Feb 15
The latest round of the popular British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants call has recently opened, with a deadline of 10th April 2013. Small grants support humanities and social science research projects between £500 and £10,000. Funding is available for: initial stage project planning and development, e.g. pilot studies direct costs of research, e.g. library and …
Feb 06
Round 3 of the Digging into Data Challenge opened yesterday. This international research funding competition, representing funders from 10 countries including JISC, AHRC and ESRC, has been held every two years since 2009 and seeks to “explore how computationally intensive research methods can be used to ask new questions about and gain new insights into …
Jan 31
Are you at the beginning of your research career – with the potential to be world-class? Is your research in the physical, natural or social sciences or humanities? Do you want to build and maintain links with leading researchers in the UK? The 2013 round of the Newton International Fellowships is open, with a deadline of 10th April 2013. The …
Sep 18
The ever-popular British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grants scheme has reopened this week, with a deadline of 7th November 2012: British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants You may recall that the Leverhulme Trust announced their support for the small grants scheme earlier this year. Small grants support humanities and social science research projects between £500 and £10,000. Funding is available …
Jul 26
Social science researchers may be interested in an announcement by ESRC that it will be investing £17 million over five years in a new data archive service to support researchers in academia, business, third sector and government. ESRC states that the new service will provide a unified point of access to a wide range of economic …
Jul 23
ESRC has recently announced the second round of its annual funding competition for Future Research Leaders: 2012/13 Call for Proposals: Future Research Leaders The call, which replaced the Council’s first grants scheme in 2011, aims to support high quality researchers at an early stage of their career. Applicants must apply in conjunction with a host …
Jun 22
The Belmont Forum and the G8 Heads of Research Councils are jointly calling for research projects on coastal vulnerability and freshwater security. UK participation in this multilateral scheme is coordinated by NERC and ESRC. It’s worth noting that different eligibility requirements apply depending on your disciplinary background: from the social sciences any researcher eligible for …
Jun 18
The next Northumbria Research Forum will take place on Monday 25th June 2012 in Room 012 (CCE1) NBS/School of Law at 10.30am. The Forum has been designed to provide a simple platform for staff to communicate their research to colleagues and to find out about cognate research that might be of interest. Presentations are expected …
May 30
Social science researchers who are ten years or more past their PhD award may be interested in a recent announcement by the Independent Social Research Foundation, which is inviting applications for its mid-career fellowships, worth up to £60,000. These support original interdisciplinary research across the range of social sciences. The award will enable mid-career scholars to pursue their …
May 18
“It’s understandable that academics whose research area does not lend itself to impact and those whose roles are mainly teaching will feel alienated by the impact agenda. Adam Golberg writes that increased recognition for one type of academic activity need not be interpreted as an attack on the status and importance of others.” I came …
