The European Research Council has launched the 2017 Starting Grants call today. The deadline is 18 October. Starting Grants are for talented researchers with 2-7 years of post-PhD experience and strong track records. Attractive long-term funding of up to € 1.5 million is available for projects of up to 5 years duration. The Consolidator Grants call (for…
UKRO, as UK National Contact Point for the European Research Council, is holding two events for academics interested in applying to the next ERC Starting Grants call (which will have an October 2016 deadline). The events will be held at the University of York on Monday 5 September from 13:30 – 17:00 and at King’s College London…
The Health Foundation will support up to five Senior Research (post-doctoral) fellowsips in the field of improvement science in the UK. The Improvement Science Fellowship includes a unique leadership development programme and facilitated action learning sets. This senior post-doctoral fellowship offers three years’ funding to lead original, applied research dedicated to improving health care in…
As UK National Contact Point for Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), UKRO is holding information events for anyone interested in applying to this year’s MSCA Individual Fellowships call (deadline 14 September 2016). There will be an event at the University of Edinburgh on 11 May and another in London, hosted by the University of Greenwich on 27 May 2016. The events will…
The Independent Social Research Foundation wishes to support independent-minded researchers to do interdisciplinary work unlikely to be funded by existing funding bodies. It is interested in original research ideas which take new approaches, and suggest new solutions to real world social problems. This award is intended to enable a scholar at the mid-career stage to…
There will be a short information event on Tuesday 1st December at 4pm in Ellison Building A Block room 101 (EBA101) on the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship Scheme. Victor Toom from the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences will give an overview of the scheme and the application process. Victor is coming to the end…
The European Research Council has launched the 2016 call for Starting Grants, with a budget of €485 million and deadline of 17 November 2015. This scheme offers very attractive and prestigious funding and is open to excellent researchers from any discipline with 2 to 7 years of post-PhD experience and a promising track record. The rules have also…
