1. EPSRC: Career Acceleration Fellowships (internal deadline: 7 September)
2. EPSRC: Leadership Fellowships (internal deadline: 14 September)
3. Leverhulme Trust: International Networks Awards (internal deadline: 15 August)
4. UKERC: UK Energy Research Centre – Call for Proposals (internal deadline: 27 August)
5. EPSRC: Software for Science Town Meeting – Call for Expression of Interest (closing date: 11 September)
6. Submission of research grant applications not exceeding £20k (and with no associated staff cost)
7. ResearchResearch.com training sessions
8. EPSRC: Consultation on the future of SUPERGEN
EPSRC: Career Acceleration Fellowships (internal deadline: 7 September)
The EPSRC has released the 2010 call for Career Acceleration Fellowships. EPSRC offers Career Acceleration Fellowships annually to provide up to five years funding to talented researchers at an early stage of their career. The expectation is that fellows will have established an independent career of international standing by the end of the award.
Full first drafts (a complete application form with the required attachments, CV, list of publications, case of support) should be submitted to Research Facilitation by 7 September.
More information for this call is available here.
EPSRC: Leadership Fellowships (internal deadline: 14 September)
The EPSRC has released the 2010 call for Leadership Fellowships. EPSRC offers Leadership Fellowships annually to provide up to five years funding to talented researchers with the most potential to develop into the UK’s international "research leaders of tomorrow". The expectation is that fellows will have established themselves as leading researchers of international standing in their area by the end of the award, as well as demonstrating leadership within their research community and institution.
Full first drafts (a complete application form with the required attachments, CV, list of publications, case of support) should be submitted to Research Facilitation by 14 September.
More information for this call is available here.
Leverhulme Trust: International Networks Awards (next internal deadline: 15 August)
These awards support collaborations which enable a Principal Investigator based in the UK to lead a research project where its successful completion is dependant on the participation of relevant overseas institutions. Networks should be newly-constituted collaborations. The geographical distribution of the proposed Network should reflect locations directly linked to the theme: for example, to the habitat of an animal; the native country of an artist; a local social or political system, or the contribution of a specific scientific facility unavailable elsewhere.
Applications for research on any topic within the entire array of academic disciplines are eligible for support. However, an exception is made for areas of research supported by specialist funding agencies and in particular for medicine.
There is no deadline for the submission of an outline application. Evaluation of outline applications takes approximately 12 weeks. Deadlines for submission of full proposals are 1 September 2009, 1 December 2009 and 21 March 2010; internal deadlines for full proposals are: 15 August 2009, 15 November 2009 and 5 March 2010.
More information for this call is available here.
UKERC: UK Energy Research Centre- Call for Proposals (internal deadline: 27 August)
The UK Energy Research Centre is issuing the first Call for Proposals under its £4.5m Research Fund. We are seeking proposals from universities or other institutions eligible to hold Research Council awards in three topic areas:
• Spatial aspects of bioenergy development in the UK
• Local and community governance of energy
• Carbon capture and storage: realising the potential
Consortium bids will be considered. Projects should normally be started by 1 April 2010 and are expected to last between one and two years. The research supported will form an integral part of UKERC's research programme.
More information about this call and guidelines for submitting proposals can be found here.
External deadline is: 17 September 2009; internal deadline is: 27 August 2009.
EPSRC: Software for Science Town Meeting – Call for Expression of Interest (closing date: 11 September)
Computational Science and Engineering is increasingly recognised as a vital component of scientific enquiry, alongside experiment and theory. EPSRC’s Research Infrastructure Programme recognises the importance of having the necessary software in place to enable computational science and engineering. In recent years, EPSRC has been able to increase the level of support available for software development, and intends to continue to build on this. EPSRC would now like to give the computational science and engineering community the opportunity to input on how best to implement this strategy.
EPSRC will be holding a one day meeting to discuss priorities for funding in software to enable computational science and engineering in Bristol on 27 October 2009. Closing date for expression of interest to attend the Town Meeting is: 11 September 2009, 4pm.
More information is available here.
Submission of research grant applications not exceeding £20k (and with no associated staff costs)
Under current arrangements, research grant applications to external bodies seeking funds not exceeding £10k (where no associated staff costs are being sought) are not required to be submitted via Research Services for institutional review and authorisation. Following consultation with Divisional and Departmental colleagues, it has been agreed that this threshold will be increased to applications not exceeding £20k (again where no associated staff costs are being sought) with effect from 1 August 2009. For further details see the submission of research grant applications note* (Word, 53 KB).
ResearchResearch.com training sessions
Research Services are continuing to run regular hands-on training sessions and 1-hour lunchtime demos for ResearchResearch.com at OUCS. These training sessions, which concentrate on how best to use this online funding opportunities information service to locate research funding, have proved to be popular and helpful for academics, departmental administrators, postdoctoral researchers and postgraduates at the University. Free training sessions are still available over the summer:
3-hour hands-on training sessions: (Book online)
• Wednesday, 22 July, 9.15 am - 12.15 pm
• Tuesday, 18 August, 9.15 am - 12.15 pm
Short lunch-time sessions: (Demonstrations only, but covering the same topics. Book online)
• Tuesday, 4 August, 12.30 - 1.30 pm, OUCS
EPSRC: Consultation on the future of SUPERGEN
The SUPERGEN initiative is the primary delivery mechanism for sustainable energy research funded by EPSRC as part of the Research Councils' Energy Programme. In 2011 the current round will begin to come to an end, with the final projects ending in 2013. EPSRC are holding a consultation with the academic and user community to discuss the future shape and direction of the programme and to assess the research themes that could by covered by SUPERGEN in the future. For further details please see the EPSRC website.
More information on current and past funding opportunities on: https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/research/research-facilitation/funding-oppor…
2. EPSRC: Leadership Fellowships (internal deadline: 14 September)
3. Leverhulme Trust: International Networks Awards (internal deadline: 15 August)
4. UKERC: UK Energy Research Centre – Call for Proposals (internal deadline: 27 August)
5. EPSRC: Software for Science Town Meeting – Call for Expression of Interest (closing date: 11 September)
6. Submission of research grant applications not exceeding £20k (and with no associated staff cost)
7. ResearchResearch.com training sessions
8. EPSRC: Consultation on the future of SUPERGEN
EPSRC: Career Acceleration Fellowships (internal deadline: 7 September)
The EPSRC has released the 2010 call for Career Acceleration Fellowships. EPSRC offers Career Acceleration Fellowships annually to provide up to five years funding to talented researchers at an early stage of their career. The expectation is that fellows will have established an independent career of international standing by the end of the award.
Full first drafts (a complete application form with the required attachments, CV, list of publications, case of support) should be submitted to Research Facilitation by 7 September.
More information for this call is available here.
EPSRC: Leadership Fellowships (internal deadline: 14 September)
The EPSRC has released the 2010 call for Leadership Fellowships. EPSRC offers Leadership Fellowships annually to provide up to five years funding to talented researchers with the most potential to develop into the UK’s international "research leaders of tomorrow". The expectation is that fellows will have established themselves as leading researchers of international standing in their area by the end of the award, as well as demonstrating leadership within their research community and institution.
Full first drafts (a complete application form with the required attachments, CV, list of publications, case of support) should be submitted to Research Facilitation by 14 September.
More information for this call is available here.
Leverhulme Trust: International Networks Awards (next internal deadline: 15 August)
These awards support collaborations which enable a Principal Investigator based in the UK to lead a research project where its successful completion is dependant on the participation of relevant overseas institutions. Networks should be newly-constituted collaborations. The geographical distribution of the proposed Network should reflect locations directly linked to the theme: for example, to the habitat of an animal; the native country of an artist; a local social or political system, or the contribution of a specific scientific facility unavailable elsewhere.
Applications for research on any topic within the entire array of academic disciplines are eligible for support. However, an exception is made for areas of research supported by specialist funding agencies and in particular for medicine.
There is no deadline for the submission of an outline application. Evaluation of outline applications takes approximately 12 weeks. Deadlines for submission of full proposals are 1 September 2009, 1 December 2009 and 21 March 2010; internal deadlines for full proposals are: 15 August 2009, 15 November 2009 and 5 March 2010.
More information for this call is available here.
UKERC: UK Energy Research Centre- Call for Proposals (internal deadline: 27 August)
The UK Energy Research Centre is issuing the first Call for Proposals under its £4.5m Research Fund. We are seeking proposals from universities or other institutions eligible to hold Research Council awards in three topic areas:
• Spatial aspects of bioenergy development in the UK
• Local and community governance of energy
• Carbon capture and storage: realising the potential
Consortium bids will be considered. Projects should normally be started by 1 April 2010 and are expected to last between one and two years. The research supported will form an integral part of UKERC's research programme.
More information about this call and guidelines for submitting proposals can be found here.
External deadline is: 17 September 2009; internal deadline is: 27 August 2009.
EPSRC: Software for Science Town Meeting – Call for Expression of Interest (closing date: 11 September)
Computational Science and Engineering is increasingly recognised as a vital component of scientific enquiry, alongside experiment and theory. EPSRC’s Research Infrastructure Programme recognises the importance of having the necessary software in place to enable computational science and engineering. In recent years, EPSRC has been able to increase the level of support available for software development, and intends to continue to build on this. EPSRC would now like to give the computational science and engineering community the opportunity to input on how best to implement this strategy.
EPSRC will be holding a one day meeting to discuss priorities for funding in software to enable computational science and engineering in Bristol on 27 October 2009. Closing date for expression of interest to attend the Town Meeting is: 11 September 2009, 4pm.
More information is available here.
Submission of research grant applications not exceeding £20k (and with no associated staff costs)
Under current arrangements, research grant applications to external bodies seeking funds not exceeding £10k (where no associated staff costs are being sought) are not required to be submitted via Research Services for institutional review and authorisation. Following consultation with Divisional and Departmental colleagues, it has been agreed that this threshold will be increased to applications not exceeding £20k (again where no associated staff costs are being sought) with effect from 1 August 2009. For further details see the submission of research grant applications note* (Word, 53 KB).
ResearchResearch.com training sessions
Research Services are continuing to run regular hands-on training sessions and 1-hour lunchtime demos for ResearchResearch.com at OUCS. These training sessions, which concentrate on how best to use this online funding opportunities information service to locate research funding, have proved to be popular and helpful for academics, departmental administrators, postdoctoral researchers and postgraduates at the University. Free training sessions are still available over the summer:
3-hour hands-on training sessions: (Book online)
• Wednesday, 22 July, 9.15 am - 12.15 pm
• Tuesday, 18 August, 9.15 am - 12.15 pm
Short lunch-time sessions: (Demonstrations only, but covering the same topics. Book online)
• Tuesday, 4 August, 12.30 - 1.30 pm, OUCS
EPSRC: Consultation on the future of SUPERGEN
The SUPERGEN initiative is the primary delivery mechanism for sustainable energy research funded by EPSRC as part of the Research Councils' Energy Programme. In 2011 the current round will begin to come to an end, with the final projects ending in 2013. EPSRC are holding a consultation with the academic and user community to discuss the future shape and direction of the programme and to assess the research themes that could by covered by SUPERGEN in the future. For further details please see the EPSRC website.
More information on current and past funding opportunities on: https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/research/research-facilitation/funding-oppor…