The Pro-Vice Chancellor would like to invite you to apply for the current round of Fusion Investment Fund.
Three funding strands are available for staff at BU:
Co-Creation and Co-Production strand (CCCP)
Study Leave strand (SL)
There are three sub-strands under this strand: Academic Study Leave, Internal Secondments and Industrial Staff Placements.
Staff Mobility and Networking strand (SMN)
This strand includes Santander and Erasmus.
Awareness sessions will take place on the following, giving applicants the valuable opportunity to discuss their applications with the FIF Manager and committee members:
- Wednesday 13 November 12-1pm, S203, Lansdowne
- Monday 18 November 2-3pm, Casterbridge room, THS, Talbot
- In addition, Dr. Martin Pickard of Grantcraft will be running a two and a half hour session giving essential Fusion bid writing advice on Wednesday 20 November, at 9.30am in, CG04, Christchurch House, Talbot Campus. Martin is a specialist in writing and supporting research grant applications and tenders, as well as providing administrative and management support services for ongoing projects.
If you are interested in attending any of these sessions please contact Fusion Fund to confirm your place and your preferred session.For all the updated strand policy documents, application form and more information please visit the FIF intranet pages.
The Fusion Investment Fund is managed by Samantha Leahy-Harland and the Interim Administrator is Dianne Goodman. Please direct all initial enquiries to Fusion Fund.











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