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September 14, 2015

European News (w/c 14/9/15)

EU, Funding opportunities, Info Days, Training Emily Cieciura

Every week I receive an email from UKRO updating me on the EU-related activities including funding calls, info days, tenders and other news which helps keep me up to date with the EU. As this blog can be accessed externally, we cannot give you all the information that they email, but you can get the full subscriber experience by registering at the UKRO website.

Highlights from the most recent email are:

UKRO ITN (Innovative Training Network) event on 7/10/15 – please see the previous blog post about this event
ERC Consolidator Grant Information sessions – see University of Sheffield on 3/11/15 and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 6/11/15 to register
Info Week for Societal Challenge 2 (Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, maritime and maritime inland water research and bio-economy) runs from 24/11/2015 to 27/11/2015
Experts are required for EC non-food Scientific Committees in the topic areas of Consumer Safety and Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks – deadline 2/11/15
Did you miss the H2020 Co-ordinators’ Day on 8/9/15? You can see videos of the presentations to find out more about H2020 project management
The draft Work Programmes are being made available. Please note that they are still under review and should not be assumed to be finalised
EU and China have launched a new Co-Funding Mechanism for research and innovation

If you are looking for specific funding, please make use of BU’s subscription to ResearchProfessional or search on the Participant Portal. For tenders, please use TED – Tenders Electronic Daily.

Also being discussed on planet EU:

ResearchProfessional are reporting on changes to demand management within Horizon 2020 (log-in to our institutional account to read more)
There are concerns about a move to an increased emphasis on applied research and product development within the H2020 Societal Challenges Pillar, according to a freely available article from ResearchResearch.

If you would like further assistance in developing your EU knowledge and engagement, please contact Emily Cieciura, Research Facilitator: EU & International

September 9, 2015

EC Info Day – EU Brokerage Event on Key Enabling Strategies taking place on the 1st of Oct 2015

EU, Info Days Dianne Goodman

EC Info days: relating to EU Brokerage Event on Key Enabling Strategies is being held on the:

1^st of October 2015 in Strasbourg, France

Info days and brokerage events run by the EC are an opportunity to get an overview of work programmes covering the 2016 and 2017 calendar years, meet up and hear from others who are interested in the same programme and potentially form links and build consortia for future applications.

Please click on the link below to book or register your interest

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&eventcode=2DE41882-FADE-977A-8FDF508D5871C5AA

Please let Emily or myself know if you intend to go so we can co-ordinate if others also wish to attend.

September 2, 2015

EC Info Day – Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy taking place on the 14th-15th Sept

EU, Info Days Dianne Goodman

EC Info days: relating to Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy are being held on the: 14^th-15^th September 2015 in Brussels

Info days and brokerage events run by the EC are an opportunity to get an overview of work programmes covering the 2016 and 2017 calendar years, meet up and hear from others who are interested in the same programme and potentially form links and build consortia for future applications.

Please click on the link below to book or register your interest – please bear in mind places are limited!

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&eventcode=0B56FA95-AFE0-D63B-DD0527FE301EC26C

Please let Emily or myself know if you intend to go so we can co-ordinate if others also wish to attend.

September 1, 2015

Latest Major Funding Opportunities

EU, Funding opportunities, Global engagement emilner

The following funding opportunities have been announced. Please follow the links for more information.

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

The Bioinformatics and Biological Resources (BBR) is a fund of up to £6m which aims support the bioscience research community with the establishment, maintenance and enhancement of infrastructures, support high quality bioinformatics and biological resources and supply long-term funding and provide a stable environment for resource development and provision. Closing Date: 7/10/15 at 16:00

Cancer Research UK

Phase III Clinical Trial grants fund research into cancer treatment (including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery), with the objective of improving survival. Funding is available for up to £100k per annum. Closing Date: 1/12/15

Daphne Jackson Trust

The Daphne Jackson Fellowship is a unique fellowship designed to return STEM professionals to their careers after a break to carry out their research.Fellowships are two-year, part-time, fellowships that can be held in any university research laboratory or industrial R&D setting within the UK. Closing Date: Open

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Healthcare Technologies Programme Grants of up to £15 million will be available to fund 3-5 Programme Grants looking at Advanced materials, Disruptive technologies for sensing and analysis, Future manufacturing technologies, Medical device design and innovation, Novel computational and mathematical sciences and Novel imaging technologies. Pre-Outline Closing Date: 6/10/15. Outline Closing Date: 27/10/15 at 16:00.

European Commission

Joint Research Centre call for expression of interest for Quantifying disaster risk and recovery needs. Supported disaster types range from natural hazards – such as floods, fires, storms, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and earthquakes – to industrial accidents and humanitarian crisis. Closing Date: 18/9/15

The European Food Safety Authority is inviting tenders for Italy-Parma: Human biomonitoring data collection from occupational exposure to pesticides. The maximum budget EFSA has available is 200,000 EUR. Closing Date: 29/9/15

The Directorate-General for Financial Stability is inviting tenders for a Mid-cap financing survey. The estimated maximum amount for the execution of all the tasks referred to in this call for tenders is 140,000 EUR. Closing Date: 5/10/15

The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) are inviting tenders for a Study on the contribution of sport to the employability of young people in the context of the Europe 2020 strategy. The study will aim to increase knowledge on the interactions between sport, employment and youth across the EU in order to suggest improvements of EU policy in this area. The maximum budget available is 200,000 EUR. Closing Date: 12/10/15 at 15:00.

The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport are inviting tenders for a Study towards a single and innovative European transport system. The study aims to analyse the barriers, which impede the development and deployment of innovative technological solutions enhancing the integration of the transport system, and to propose a set of actions which, collectively, can help to accelerate progress. Maximum combined budget between two schemes is 700,000. EUR Closing Date: 20/10/15 at 16:00.

The Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers is inviting tenders for Scientific analysis and advice on gender equality in the EU. The overall objective of the contract is to contribute to the improvement of European-level policy analysis and policy development on gender equality by providing reliable, independent, and rigorous scientific support and advice to the European Commission. Maximum budget 1.1m EUR. Closing Date: 3/11/15 at 11:00.

Innovate UK

Under the Mexico-UK Collaborative Industrial R&D Competition, Innovate UK and the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) are to invest up to £6 million in collaborative research and development projects to stimulate innovation across three sectors (agroindustry, energy and health) that underpin future Mexican socio-economic growth. Registration Closing Date: 27/1/16 at 12:00

Natural Environment Research Council

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in the Real World is a programme will support two types of award; larger Research Grants and smaller, more focused, Pump Priming Grants. This programme aims to address the need for a greater understanding of the role of the outdoor environment and host microbiome in influencing the evolution, acquisition and spread of antibacterial resistance. A Pump Priming Grants which will be around £200k (100% FEC) per project for 12-36 months. Closing Date: 3/12/15 at 16:00

Royal Society

The NSFC China costshare fund and the R3 (including MOST and RIA costshare fund) makes available up to £12,000 for collaborations partners in Taiwan, France, Ireland, China or Russia. The scheme is intended to stimulate new collaborations between scientists in the UK and overseas. The scheme covers all areas of the life and physical sciences, including engineering, but excluding clinical medicine. NSFC Closing Date: 12/10/15, R3 Closing Date: 14/10/15

Wellcome Trust

The Pathfinder Awards offer pilot funding to discrete projects addressing areas of unmet medical need. Awards of upto a maximum £350k are available for projects lasting up to 18 months. Closing Date: 23/11/15

Please note that some funding bodies specify a time for submission as well as a date. Please confirm this with your RKEO Funding Development Officer

August 26, 2015

EC Info Day – EU Brokerage Event on Key Enabling Strategies taking place on the 1st of Oct 2015

EU, Info Days Dianne Goodman

EC Info days: relating to EU Brokerage Event on Key Enabling Strategies is being held on the:

1^st of October 2015 in Strasbourg, France

Info days and brokerage events run by the EC are an opportunity to get an overview of work programmes covering the 2016 and 2017 calendar years, meet up and hear from others who are interested in the same programme and potentially form links and build consortia for future applications.

Please click on the link below to book or register your interest:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&eventcode=2DE41882-FADE-977A-8FDF508D5871C5AA

Please let Emily or myself know if you intend to go so we can co-ordinate if others also wish to attend.

August 24, 2015

EC Info Day – Health, Demographic Change and Well-being taking place on the 18th Sept 2015

EU, Info Days Dianne Goodman

EC Info days: relating to Health, Demographic Change and Well-being are being held on the:

18^th September 2015, Brussels, Belgiu

Info days and brokerage events run by the EC are an opportunity to get an overview of work programmes covering the 2016 and 2017 calendar years, meet up and hear from others who are interested in the same programme and potentially form links and build consortia for future applications.

Please click on the link below now to book or register you interest – this will definitely be a popular event!

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&eventcode=7829B368-BCD2-7BA8-039C396F0C62FA5D

August 17, 2015

Horizon 2020 – First Results

BU Challenges, EU, Funding opportunities, Global engagement, Info Days, Research news Emily Cieciura

The DG Research and Innovation has produced a booklet giving statistical information relating to Horizon 2020 bidding activity up to 1st December 2014.

Highlights include:

The UK is leading the way in number of applications submitted, but when based on per capita, the UK is 16th. Cyprus tops the per capita applications’ rate
Applications from countries outside the EU have reduced when compared with FP7, particularly those from China and Russia. The USA is still the main overseas applicant with rates very similar in Horizon 2020 and FP7
The average success rate is 14%
When it comes to success, although the UK has the highest number of applications, the UK is placed 10th, with an average success rate of around 15%. France is around 17%
Universities are submitting the most number of applications, followed by the private sector
Germany has increased its share of total Horizon 2020 funding against FP7. The UK share has dropped but is still ranked 2nd
SME participation has increased in Horizon 2020
Around 40% of applicants did not apply under FP7, with 80% of that being SMEs or industrial applicants – the remaining 20% of newcomers includes universities and other research organisation
Over half of the expert evaluators in Horizon 2020 had not participated previously

The DG Research and Innovation website has a wealth of information about research activities:

Policy – read this to find out why certain research is being supported and the work of the European Research Area
Funding and Careers – find out how EU research can help your career flourish and search for funding on the Participant Portal
Success stories – what gets funded?
Themes – does your research map onto their themes?
Events – are there EU events (such as Info Days, forums to present research, conferences, training etc.) which may assist in developing your research proposal or collaborative network?

Get to know this funder so that you might form part of the next Horizon 2020 statistical review.

If you need help formulating your strategy for EU interaction, please contact Emily Cieciura or Paul Lynch – Research Facilitators: EU & International

August 17, 2015

EC Info Day – Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy taking place on the 14th-15th Sept

EU, Info Days Dianne Goodman

EC Info days: relating to Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy are being held on the: 14^th-15^th September 2015 in Brussels

Info days and brokerage events run by the EC are an opportunity to get an overview of work programmes covering the 2016 and 2017 calendar years, meet up and hear from others who are interested in the same programme and potentially form links and build consortia for future applications.

Please click on the link below to book or register your interest – please bear in mind places are limited

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&eventcode=0B56FA95-AFE0-D63B-DD0527FE301EC26C

Please let Emily or myself know if you intend to go so we can co-ordinate if others also wish to attend.

August 12, 2015

EC Info Day – EU Brokerage Event on Key Enabling Strategies taking place on the 1st of Oct 2015

EU, Info Days Dianne Goodman

EC Info days: relating to EU Brokerage Event on Key Enabling Strategies is being held on the:

1^st of October 2015 in Strasbourg, France

Info days and brokerage events run by the EC are an opportunity to get an overview of work programmes covering the 2016 and 2017 calendar years, meet up and hear from others who are interested in the same programme and potentially form links and build consortia for future applications.

Please click on the link below to book or register your interest:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&eventcode=2DE41882-FADE-977A-8FDF508D5871C5AA

Please let Emily or myself know if you intend to go so we can co-ordinate if others also wish to attend.

August 10, 2015

EC Info Day – Health, Demographic Change and Well-being taking place on the 18th Sept 2015

EU, Info Days Dianne Goodman

EC Info days: relating to Health, Demographic Change and Well-being are being held on the:

18^th September 2015, Brussels, Belgium

Info days and brokerage events run by the EC are an opportunity to get an overview of work programmes covering the 2016 and 2017 calendar years, meet up and hear from others who are interested in the same programme and potentially form links and build consortia for future applications.

Please click on the link below now to book or register you interest – this will definitely be a popular event!

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&eventcode=7829B368-BCD2-7BA8-039C396F0C62FA5D

Please let Emily or myself know if you intend to go so we can co-ordinate if others also wish to attend.

July 31, 2015

EC Info Day – Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy taking place on the 14th-15th Sept

EU, Info Days Dianne Goodman

euflag EC Info days: relating to Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy are being held on the: 14^th-15^th September 2015 in Brussels

Info days and brokerage events run by the EC are an opportunity to get an overview of work programmes covering the 2016 and 2017 calendar years, meet up and hear from others who are interested in the same programme and potentially form links and build consortia for future applications.

Please click on the link below to book or register your interest – bear in mind places are limited!

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&eventcode=0B56FA95-AFE0-D63B-DD0527FE301EC26C

Please let Emily or myself know if you intend to go so we can co-ordinate if others also wish to attend.

July 30, 2015

EC Info Day – Health, Demographic Change and Well-being taking place on the 18th Sept 2015

EU, Info Days Dianne Goodman

EC Info days: relating to Health, Demographic Change and Well-being are being held on the: 18^th September 2015, Brussels, Belgium

Info days and brokerage events run by the EC are an opportunity to get an overview of work programmes covering the 2016 and 2017 calendar years, meet up and hear from others who are interested in the same programme and potentially form links and build consortia for future applications.

Please click on the link below now to book or register you interest – this will definitely be a popular event!

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&eventcode=7829B368-BCD2-7BA8-039C396F0C62FA5D

Please let Emily or myself know if you intend to go so we can co-ordinate if others also wish to attend.

July 28, 2015

Euraxess – July highlights

BU research, EU, Global engagement, Research news Emily Cieciura

The Euraxess July newsletter is promoting the following opportunities that are relevant to Bournemouth University:

CONFAP-UK Academies: Fellowships, Research Mobility, and Young Investigator Awards for UK researchers in Brazil

Brazilian State Funding Agencies, articulated by its National Council (CONFAP), have launched a call for proposals offering support to researchers based in UK Universities and Research Institutions to spend from two weeks to four years working in research in Brazil, in collaboration with local colleagues.

The call offers support for researchers in the UK through:
a) Fellowships
b) Research Mobility Grants
c) Young Investigator Grants comprising a scholarship plus a research funding grant.

These Newton Fund activities offer an opportunity for UK researchers to develop the strengths and capabilities of their research groups through training, collaboration and reciprocal visits with a partner in some of the best research groups in the Brazil.

The second round of applications is now open and will close on 23 October 2015.

Science Slam

Do you have links with an Early Stage Researcher based in ASEAN, Brazil, China, India, Japan or North America? Then direct them to this scheme. First prize is a free trip to Europe, a one-day science communication workshop and a meeting with European Commission representatives in Brussels, Belgium, and a meeting at a European research institution of their choice! Closing dates are in September but applicants will need to check the information for their region.

Environmental sustainability in Europe and India

TECO “Technological Eco-Innovations for the Quality Control of Polluted Waters and Soils” is a new project funded by the European Union and coordinated by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) with the partnership of the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI – India).

The goal of TECO is to improve and promote collaborations between Europe and India in the field of environmental sustainability.

Grants are provided for the mobility of European researchers, engineers and experts to spend up to three months in Indian research institutes or private companies to open new professional collaborations and to develop innovative ideas in the field of new technologies applied to the decontamination of waters and soils.

The deadline is 15 September 2015. The mobility program will start from January 2016.

Newton Funding Opportunities (see also previous blog post)

There are currently 24 opportunities listed as open for applications by the Newton fund.

Locations include: Egypt, India,Indonesia,Kazakhstan,Mexico,Philippines,South Africa,Vietnam, Brazil, Turkey and Chile. A wide range of disciplines is also represented, from Agriculture to Rapid Urbanisation.

British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowships (see also previous blog post)

Newton Advanced Fellowships provide early to mid-career international researchers with an opportunity to develop their research strengths and capabilities, and those of their group or network, through training, collaboration and visits with a partner in the UK.

Sign up to receive your own copy of the Euraxess Newsletter so that you are the first to know about international opportunities.

July 27, 2015

Women Innovators – EU Prize

Business Engagement, EU, Funding opportunities, Women's Academic Network Emily Cieciura

Are you or do you know a Woman Innovator?

With the EU Prize for Women Innovators, the European Commission wants to give public recognition to outstanding women entrepreneurs who brought their innovative ideas to the market. The aim is to inspire other women to follow in their footsteps.

After two successful editions in 2011 and 2014, the European Commission has launched the third edition of the prize.

Three prizes will be awarded in Spring 2016:

1st prize: €100 000
2nd prize: €50 000
3rd prize: €30 000

Contestants will be able to submit their entries until 20 October 2015 (12:00 – Brussels time).

An independent panel of judges from business and academia will select the three winners who will be announced in 2016.

Who can participate in the contest?

The contest is open to all women who have founded or co-founded their company and who have at some point of their careers benefitted from the EU’s research framework programmes, the EURATOM Framework Programme, the Competitiveness and Innovation framework programme (CIP) or actions relating to research and innovation under the European Structural and Investment Funds (known as the Structural Funds prior to 2014).

The contestant must reside in an EU Member State or a country associated to Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation programme.

The company must have been registered before 1 January 2013 and have had an annual turnover of at least EUR 100 000 in 2013 or 2014.

Apply via the website

July 27, 2015

EU Horizon 2020 Funding – Societal Challenges

BU research, Business Engagement, EU, Funding opportunities Emily Cieciura

The following calls are being promoted on the Participant Portal:

Digital Security : Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust : closing 27/8/15

Disaster-resilience: Safeguarding and Securing Society, including adapting to climate change: closing 27/8/15

Border Security and External Security: closing 27/8/15

Fight against Crime and Terrorism: closing 27/8/15

FCH2 JU Call for proposals 2015 (Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking): closing 27/8/15

Bio Based Industries: closing 15/9/15

H2020-JTI-IMI2-2015-05-Two Stage (Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 (IMI2) Joint Undertaking): closing 13/10/15 (stage 1) and 15/3/16 (stage 2)

Green Vehicles: closing 15/10/15

Mobility for Growth (transport): closing 15/10/15

European Capital of Innovation Prize (plus dedicated website): closing 18/11/15

Horizon 2020 Dedicated SME Instrument Phase 1 and 2, 2014-2015 with specific themes (Company to apply): next closing dates – 17/9/15 and 25/11/15

Horizon Prize – Food Scanner: due to open in September 2015 with a closing date of 9/3/16

Horizon Prize – Better use of Antibiotics: closing 17/8/16

All closing dates are 17:00 (Brussels time)

If you are applying to any of these calls, be that as Lead or in collaboration with another organisation, please contact Paul Lynch or Emily Cieciura (Research Facilitators – EU and International) or contact your Faculty Funding Development Officer.

July 24, 2015

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Project – ENEFOR

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We would like to welcome you to our Marie Sklodowska – Curie project “ENEFOR”. We proudly present you our website (http://enefor.eu) and we look forward for a live discussion on the project’s output!

This project is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement (No 658494). The project started on April 2015 and it will be completed on April 2017.

This exciting and innovative project aims to develop new econometric model frameworks to forecast oil price and oil price volatility, which will be successful in enhancing internal consistency, forecasting accuracy and easiness to communicate extracting added-value (in terms of predictability) information from the ultra high sampling frequency. In addition, this project aims to use the forecasted oil price volatility to predict the economic policy uncertainty in Europe, given that oil price shocks exert significant impact on the effectiveness of economic policy.

July 14, 2015

COST Workshop taking place on Tuesday July 21st

EU, Research Training Dianne Goodman

If you are thinking of making a COST application then make sure you attend our COST workshop from 9:30 – 11:30am on Tuesday the 21st of July in the Octagon on Talbot campus.

To book a place please please contact:

dgoodman@bournemouth.ac.uk

The closing closing date for COST applications is: 8/9/15.

Please click on the following link for more information http://www.cost.eu/.

July 14, 2015

Managing low EU grant success rates

BU research, EU, Funding opportunities Emily Cieciura

According to Science|Business, the EU is considering mechanisms to manage the increasingly low EU grant success rates before research universities shy away from the EU calls.

“It’s more popular than ever before. But with our success rates we’re heading to a situation where we have to be very careful not to scare away top researchers,” Robert-Jan Smits, the European Commission’s Director-General for Research and Innovation, told Science|Business.

Apparently, the Commission is considering three approaches:

Two-stage applications – As a rule of thumb, 80 per cent of proposals – those not considered strong enough to meet competition requirements – should be rejected in a short-form, stage one evaluation, Smits said. In stage two, where a longer application is required, at least 35 per cent of proposals should have a chance of success.
Greater emphasis on impact – Brendan Hawdon, Head of Horizon 2020 Policy in Smit’s directorate-general, elaborated. “It’s all about the outcome,” he said. An applicant should say clearly: “Here’s what we want to come out of the project.”
Non-starters – making the call documents clearer so that potential applicants can work out for themselves that they will not be funded alongside, potentially, some element of demand management

To read this article in full, please go to Science|Business, where you can also register for newsletter updates.

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Latest Major Funding Opportunities

EC Info Day – EU Brokerage Event on Key Enabling Strategies taking place on the 1st of Oct 2015

EC Info Day – Health, Demographic Change and Well-being taking place on the 18th Sept 2015

Horizon 2020 – First Results

EC Info Day – Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy taking place on the 14th-15th Sept

EC Info Day – EU Brokerage Event on Key Enabling Strategies taking place on the 1st of Oct 2015

EC Info Day – Health, Demographic Change and Well-being taking place on the 18th Sept 2015

EC Info Day – Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy taking place on the 14th-15th Sept

EC Info Day – Health, Demographic Change and Well-being taking place on the 18th Sept 2015

Euraxess – July highlights

Women Innovators – EU Prize

Who can participate in the contest?

EU Horizon 2020 Funding – Societal Challenges

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Project – ENEFOR

COST Workshop taking place on Tuesday July 21st

Managing low EU grant success rates

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