EPSRC Call for Expressions of Interest

Healthcare Portfolio Day: Neurodegenerative Diseases - Call for Expressions of Interest

The EPSRC is organising a Portfolio Day focussing on Neurodegenerative Diseases on the 11 February 2010, giving researchers, stakeholders and users an opportunity to influence the direction of future research for EPSRC within this healthcare area.

http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/healthcareportfolio.htm

EPSRC Follow-on Fund

Dear colleagues Please see information attached and a link below to information on the EPSRC-supported follow-on fund. [BBSRC, NERC and STFC also support follow on funding]: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/FollowOnFund2010 The purpose of this funding scheme is to bridge the funding gap between traditional research grants and commercial funding by supporting the very early stage of turning research outputs into a commercial proposition. The deadline for the latest call is 4pm on Thursday 25 February 2010.

Applications dossier

This website contains a number of successful grant and fellowship application which some might find useful:

http://www.eri.ed.ac.uk/hss/dossier/index.htm

So far only for Humanities and Social Science, but it is expected that they will soon also cover other areas.

F. Max-Lino

Proposals invited: research information management

JISC has invited institutions to submit proposals for projects in the area of research information management.

'Research Information' in this document refers to structured information about projects, researchers, research outputs and their value and impact, research impact more widely, funding streams, organisations such as funders and universities, and so on.

There is funding of up to £400,000 available for projects funded through this call. Projects should be up to six months long, and grants available will range from £20,000 up to £50,000 per project.

In the interest of sustainability, evidence of institutional commitment is required. This can be shown in direct funding contributions from the HEI to the project, commitment of staff time, equipment, software purchase etc. It is anticipated that projects in the call will involve institutions already working in this area and therefore will have complementary plans in place.

The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12 noon UK time on Monday 11th January 2010. Projects should start at the beginning of March 2010 and end by the end of August 2010.

Further information can be found here http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/11/1109rim.aspx

[Fwd: Workshop | Interdisciplinary working | 10th December 2009]

Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to invite you to a workshop on interdisciplinary working in research. It will take place on 10th December 2009, 12:30-2:00pm in the Elder Room, Old College and will be run by Dr Catherine Lyall, Deputy Director of INNOGEN (http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/innogen/lyall_c).

Dr Lyall has extensive experience of running very popular workshops in this area, so we are pleased to be able to offer this opportunity.

This workshop will be of interest to you if you:

- are interested in working interdisciplinary in your research

- are a researcher in any subject

- are working at PI level (either holding or bidding for a research grant yourself)

This event is not suitable for individuals who are finishing a PhD or who are early on in their postdoctoral career.

To book a place, please email emma.gliori@ed.ac.uk stating your role and broad subject areas of interest.

[Fwd: SE Funding Opportunities ¦ 13th November 2009]

*Investigator Awards, Wellcome Trust COMING IN 2010*

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/investigator-awards/index.htm

Will extend fellowships funding model to researchers who are in posts salaried by their universities or research institutes. Other schemes will close as this one is introduced ? see the FAQs.

*Collaboration with Brazil, NERC From December 2009*

http://www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/news/uk-brazil.asp

NERC Standard Grants and Consortium Grants schemes will accept collaborative proposals between UK and Brazilian researchers through a single application and peer review process

*Development of NERC omics strategy, NERC Deadline 17th December 2009*

http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/themes/biodiversity/events/itt-omics.asp

For an individual or a small team from a higher education institute, research organisation or limited company to provide consultancy services over a period of approximately 6 months from January 2010

*Leverhulme - Royal Society Africa Award Deadline 1st February 2010*

http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=8079

Provide funding (max. £150,000) for UK-Ghana or UK-Tanzania research collaborations

[Fwd: Event | International Research Funding - India | 20th November]

Dear colleagues,

Event : International Research Funding - India

As part of the International Research Funding Learning Lunch Series to support the University of Edinburgh's Internationalisation Strategy, ERI are running a session on finding money to collaborate with researchers based in India. This session will cover funders at a national, EU and international level.

Please note that these seminars are aimed at researchers who have already completed a PhD.

Date: 20/11/09

Schedule: Lunch - 12.00-12:30 and then seminar - 12:30-2.00

Venue: Teviot Dining Hall, Teviot Row House , Bristo Square

Map: http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps/buildings/teviot-row-house

To book a place, please register via MyEd, http://www.myed.ed.ac.uk.

Please contact emma.gliori@ed.ac.uk if you require any assistance.

[Fwd: Bookings Open: UK Information and Proposal Writing Events on the ERC Advanced Grants]

Advanced Investigator Grants: Information and Proposal Writing Events In its capacity as UK National Contact Point (NCP) for the European Research Council (ERC), the UK Research Office, in partnership with institutions from across the UK, will hold a series of information events. These are designed for researchers who are based in or moving to the UK and are interested in applying for the ERC Advanced Investigator Grants:

University of Edinburgh, Tuesday 24th November 2009

University of Leeds, Wednesday 25th November 2009

University College London, Friday 27th November 2009

Cardiff University, Monday 30th November 2009

*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), focusing on the Advanced Grants scheme. The Advanced Grants call opened on 29 October 2009, with deadlines in Spring 2010. Participants should gain a deeper understanding of the proposal format and the key issues they are required to address in planning, writing and costing an Advanced Grant proposal. Attendance will be free of charge, thanks to the support from the hosting organisations. *Who should attend?* The sessions will be of particular interest to UK-based researchers planning to submit a proposal for the ERC Advanced Grants. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. *Programme outline* Two identical sessions will be held at each venue, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Please note it is only necessary to attend one session. Both sessions will provide an overview of the ERC and will focus on the application process for the ERC Advanced Grants. There will be opportunities to ask questions during each 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.

*Registration** and further information

http://www.ukro.ac.uk/erc/events_ukro/09_events_adg/091029_adg_flyer_v2.pdf

which includes a summary of the ERC grant schemes on page 2. Event webpage:

http://www.ukro.ac.uk/erc/events_ukro/index.htm

If you would like to attend please complete the _on-line registration form

http://www.ukro.ac.uk/erc/events_ukro/09_events_adg/registration_form.htm

Joanna Frost on behalf of the UK National Contact Point for the European Research Council

EPSRC Follow-on Fund

Colleagues

Please see link below to information on the EPSRC-supported follow-on fund.

[BBSRC, NERC and STFC also support follow on funding]:

http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/FollowOnFund2010

The purpose of this funding scheme is to bridge the funding gap between traditional research grants and commercial funding by supporting the very early stage of turning research outputs into a commercial proposition.

The deadline for the latest call is 4pm on Thursday 25 February 2010.

F Max-Lino

Funding Opportunities

colleagues,

Some science and engineering funding opportunities:

*MRC Partnership Grant – Deadline 24th November 2009*

http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Grants/Partnershipgrant/index.htm

Provides support for collaborative activities that add value to existing research or helps galvanise researchers in a particular field or complementary fields.**

*BBSRC Tools and Resources Development Fund – Deadline 9th December 2009*

http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/opportunities/2009/tools_and_resources_development_fund.html

The fund supports small or short-duration, pump-priming pilot studies and/or bringing communities together for collaborative purposes.

*STFC Aurora Fellowships – Deadline 13th January 2010*

http://www.stfc.ac.uk/Grants/Fells/Auro/Contents.aspx

The scheme is aimed to develop the careers of promising young researchers and to assist existing academics to discipline-hop.

*EPSRC Commercialisation Fund – Deadline 11th December 2009*

http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/collabfundcall.htm

Offers support to researchers wishing to work with a commercialising partner in taking forward business opportunities generated from EPSRC funded research. **

*HECToR Capability Challenge 2010 – Deadline 7th January 2010*

http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/HECToRCapabilityChallenge2010.htm

An opportunity for UK investigators to request access to a large amount of compute time in order to explore the capability dimension of the HECToR service.

*EPSRC Public Engagement Funding – Deadline 14th January 2010*

http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/ppestartergrant2.htm

Second call of the scheme which provides opportunities for researchers to undertake public engagement projects related to their research interests.

*RCUK Business Plan Competition – Deadline 4th December 2009*

http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/innovation/fundingkt/bpc/default.htm

Prizes of up to £25,000 will be awarded for the business plans judged to have the best potential to turn business into reality.**

F Max-Lino

ERI workshop on Funding opportunities for established researchers - 17 November 2009

As you may know ERI have been running, along with transkills and the Researcher Development Program (Corporate HR), a new set of courses designed to give all researchers at the University of Edinburgh the best possible knowledge of suitable sources of research funding and the way to make successful applications for this funding. You can find out more about these here: http://www.eri.ed.ac.uk/events/researchfunding.html 3 flavours of course have been developed: [1] an introduction to research funding; [2] external funding for early to mid-career staff; [3] opportunities for senior and established staff. Course 3: Funding opportunities for established researchers: ERI will be running a course for opportunities for senior and established staff in the College of Science and Engineering on 17 November 2009 here at King's Buildings. This workshop will be led by a senior member of staff from the College and its aim is to enable senior research staff to sustain and refresh their knowledge of the current funding landscape and catch up on any recent developments in their field. Peers from your College will give advice on the maintenance of your research funding and give you hints on making the best quality applications for the funding schemes that suit your research. This course will also explore the differences between domestic and international funding, making it invaluable for researchers moving to Edinburgh from abroad. In addition to personal funding large collaborative grants and projects will be discussed including sessions on European funding. This course is aimed at senior academic staff of PI level and above. To get the right balance of staff this will be an invitation-only event and it would be good to have your help in putting a list of invitees together. I would be grateful if you could nominate staff from your School to attend the course. If possible could you let me know who your nominations are by 10 November 2009. Reply to Max Frederick.Max-Lino(at)ed.ac.uk

ESRC: changes to final report system

From 1st November 2009, the Council's current requirement for a 5000 word End of Award Report three months after the end date of its award will be replaced. The new arrangements are designed to capture more evidence of scientific and practical (I.e. economic, social or policy) impacts while also being more economical in terms of its demand on award-holders' time. The evidence collected by the new system will be used both to evaluate ESRC research and to support the funding case for social science by demonstrating even more clearly the academic and, where appropriate, practical impact of the work that the Council supports.

There are two steps to the new system. First, award-holders submit a much shorter End of Award Report three months after the end date of the project to provide the administrative details required by the ESRC for financial sign-off. Then, twelve months after the end of the project award-holders submit an Impact Report to provide concise details of outputs and impacts (both scientific and practical) to date. The new End of Award Report report, as with the current version, requires an electronic signature from your institution's Finance Officer or equivalent representative. The Impact Report does not require an institutional validation.

It is important to emphasise that the ESRC does not expect all of the projects it funds to achieve practical impacts. Award-holders who report only scientific contributions will not be disadvantaged in any way in the Council's evaluation process. It will be possible to achieve the highest evaluation grades for scientific and/or practical impacts.

The extended reporting period will allow more time for outputs and impacts to emerge before the Council's evaluation. The evaluation will now start twelve months after the end date of awards rather than three months as at present. There is also a facility for award-holders to update their project record with details of impacts that emerge beyond the time of the evaluation, and this extra information will be available to ESRC Committees when assessing future funding applications.

All ESRC award-holders who are affected by these changes will be contacted directly by the Council. The new report templates can be downloaded either from award-holders' grant pages on the ESRC Society Today web site or from:

_www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/finalreporting_ <https://exchange-01.arma.ac.uk/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx> .