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?