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Funding OpportunitiesSchool of Computing
Jenny Steere, Grants OfficerResearch & Knowledge Transfer
Services26 November 2010
• How to find funding opportunities
• How to apply
• What types of funding are out there?
How to find funding opportunities
•Funding opportunity services•Research Professional•UKRO (EU funding)•RD Funding (health related)
•Websites & Publications•Colleagues•Grants Officers•Sponsors’ events
How to apply
Before putting pen to paper...•Study guidance notes•Look through application form – what is involved?•Examine successful bids•Discuss plans with HoD/Research Lead/ADR•Contact Faculty Finance Manager and Research Finance team•Talk with your Grants Officers
Who’s who?ADR: John WilliamsFaculty finance: Kirsten Woodsford, Cindy RochResearch Finance: University House
research_finance@port.ac.uk (3309/3133)Grants Officers:
Jenny Steere, jenny.steere@port.ac.uk (6199)Karen Musk, karen.musk@port.ac.uk (6193)
www.rkts.port.ac.uk/research_support
What types of funding are out there?
•UK funding environment
•EU funding
•Collaborative opportunities
•Mobility funding & equipment access
UK funding environment
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)• General funds
•Responsive/Research base funding•Fellowships•First Grant Scheme•Travel & International collaboration
UK funding environment
EPSRCSpecific calls/themes
•Discipline hopping in information and communication technologies (open call)
Cross council themes•Digital Economy (EPSRC co-ord)
•Lifelong Health & Wellbeing (MRC co-ord)
•Global Uncertainties (ESRC co-ord)
EU funding
Divided into:•People – e.g. Marie Curie fellowships•Ideas•Cooperation– e.g. ICT Call 7 (closes 18 Jan 2011)
•Capacities•(plus Euratom & JRC)
Collaborative opportunitiesEPSRC: UK/India – Bridging the urban/rural divide
Royal Society: International joint projectsInternational travel grants
Human Frontier Science ProgrammeInnovative, Interdisciplinary, International
Mobility funding & equipment access
PRACE: Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe
Various other schemes allowing access to specialist equipment, funding for time spent gaining skills in other institutions, travel to conferences
Moving forward
Grants Officers offer one-to-one sessions
•Setting up funding alerts•Advice on eligibility for specific schemes
and longer-term support•Guidance on applications•Feedback on drafts, proof reading
If in doubt – ask!Jenny Steere, jenny.steere@port.ac.uk
(6199)Karen Musk, karen.musk@port.ac.uk (6193)
Questions?
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