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to review the guidance and discuss your proposal for the upcoming BA/Leverhulme Small grants call.
Slides will be available after the session while the timeline schedule for this call can be found here.
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To book onto this session, please complete the Booking Form under “BA Small Grants Guidance session – 24/07/2024” in the drop down menu.
BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
We are welcoming your proposals for the upcoming BA/Leverhulme Small grants call.
The below deadlines will be in place to ensure that the pre-award team can provide all interested academics with optimal support.
| Wednesday
24 July 2024
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Guidance Session via Teams 24/07, 10:00-12:00
Join us to review the guidance and then start work on your application. Slides will be available after the session. To book your place just email us at akakaounaki@bournemouth.ac.uk |
| 24 Jul – 4 Sep | Work on your proposal
If you need help, speak to RDS for support and to your peers/mentors, organise your team, start a Flexi-Grant account, start an application in the system |
| 4 Sep – 18 Sep | Internal Peer review taking place |
| 4 September 2024 | Call Opens
– Latest date to submit your ITB (Intention To Bid form) |
| 18 September 2024 | – Advise your referee that you will be sending them your completed application on FlexiGrant and they will need to provide their supporting statement by 21 October. Note that the earlier you complete you application on FlexiGrant, the more time the referee will have to review your bid and provide the supporting statement
– If you are Grade 8 or below and you wish to use the support of an External Application Reviewer (EAR), you must submit your quality approved by the Faculty draft application to RDS by this date. |
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21 October 2024 |
– Nominated referee supporting statement to be completed via FlexiGrant.
– Submit your draft proposal to RDS preawardenquiries@bournemouth.ac.uk |
| 28 October 2024 | Your final application must be submitted on Flexi-Grant by this date at the latest.
Once you have uploaded all relevant documentation and your referee and CoI’s have completed their parts too, the “submit” button will appear on your screen. You can click ‘submit’ and the form will be sent to BU’s accounts for RDS checks. |
| 28 Oct- 6 Nov | Institutional checks to take place by RDS |
| 6 November 2024 | Final submissions |
If you have any queries, please contact Eva Papadopoulou at epapadopoulou@bournemouth.ac.uk or Katerina Kakaounaki at akakaounaki@bournemouth.ac.uk.
We are welcoming your proposals for the upcoming BA/Leverhulme Small grants call.
The below deadlines will be in place to ensure that the pre-award team can provide all interested academics with optimal support.
| 28 February 2024
28th Feb – 10th April |
Guidance Session
Join us to review the guidance and then start work on your application; Slides will be available after the session on Brightspace. Work on your proposal-If you need help, speak to RDS for support and to your peers/mentors, organise your team, start a Flexi-Grant account, start an application in the system. Once ready, submit your ITB and also your draft proposal to RDS preawardenquiries@bournemouth.ac.uk |
| 10th April 2024 | Call Opens |
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10th April 2024
10th -24th April |
Latest date to submit your ITB
Remember to advise your referee that you will be sending them your completed application on Flexi-Grant and that their expected statement to be submitted by the 24th May
Internal Peer review taking place |
| 24th April 2024 | If you are Grade 8 or below and you wish to use the support of an External Application Reviewer (EAR), you must submit your quality approved by the Faculty draft application to RDS by this date. |
| 24th May 2024 | Nominated referee supporting statement to be completed via Flexi-Grant |
| 24th May 2024 | Your final application must be submitted on Flexi-Grant by this date at the latest.
Click ‘submit’ and the form will be sent to BU’s accounts for RDS checks. |
| 24th May – 5th June 2024 | Institutional checks to take place by RDS and final submissions. |
Remember the blog about our Prague trip back in June 2023, where we showcased our research, thanks to BU’s ACORN and QR research funding? We left you hanging with a secret project, and guess what? The secret is out!
We are super excited to share that we have secured funding from the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant 2023. That means we are diving into mixed-grade produce packaging to see how it can help tackle ugly food waste. And guess what? We are taking our experiments to the field right here in Bournemouth University. This time, we have joined forces with our colleague Dr Hyoje Kim from the University of Strathclyde, and together, we are on a mission to create packaging that fights food waste, both at the retailers and in consumers’ homes.
Leading this project is Dr Guljira Manimont, our ECR from MSI, BUBS. She not only heads this project but also shared her bid writing techniques during the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant Workshop in September 2023 at Bournemouth University. Remarkably, this marks her first submission to the British Academy, making this endeavour all the more special.
So, what’s next? We invite you to be a part of this extraordinary journey. We promise to keep you in the loop with every exciting discovery and every lesson learned. This is not just about science; it is a commitment to creating a world where waste has no place and sustainability thrives.
We are not just stopping at our mixed-grade produce packaging project!
Dr Guljira has secured research funding from the Thai government via King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL). This project is also in collaboration with Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI). Together, they are exploring insect-based food consumption and innovative packaging solutions, pioneering the path to sustainable eating habits.
Meanwhile, Professor Juliet and colleagues from BU are driving change with their new EU funded project, FoodMAPP. Through a user-friendly MAP-based application, they are promoting local food supply chains, ensuring food security, fostering business development, and reducing food waste.
Stay tuned for more
exciting updates and
further collaborations.
British Academy Small Grants Workshop aimed at all staff with Research Council bids in development.
The attendees will have the chance to discuss their proposal with a Research Facilitator and a Funding Development Officer will also be on hand to answer any questions relating to budget and processes.
The call for the next round of BA/Leverhulme Small Grants opens on 6th September 2023 and closes on Wednesday 8th November 2023.
This guidance session is for academics who are interested in submitting an application.
To book on to a session, or be added to the waiting list, please complete the Booking Form.
For further information please contact: epapadopoulou@bournemouth.ac.uk, smundy@bournemouth.ac.uk
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