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GCRF – Funding Update
The second GCRF Research Councils UK Collective Fund call “Growing Research Capability grants” worth £225m is due to come out soon. Keep an eye out and watch this space for more information. The BEIS...
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Horizon 2020 – Health, demographic change and wellbeing Information Day –...
The above event is bring hosted by the Welsh Government, Innovate UK, the Enterprise Europe Network, and the Knowledge Transfer Network which is aimed at supporting collaboration in Wales, across the...
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UKRO News
Through BU’s subscription to UKRO, we have been advised of the following news items, which represent a ‘mere taster’ of all the updates provided by UKRO to their members. To make full use of BU’s...
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Summer Science Exhibition – Call for proposals open now
The Royal Society is looking for brilliant science and scientists to feature at the Summer Science Exhibition 2018. The Exhibition features the UK’s most inspiring research and is a chance for...
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Innovate UK announce Digital Technology for Healthcare call
Innovate UK is to invest up to £8 million in projects that develop new digital technology solutions to healthcare challenges. This competition is being run under the digital health technology catalyst,...
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Creative Europe – current calls and tenders
Open microbusiness models for innovation in European family-owned heritage houses The objective of the action is to strengthen the capacity of private owners of heritage houses and equip them with...
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Interdisciplinary Research Hubs to Address Intractable Challenges Faced by...
The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) is a 5-year £1.5Bn fund and a key component in the delivery of the UK Aid Strategy: tackling global challenges in the national interest. The fund aims to...
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Participant Portal Updates
Changes are being made to the European Commission’s Participant Portal over the coming months with major changes due to be finalised by 2020. One of the first updates is a Partner Search facility. This...
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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...
View ArticleMSCA Individual Fellowships Seal of Excellence Holders
Were you awarded a Seal of Excellence in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 2016 Individual Fellowships scheme and planning to resubmit to this round? If so the European Commission and Research...
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European Innovation Partnerships
Do you want to work collaboratively with researchers across Europe? If so, take a look at the European Innovation Partnerships! EIPs act across the whole research and innovation chain, bringing...
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£80m for the Creative Industries Clusters Programme
The AHRC have announced that £80m will be made available through the AHRC as part of the Governments Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) to support eight research and development partnerships...
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Newton Fund – Funding Update
Please see the calls currently open, or forthcoming, being offered through the Newton Fund scheme. Some calls are newly opened whilst others have been promoted previously via the BU Research blog. In...
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UKRI launch website
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has launched an interim website . The website will be a source to access information and news about the development of the UKRI ahead of its formal creation in April...
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JPICH Heritage in Changing Environments pre-call announcement
The Joint Programming Initiative in Cultural Heritage and Global Change has announced a new funding opportunity for transnational proposals. The Heritage in Changing Environments call will support the...
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European Research Council – calls opening in 2017/18
The European Research Council (ERC) Work Programme for 2018 has now been adopted, with the following indicative key dates: Please follow the links below for further information on the open calls: ERC...
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ESRC Global Challenges Research Fund: pre-announcement of new calls
The ESRC has pre-announced the commissioning of four new calls under the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). The calls will focus on the areas of mental health, education and skills, decent work...
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RCUK (UKRI) 2017 Industrial Fellowships
RCUK (UKRI) 2017 Industrial Fellowships – NERC closing date 19th September 2017. In response to the Industrial Strategy, Research Councils UK (RCUK) (UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)) has developed...
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NERC standard grants (January 18 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...
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AHRC New Generation Thinkers scheme 2018
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) have launched their annual competition, in conjunction with BBC Radio 3, called ‘New Generation Thinkers’. This competition aims to develop a new...
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