24th March 2020
This event has been cancelled due to restrictions arising from COVID-19.
NIHR Grant Applications – seminar and support event – CANCELLED
Tagged / funding opportunities
Global Visiting Fellowships Scheme – Round 2
Funding available for researchers from partner institutions to become Global Visiting Fellows of BU
Fellows must be nominated by a member of academic staff at BU, and approved by the relevant Executive Dean.
Visit a drop-in session to find out more. Further info is also available in the guidelines.
16/03/2020 12:30 – 13:30 Lansdowne
To book , please contact Organisational Development. No authorisation is required.
If you have any queries, please contact ResearchFellowships@Bournemouth.ac.uk.
Knowledge Frontiers – Security Symposium Call
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) and the British Academy are inviting applications for early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to attend a research collaboration symposium on the broad theme of ‘security’.
This will explore varied understandings and experiences of security, and how security can be and has been conceptualised, represented, lived and addressed. The symposium aims to encourage international engagement and collaboration between early career researchers from Canada and the UK from a broad range of disciplines, encouraging the exchange of ideas across both disciplinary and national boundaries. The event will take place in Montebello, Quebec, Canada from 08/12/20 – 10/12/20 .
Deadline for applications Wednesday 6 May 2020 at 17.00.
For details on how to apply please see here.
If you have any queries, please contact RDS on RKEDF@bournemouth.ac.uk
Research Training Events at BU in the Next 2 Weeks
Monday 9th March RKEDF: Global Visiting Fellowship – Drop in sessions
12:30 – 13:30 Talbot Campus
For those who are thinking of nominating an applicant for the GVF fund, to come along with their idea and seek advice on the joint application process from panel members.
Wednesday 11th March RKEDF: Getting started in public engagement with research
10:00 – 12:00 Lansdowne Campus
An intensive introductory session covering why Public Engagement is important, what it can do for your research, how to identify audiences and target their needs, designing public engagement activity and the logistics of public engagement – from securing funding through planning, developing skills and the support offered at BU. Also the evaluation of engagement activity.
Friday 6th March RKEDF: Research Outputs – Writing Day
Dedicated time and space, free from everyday distractions with a collaborative focus on productive writing with other BU authors.
FULLY BOOKED
Next dates: 14th May and 14th July
If you have any queries, please contact mailto:RKEDF@bournemouth.ac.uk?subject=Research Event Query.
Pre-Call Announcement – GCRF Partnerships
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), working in collaboration with other Research Councils within UKRI, is planning to announce a new funding call in early 2020 for Partnership Development awards under the Global Challenges Research Fund’s Collective Programme. This call will support the development of equitable partnerships and an interdisciplinary community to explore the intersections between conflict and fragility (SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions & GCRF Conflict portfolio) and wider development challenges (and other SDGs and GCRF portfolios) such as health, environmental resilience, sustainable cities and food systems, as well as cross-cutting development issues such as gender, inequalities, poverty reduction and sustainable livelihoods.
The call will launch in early March 2020 with a closing date in late spring 2020 and projects expected to start from autumn 2020. Approximately 20 awards of varying sizes up to £200,000 (fEC) and between 12 and 24 months duration will be supported.
Further details can be found in this Pre-Call Announcement Document (PDF, 172KB)
Timescale
| Call opens | February/March 2020 |
| Call Close | May 2020 |
| Panel | July 2020 |
| Expected grant start dates | September/October 2020 |
If you require further information, please don’t hesitate to contact Alex Pekalski. She’s happy to have a chat with prospective applicants.
Research Professional – all you need to know
Every BU academic has a Research Professional account which delivers weekly emails detailing funding opportunities in their broad subject area. To really make the most of your Research Professional account, you should tailor it further by establishing additional alerts based on your specific area of expertise. The Funding Development Team Officers can assist you with this, if required.
Research Professional have created several guides to help introduce users to Research Professional. These can be downloaded here.
Quick Start Guide: Explains to users their first steps with the website, from creating an account to searching for content and setting up email alerts, all in the space of a single page.
User Guide: More detailed information covering all the key aspects of using Research Professional.
Administrator Guide: A detailed description of the administrator functionality.
In addition to the above, there are a set of 2-3 minute videos online, designed to take a user through all the key features of Research Professional. To access the videos, please use the following link: http://www.youtube.com/researchprofessional
Research Professional are running a series of online training broadcasts aimed at introducing users to the basics of creating and configuring their accounts on Research Professional. They are holding monthly sessions, covering everything you need to get started with Research Professional. The broadcast sessions will run for no more than 60 minutes, with the opportunity to ask questions via text chat. Each session will cover:
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Self registration and logging in
-
Building searches
-
Setting personalised alerts
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Saving and bookmarking items
-
Subscribing to news alerts
-
Configuring your personal profile
Each session will run between 10.00am and 11.00am (UK) on the fourth Tuesday of each month. You can register here for your preferred date:
These are free and comprehensive training sessions and so this is a good opportunity to get to grips with how Research Professional can work for you.
Have you noticed the pink box on the BU Research Blog homepage?
By clicking on this box, on the left of the Research Blog home page just under the text ‘Funding Opportunities‘, you access a Research Professional real-time search of the calls announced by the Major UK Funders. Use this feature to stay up to date with funding calls. Please note that you will have to be on campus or connecting to your desktop via our VPN to fully access this service.
Early Career Conference Grants 2020 – applications are now open
Early Career Conference Grants fund emerging researchers who have not yet had the opportunity to travel internationally beyond their region to present at overseas conferences. Applications for the Early Career Conference Grants are now open. 25 grants of up to £2000 are available in 2020.
To apply, researchers must:
- Be employed as a lecturer, research fellow/associate or post-doctoral researcher (or equivalent) at an ACU member university
- Be within 7 years of the start of their academic career – applicants who have taken a career break and returned to work will also be considered
- Not have previously travelled for work beyond their home region
- Already have submitted a proposal to present at an overseas conference
How to apply
Full details and the application form can be found on the ACU website
Applicants are required to complete four short personal statements, upload their conference proposal, and attach a letter of reference from their line manager or head of department.
The closing date is 23:59 GMT on Wednesday 25 March.
If you have any queries, please contact RKEDF@Bournemouth.ac.uk
A three-day Sandpit focused on Digital Technologies for Health and Care
UKRI have announced an opportunity to apply to attend a sandpit on Digital technologies for Health and Care.
This is the first sandpit in a series of three which will be advertised over the next three years.
The theme for this sandpit is novel digital technologies for improved self-monitoring and health management. The sandpit will run over three days starting mid-morning on Tuesday 30 June 2020 and finishing mid-afternoon on Thursday 02 July 2020.
Key dates:
- Call announced: February 2020
- Call close (expressions of interest): 04 May 2020
- Participant Selection panel: May 2020
- Sandpit: 30 June-02 July 2020
- Funding Application Deadline: w/c 14 September 2020
- Funding Announcement: Before 30 September 2020
For more details please visit EPSRC web page or contact your RDS Research Facilitator for further assistance.
Being Human Festival 2020: Applications now open!
Being Human is the UK’s national festival of the humanities, led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London in partnership with the Arts & Humanities Research Council and the British Academy.
About the festival
Being Human is a national free festival geared towards public engagement with humanities research.
Every year the festival features around 300 events across the country, working with an average of around 80 universities and research organisations in 50 towns and cities.
The seventh annual festival is taking place on Thursday 12 – Sunday 22 November 2020.
This year’s festival theme is New Worlds. Echoing previous festival themes, ‘New Worlds’ conjures ideas about how discoveries, developments and research have changed the world around us. The aim of the festival is to take research in the humanities and share it in creative, fun and engaging ways with non-specialist audiences.
How to get involved
There are three main pathways to taking part in the festival:
1. Open Call: organise an activity that does not require funding from Being Human
Application deadline: Friday 12 June 2020, 5pm
2. Small Awards: apply to Being Human for funding of up to £2,000 to enable activities.
Application deadline: Friday 24 April 2020, 5pm
3. Hub Awards: apply for a larger institutional grant of £2,000- £5,000 to coordinate multiple activities as a festival Hub. (Only a small number of these awards are made every year).
Application deadline: Friday 24 April 2020, 5pm
More details about how to apply can be found here.
For more information please email beinghuman@sas.ac.uk
If you would like advice on developing ideas or submitting your application, please contact Adam Morris (Engagement Officer) publicengagement@bournemouth.ac.uk
NERC standard grants (July 2020 deadline) – internal competition launched
NERC introduced demand management measures in 2012. These were revised in 2015 to reduce the number and size of applications from research organisations for NERC’s discovery science standard grant scheme. Full details can be found in the BU policy document for NERC demand management measures available here.
As at January 2020, BU has been capped at one application per standard grant round. The measures only apply to NERC standard grants (including new investigators). An application counts towards an organisation, where the organisation is applying as the grant holding organisation (of the lead or component grant). This will be the organisation of the Principal Investigator of the lead or component grant.
BU process
As a result, BU has introduced a process for determining which application will be submitted to each NERC Standard Grant round. This will take the form of an internal competition, which will include peer review. The next available standard grant round is July 2020. The deadline for internal Expressions of Interest (EoI) which will be used to determine which application will be submitted is 27th March 2020. The EoI form, BU policy for NERC Demand Management Measures and process for selecting an application can be found here: I:\RDS\Public\NERC Demand Management 2020.
NERC have advised that where a research organisation submits more applications to any round than allowed under the cap, NERC will office-reject any excess applications, based purely on the time of submission through the Je-S system (last submitted = first rejected). However, as RDS submit applications through Je-S on behalf of applicants, RDS will not submit any applications that do not have prior agreement from the internal competition.
Following the internal competition, the Principal Investigator will have access to support from RDS, and will work closely with Research Facilitators and Funding Development Officers to develop the application. Access to external bid writers will also be available.
Appeals process
If an EoI is not selected to be submitted as an application, the Principal Investigator can appeal to Professor Tim McIntyre-Bhatty, Deputy Vice-Chancellor. Any appeals must be submitted within ten working days of the original decision. All appeals will be considered within ten working days of receipt.
RDS Contacts
Please contact Lisa Andrews, RDS Research Facilitator – andrewsl@bournemouth.ac.uk if you wish to submit an expression of interest.
Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships – internal expression of interest
The Leverhulme have launched their Doctoral Scholarships scheme offering UK universities funding of 15 Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships in a priority research area for that institution. As a university we may submit one application only and therefore the university will be coordinating expressions of interest from Academic Staff.
By 11th February 2020, those who are interested in making an application to the Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships are invited to submit the following expression of interest – Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships EOI to Alexandra Pekalski .
Further information about the scheme is available from the Leverhulme Trust. Applicants are advised to check the eligibility criteria very carefully.
Purpose of funding
The Leverhulme will fund 15 doctoral scholarships in a priority research area for that institution. Each award funds 15 Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships at that institution, with 5 scholarships to be offered in each year of the first three years of the grant.
Each scholarship is for a fixed sum of £90,000 for each student for up to 48 months of full-time doctoral study. This covers:
- maintenance (at research council levels)
- tuition fees
Any remaining funds are to be used for the Leverhulme Scholar’s research and training expenses.
While the scholarships may be held by students of all nationalities, the Trust has a particular interest in supporting UK or EU students.
Process for selecting applications to be submitted
Should you be interested in applying, please note that your expression of interest application will be assessed by Doctoral Funding Panel. Further details of the assessment criteria can be found within the Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships EOI . Candidates can expect feedback by 25th February 2019.
Timetable
| 21-01-2020 | RDS advertise Expression of Interest (EoI)competition for call |
| 11-02-2020 | EoI deadline (EoIs to be sent to RDS) |
| 13-02-2020 | Papers (applications) sent to Doctoral Funding panel (RDS to administer) |
| 20-02-2020 | Doctoral Funding panel meeting (virtual) |
| 25-02-2020 | Doctoral Funding panel decision and feedback disseminated to applicants |
| 25-02-2020 | RDS to contact Leverhulme to provide the Trust with the principal applicant’s name, departmental affiliation and email address. Access will then be granted to the Leverhulme Trust Grants Management System |
| March/April/May-2020 | Applicants develop proposals with the support of RDS and Doctoral College |
| 22-05-2020 | Application finalised for APF financial sign-off by UET |
| 05-06-2020 | Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Deadline |
If you have further questions or queries please contact Alexandra Pekalski (apekalski@bournemouth.ac.uk) and/or Lisa Andrews (andrewsl@bournemouth.ac.uk ). For queries relating to Doctoral colleague support please contact Fiona Knight (fknight@bournemouth.ac.uk) and/or Julia Taylor (jtaylor@bournemouthac.uk).
Royal Society Visit
SPACES STILL AVAILABLE
Wednesday February 5th
11:00 – 13:00
7th floor of the Executive Business Centre
The Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK, dedicated to promoting excellence in science. The Society performs a number of roles including influencing policymaking, promoting public engagement with science and funding leading scientists. Over £40 million is spent annually by the Royal Society across the grant-making schemes.
This event, presented by the Royal Society’s Grants Operations Manager and the Grant Impact and Promotions Officer, will deliver an overview of the society’s funding schemes and provide advice on putting together a successful funding application. Academics with a successful track record will also discuss their personal experiences, and there will be a Q&A session followed by a networking lunch.
The intended learning outcomes of this session are:
- To learn about the Royal Society, its remit and the type of funding offered
- To be able to determine whether or not the Royal Society is an appropriate funder for your research project
For more information and to book, please see the staff intranet. If you have any queries, please contact RKEDF@bournemouth.ac.uk.
Research Professional – all you need to know
Every BU academic has a Research Professional account which delivers weekly emails detailing funding opportunities in their broad subject area. To really make the most of your Research Professional account, you should tailor it further by establishing additional alerts based on your specific area of expertise. The Funding Development Team Officers can assist you with this, if required.
Research Professional have created several guides to help introduce users to Research Professional. These can be downloaded here.
Quick Start Guide: Explains to users their first steps with the website, from creating an account to searching for content and setting up email alerts, all in the space of a single page.
User Guide: More detailed information covering all the key aspects of using Research Professional.
Administrator Guide: A detailed description of the administrator functionality.
In addition to the above, there are a set of 2-3 minute videos online, designed to take a user through all the key features of Research Professional. To access the videos, please use the following link: http://www.youtube.com/researchprofessional
Research Professional are running a series of online training broadcasts aimed at introducing users to the basics of creating and configuring their accounts on Research Professional. They are holding monthly sessions, covering everything you need to get started with Research Professional. The broadcast sessions will run for no more than 60 minutes, with the opportunity to ask questions via text chat. Each session will cover:
-
Self registration and logging in
-
Building searches
-
Setting personalised alerts
-
Saving and bookmarking items
-
Subscribing to news alerts
-
Configuring your personal profile
Each session will run between 10.00am and 11.00am (UK) on the fourth Tuesday of each month. You can register here for your preferred date:
These are free and comprehensive training sessions and so this is a good opportunity to get to grips with how Research Professional can work for you.
Have you noticed the pink box on the BU Research Blog homepage?
By clicking on this box, on the left of the Research Blog home page just under the text ‘Funding Opportunities‘, you access a Research Professional real-time search of the calls announced by the Major UK Funders. Use this feature to stay up to date with funding calls. Please note that you will have to be on campus or connecting to your desktop via our VPN to fully access this service.
International Newton Fellowship Opportunities
Application deadline Thursday 26th March 2020, 3pm UK time
The Newton International Fellowships enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of fostering long-term international collaborations. The Scheme aims to attract the most promising early career postdoctoral researchers from overseas in the fields of natural sciences, physical sciences, medical sciences, social sciences and the humanities.
The Newton International Fellowships Scheme is delivered by the British Academy, Royal Society or the Academy of Medical Sciences- please see below links for call guidance :
The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future.
We are the independent body in the UK representing the diversity of medical science. Our mission is to advance biomedical and health research and its translation into benefits for society.
The Society’s fundamental purpose, reflected in its founding Charters of the 1660s, is to recognise, promote, and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity.
Research must be within the remit of the funder. Please ensure you read the guidance for the specific funder subject coverage to determine which of the above funders you will submit your proposal.
If you wish to discuss further please don’t hesitate to contact me at apekalski@bournemouth.ac.uk or alternatively call me on x61204
Research Training Events – Coming Soon
Research Training Opportunities
We have some great events coming up to help support you in your research activities.
January
| Friday 31st January | RKEDF: Environment Narrative Writing Day |
February
| Tuesday 4th February | RKEDF: EndNote Desktop for Managing References and Writing for Publication |
| Tuesday 4th February | RKEDF: Good Clinical Practice ‘Lite’ |
| Tuesday 4th February | RKEDF: Building Evidence for REF Impact Case Studies |
| Wednesday 5th February | Royal Society Visit |
| Wednesday 5th February | RKEDF: Introduction to Impact |
| Tuesday 11th February | RKEDF: Overview of NIHR, CRNs and NIHR portfolio |
| Thursday 13th February | RKEDF: Writing Day – Systematic and Scoping Reviews |
| Wednesday 19th February | RKEDF: Advanced Literature Search Techniques |
| Thursday 20th February | RKEDF: Environment Narrative Writing Day |
| Tuesday 25th February | RKEDF: Research Ethics @ BU |
| Wednesday 26th February | RKEDF: Measuring the Impact of Your Research with Advanced Citation Tools |
You can see all the Organisational Development and Research Knowledge Development Framework (RKEDF) events in one place on the handy calendar of events.
Please note that all events are now targeted, so look closely at the event page to ensure that the event is suitable for you. In addition, most RKEDF events now require the approval of your Head of Department (or other nominated approver). Please follow the instructions given on the event page and the template email for you to initiate the booking request.
If you have any queries, please get in touch!
Funding opportunities – the final year of Horizon 2020
Some Horizon 2020 calls for proposals have been launched already in late 2019, though there are quite a few more to come in 2020.
The UK Research Office have made available resources for their subscribers (login required) that will help to explore opportunities of the last year of Horizon 2020.
A summary of the main novelties included in the final Work Programme of Horizon 2020 is included in the following articles:
- Update on Focus Areas in the Final Year of Horizon 2020;
- Update on International Cooperation in the Final Year of Horizon 2020;
- Update on the Lump Sum Pilot in the Final Year of Horizon 2020; and
- Update on the European Innovation Council in the Final Year of Horizon 2020.
There are more than 370 topics in the final Work Programme of Horizon 2020 and to make their identification easier for subscribers, at the end of 2019, UKRO has produced a call calendar, which lists all available funding opportunities by call deadline. This resource was previously available only to European Liaison Officers (ELOs) from UKRO subscribing organisations, but is now accessible to all UKRO Portal users. The calendar is designed for A3 (horizontal) format.
While UKRO are making every effort to ensure that information included in these files is true and accurate, it is provided for information only and is not legally binding.
UKRO maintains a large number of factsheets, which include useful information on how to write a successful proposal, how to find partners for your consortium (if required) and how to cost your project. There are also dedicated factsheets for the post-award phase to help you manage ERC/MSCA and other projects effectively.
BU academics with queries related to EU funding are welcome to contact Research Facilitator – International Ainar Blaudums at RDS for further assistance.
Science Fiction at the Royal Society
Science has a long history of inspiring writers to imagine and write about what could be possible in the future, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to Asimov’s Foundation series. Explore the blurring lines between scientific fact and fiction at the Royal Society’s late-night opening event at their headquarters at Carlton House Terrace in London on February 10th.
The Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK, dedicated to promoting excellence in science, spending over £40 million annually across a range if the grant-making schemes. If you would like to find out more about them and their funding, there’s an opportunity here at BU on Wednesday February 5th , from 11:00 – 13:00, on the 7th floor of the Executive Business Centre.
The Royal Society’s Grants Operations Manager and the Grant Impact and Promotions Officer will deliver an overview of the society’s funding schemes and provide advice on putting together a successful funding application. Academics with a successful track record will also discuss their personal experiences, and there will be a Q&A session followed by a networking lunch.
For more information and to book, please see the staff intranet. If you have any queries, please contact RKEDF@bournemouth.ac.uk.
Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships internal expression of interest
The Leverhulme have launched their Doctoral Scholarships scheme offering UK universities funding of 15 Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships in a priority research area for that institution. As a university we may submit one application only and therefore the university will be coordinating expressions of interest from Academic Staff.
Those who are interested in making an application to the Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships are invited to submit the following expression of interest – Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships EOI to Alexandra Pekalski by 11th February 2020.
Further information about the scheme is available from the Leverhulme Trust. Applicants are advised to check the eligibility criteria very carefully.
Purpose of funding
The Leverhulme will fund 15 doctoral scholarships in a priority research area for that institution. Each award funds 15 Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships at that institution, with 5 scholarships to be offered in each year of the first three years of the grant.
Each scholarship is for a fixed sum of £90,000 for each student for up to 48 months of full-time doctoral study. This covers:
- maintenance (at research council levels)
- tuition fees
Any remaining funds are to be used for the Leverhulme Scholar’s research and training expenses.
While the scholarships may be held by students of all nationalities, the Trust has a particular interest in supporting UK or EU students.
Process for selecting applications to be submitted
Should you be interested in applying, please note that your expression of interest application will be assessed by Doctoral Funding Panel. Further details of the assessment criteria can be found within the Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships EOI . Candidates can expect feedback by 25th February 2019.
Timetable
| 21-01-2020 | RDS advertise Expression of Interest (EoI)competition for call |
| 11-02-2020 | EoI deadline (EoIs to be sent to RDS) |
| 13-02-2020 | Papers (applications) sent to Doctoral Funding panel (RDS to administer) |
| 20-02-2020 | Doctoral Funding panel meeting (virtual) |
| 25-02-2020 | Doctoral Funding panel decision and feedback disseminated to applicants |
| 25-02-2020 | RDS to contact Leverhulme to provide the Trust with the principal applicant’s name, departmental affiliation and email address. Access will then be granted to the Leverhulme Trust Grants Management System |
| March/April/May-2020 | Applicants develop proposals with the support of RDS and Doctoral College |
| 22-05-2020 | Application finalised for APF financial sign-off by UET |
| 05-06-2020 | Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Deadline |
If you have further questions or queries please contact Alexandra Pekalski (apekalski@bournemouth.ac.uk) and/or Lisa Andrews (andrewsl@bournemouth.ac.uk ). For queries relating to Doctoral colleague support please contact Fiona Knight (fknight@bournemouth.ac.uk) and/or Julia Taylor (jtaylor@bournemouthac.uk).
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