The AHSS Research and Impact Facilitation Bulletin provides updates on the latest funding opportunities and training events available to researchers interested in applying for a research grant. The Bulletin is sent out to researchers via Chairs of Faculties, Departmental Administrators, and RGAs.

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AHSS Bulletin March 2023

AHSS Research and Impact Facilitation Bulletin

March 2023

If you want to discuss funding opportunities or you are working on an application for research funding and would like feedback on a draft, please do contact the School’s Research Facilitators – Anna Cieslik (UK Funding) and Elizabeth Penner (EU/International Funding). For Impact related queries please contact Dr Ben Earley (Impact Facilitator).

You can find more information on the AHSS Research Website, search our External Funding Deadline Calendar and look at Previous Bulletins. We are also now on Twitter! Follow us for updates on funding calls and information sessions.

Training

Impact Intros Monthly Drop-in (Every last Wednesday of the month, 3.30–5.30pm)
#WE4Impact (Thursday 2 March to Thursday 29 June 2023, on alternate weeks)

Future Leaders Fellowships: round 8

Summary: This scheme offers funding to support ambitious research or innovation programmes across UKRI’s remit. It is aimed at candidates who are not already established and independent, though those who currently hold permanent/open-ended contracts can apply with specific justification. The definition of ‘early career’ is deliberately not restricted to ensure that the scheme is open to candidates from non-traditional backgrounds and is accessible from a diversity of career paths and experiences within R&I. Please consult the Scheme Guidance for full details.

Fellowships are structured as 4+3 years and require the host organisation to provide tapering salary support for the Fellow from year 3. The host organisation must also provide a route to an open-ended UK based independent research position. Please contact your School’s HR Business Manager for further guidance on this.

Internal restriction:

The Research Strategy Office has announced the internal selection process for the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships. The Schools were asked to submit a ranked list of applicants to the RSO. The School of Arts and Humanities and the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences have requested that Departments/Faculties who identify a suitable candidate submit nominations to the relevant School by TBA April.

Further details will be made available shortly, but it is expected that the nomination package will consist of:

A two page summary of the project*
A two page CV and publication list*
A letter from the Head of Department/Chair of Faculty explaining*:
- How the Department/Faculty plans to cover the tapering salary support for the Fellow from year 3.
- For candidates who are currently not in a permanent (tenure track) position: the plans for creating an open-ended position for the candidate at the end of the Fellowship and how this can be achieved within existing resources. This will need to be verified at the School level. In cases where an open-ended position cannot be created at the end of the fellowship, the application will not be put forward
- a brief explanation of the Department/Faculty selection process with respect to addressing the diversity of potential candidates. Please ensure that all potential applicants have a fair chance of being put forward.

*nomination documents may change once Schools has announced the package requirements. The above documents are the requirements from the previous round.

Please send the documents to: (ahss-srf-administrator@admin.cam.ac.uk). For more information see the email from the RSO (attached) or contact Dr Anna Cieslik (amc238@cam.ac.uk).

Award: There is no minimum or maximum award value. Projects can last for up to four years.

Deadline: TBA April 2023, Nominations sent to Schools; 27 April, RSO internal deadline; 4 July 2023, funder deadline
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

UKRI Policy Fellowships 2023

Summary: Apply for funding to collaborate with a UK or devolved government host or What Works Network centre on research activity to address pressing national and global challenges.

You will:

co-design research with the host organisation to inform policy on a priority area
help improve the exchange of knowledge between policy and academic institutions

Award: For fellowships with a Whitehall or devolved administration host the full economic cost (FEC) is £170,000, funded at 80%. For fellowships with a What Works Network host the FEC is £210,000, funded at 80%.
Deadline: 20 April 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Opportunity: arts and humanities-led research commercialisation

Summary: Apply for funding as part of AHRC’s first dedicated commercialisation opportunity as part of our commitment to increase support for research commercialisation across the arts and humanities.

Proposals can:

follow on from any previously UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)-funded research in the last 24 months
be from any discipline but must significantly involve the arts and humanities

Successful applicants will influence the development of future AHRC commercialisation programmes.

Award: Up to £50,000, funded at 80%.
Deadline: 25 April 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

International research on climate change adaptation and mitigation

Summary: Apply for funding to conduct international and interdisciplinary research on participatory and culturally-appropriate mitigation and adaptation responses to climate change. Funding aims to further the design and implementation of co-produced adaptation and mitigation strategies for vulnerable groups. Vulnerable groups are those currently most impacted by the effects of climate change, owing to both:

physical vulnerability: heightened exposure to events related to climate change or poor infrastructure
socioeconomic vulnerability: limited resources to prepare or respond to the impacts of climate change, including knowledge, technology or financial resources, or owing to conflict, security and fragility

Award: Up to £500,000, funded at 80% for projects lasting 36 months.
Deadline: 2 May 2023, Intention to Submit; 12 September 2023, Full Application.
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Global Centres in clean energy and climate change

Summary: The Global Centres programme is an NSF-led effort, implemented in partnership with like-minded international funders. The programme encourages and supports large-scale collaborative research on use-inspired themes in clean energy and climate change which foster solutions to address the global climate crisis.

In this inaugural Global Centres funding opportunity, NSF have partnered with funding organisations in Australia, Canada, and the UK. The international funding organisations partnering with the US’s NSF are:

Australia: CSIRO
Canada: NSERC and SSHRC
UK: UKRI

This programme will prioritise research collaborations fostering team science, community-engaged research, and use knowledge-to-action frameworks. The proposed research work should maximise the benefits of international, interdisciplinary collaborations. The proposed research can focus on delivering solutions not just for the countries partnering this opportunity, but which may be applicable at a global level.

This opportunity is supported through UKRI’s strategic theme ‘building a green future’, through which UKRI is seeking to harness the UK’s research and innovation expertise. This strategic theme will address environmental challenges, overcoming technological, social and market barriers to deliver business growth, increased productivity and a prosperous green future for all.
Award: Up to £6,250,000, funded at 80% for 'Track-1' projects that can be up to 60 months in duration.
Deadline: 10 May 2023, NSF deadline; 11 May 2023, UKRI deadline.
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Centre in community participation and connectedness

Summary: The ESRC is looking to fund a centre that is focused on supporting and strengthening connectedness and participation in communities across the UK. The centre will bring together the right people, disciplines, institutions, and infrastructure to provide the evidence needed for this challenge within a 5-year timeframe.

When participation is low, communities can struggle to mobilise social capital and coordinate to identify and address challenges. Strengthening connectedness within and between communities can play an important role in reducing the social and economic marginalisation of individuals, groups, and areas.

There is still much to understand about how disparity in opportunities and outcomes, attachment to place, and external pressures intersect at the community level, and what this can mean for community connectedness and levels of participation. There also remains a lack of evidence on the impact of interventions designed to strengthen community resilience, engagement, and social capital.

Evidence is needed at a local, regional, and national level to ensure that decision makers understand the causal relationships between place-based disparities and community connectedness and can draw upon clear strategies that support community efforts to address these disparities.

Award: between £5 million and £9.7 million funded at 80% fEC for a period of up to 5 years.
Deadline: 17 May 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Centre in climate change and health

Summary: Apply for funding to establish a centre that will address the challenges that climate change poses to population health, in a way that enhances both environmental and health outcomes. The centre will accelerate understanding of the links between climate change and human health and form an evidence base for policy makers. It is important that the centre considers co-benefits, for example, the potential for climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies to have positive impacts on both health and the environment.
Award: between £5 million and £9.7 million funded at 80% fEC for a period of up to 5 years.
Deadline: 17 May 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Centre in sustainable and equitable low-carbon living

Summary: Apply for funding to establish a centre in sustainable and equitable low-carbon living. The aim of this centre is to enable UK decision makers to identify the most cost-effective and socially feasible options for supporting the public, government, and businesses in transitioning to low-carbon living and adapting to wider environmental change and biodiversity challenges.
Award: between £5 million and £9.7 million funded at 80% fEC for a period of up to 5 years.
Deadline: 17 May 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Future of UK Treescapes: enhancing the impact of research

Summary: Apply for funding to improve the environmental, socio-economic and cultural understandings of the functions and services provided by UK treescapes.

Applicants should describe clearly how they will build on or complement knowledge exchange activities with external stakeholders being delivered by the funded research projects and the programme ambassadors’ team. This will maximise the added value of knowledge exchange projects and ensure effective translation of research outputs to help drive through long term impact of the programme.

the funder welcomes applicants to engage with funded treescapes fellows, applications should primarily seek to increase the impact of funded research projects.

Applicants should describe the type and scale of knowledge exchange they believe is required to help deliver treescapes expansion and improve their resilience in the UK at different scales and over different time periods.

A clear programme of work for knowledge exchange should be set out that could include a range of activities and approaches targeting different stakeholders.

Award: up to £100,000, funded at 80% fEC. Projects must start by 1 November and have a duration of no longer than 12 months.
Deadline: 25 May 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: resilient UK coastal communities and seas

Summary: Apply for funding to enhance the resilience, health and wellbeing of UK coastal communities and seas. Funded projects will:

apply place-based approaches seeking to transform our understanding of climatic, environmental, health, economic, social, and cultural factors affecting coastal communities and seas
support the resilient management of UK coastal seas, coastal communities, and the natural capital these areas support by delivering the evidence base, tools and practical solutions needed to inform policy and apply transformative decision making, in collaboration with communities
build capacity and capability for transdisciplinary research and the mobilisation of research evidence within coastal communities and seas.

Award: Between £2.5 million and £3 million funded at 80% fEC for a period of up to 54 months. Projects must begin 1 April 2024.
Deadline: TBA July 2023, Outline Stage; TBA October 2023, Full Applications Stage.
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Deliver Foundations for a Transformation in Digital Footprint Data

Summary: Apply for funding to undertake innovative research and proof of concept work to transform how digital footprint data (DFD) is created, accessed and used for the public good.
Award: Up to £500,000 funded at 80% fEC for a period of up to 12 months.
Deadline: 31 August 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: Strategic fellowship in DDR skills and research methods training

Summary: Apply for funding to develop a framework for implementing a whole career approach to training and capacity building in data-driven research (DDR) skills and research methods in the social sciences.
Award: Up to £370,000 funded at 80% fEC for a period of up to 36 months.
Deadline: TBA
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: population health improvement network of clusters

Summary: Apply for funding to lead a population health improvement research cluster.

For the purposes of this funding opportunity a research cluster is a group of interdisciplinary researchers working together to address an important population health challenge.

Up to 7 research clusters will be funded, each addressing a separate yet complementary challenge. Together they will form an interdisciplinary network, which will generate research to improve the health of communities across the UK, reduce health inequalities, and develop and evaluate effective, long-lasting and environmentally sustainable interventions.

UKRI will run a population health improvement webinar on 27 January 2023 at 2pm for orientation followed by further engagement events. REGISTER HERE.

Award: Between £5 million to £7 million funded at 80% fEC for a period of 48 months.
Deadline: TBA
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: URKI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme

Summary: This funding is designed to support new interdisciplinary ideas emerging from the research community outside current disciplinary boundaries.

We will support projects that transcend, combine or significantly span disciplines, involving different knowledge and methodological spheres.

This is a new scheme that we are piloting over 2 rounds of funding, allowing us to assess demand, and test and refine our processes. We will run an outline stage ahead of inviting full applications. We expect research organisations to ensure applications from their institution fit the scheme’s objectives.

Award: Between £200,000 to £1.2 million, funded at 80% for projects lasting up to 24 months.
Deadline: TBA
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: place-based approaches to sustainable living

Summary: Apply for funding to deliver interdisciplinary research on place-based approaches for an environmentally sustainable future, which will enable enhanced evidence-based decision making.

Proposals submitted to this opportunity will need to meet the following requirements to be eligible:

an interdisciplinary, innovative approach to addressing place-based challenges, which delivers impactful systems-based solutions
a co-produced approach to place-based issues, which identifies mechanisms for wider impact through community engagement and provision for building capacity and capability in communities and with networks at different scales.
potential to deliver transformative change through theoretical or practical solutions to address issues at a local level and potential to scale up
be able to provide actionable knowledge throughout and beyond the lifetime of the grant
smart use of data, recontextualising existing data and new research, where appropriate
include interventions that consider wider impact, for example intersectionality, spill-over effects, co-benefits and potential impacts for people, nature and environments

Award: Up to £2 million funded at 80% fEC for a period of 60 months, beginning 1 April 2024.
Deadline: TBA December 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update

UKRI Guarantee Guidance
The scope of UKRI’s Horizon Europe Guarantee Funding was extended on 19th December 2022. It now covers all eligible, successful applicants to Horizon Europe calls with final submission deadlines on or before 31st March 2023. Previously, it covered Horizon Europe calls with a final submission deadline on or before 31st December 2022.

Other updates introduced include i) additional notes on associated partner obligations (page 6 of guidance) and ii) revision to IFS post-award monitoring (Q&A question 8). These updates and their implications will be reviewed by EU and International Team and communicated in due course.

Future applications: The UK is still eligible to apply for EU funding and applications made through Cambridge must still apply as if the UK is already an Associated Country. This is because:
The EC states in the General Annexes (page 7) “…third countries negotiating association to Horizon Europe will be treated as entities established in an Associated Country…”
Applicants will not be eligible for the UK government funding if they are unable demonstrate that the sole reason they need funding is because the UK’s association has not been completed by the time the grant agreement needs to be signed – see page 4 in the Guidance.

Updates on Association: Please visit the Research Operation Office’s EU pages.

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

This PDF offers further details on calls relevant to SAHSS. This list is not exhaustive so please refer the Horizon Europe Portal for full details. UKRO also have some very useful Factsheets that outline the thematic clusters that make up the three pillars of research support offered.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Highlighted notices:

Ocean & water and arts: the contribution of creative sectors to Mission Ocean and waters
HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-11
Deadline: 20 September 2023

Radicalisation and gender
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-04
Deadline: 20 November 2023

The role of mainstream media, social media and marketing in fostering healthy and sustainable consumption patterns and how to encourage good practices
HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-3
Deadline: 28 February 2024

ERC Proof of Concept Grants

Summary: The ERC Proof of Concept Grants aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research, by funding further work (i.e. activities which were not scheduled to be funded by the original ERC frontier research grant) to verify the innovation potential of ideas arising from ERC funded projects. Proof of Concept Grants are therefore on offer only to Principal Investigators whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research.
Award: up to € 150,000 for a period of 18 months.
Deadline: 20 April 2023; 21 September 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Advanced Grant

Summary: The ERC Advanced Grant is for established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements in the last 10 years. PIs should be exceptional leaders in terms of originality and significance of their research contributions.
Award: € 2.5 million for a period of 5 years. An additional € 1 million can be requested to cover start-up costs, the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities.
Deadline: 23 May 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

British Academy International Fellowships 2023

Summary: The International Fellowships Programme provides support for outstanding early career researchers to make a first step towards developing an independent research career through gaining experience across international borders. Each award is expected to involve a specific and protected research focus with the award-holder undertaking high quality, original research.

The overarching aim of the International Fellowships Programme is to attract and retain emerging talent in the UK and build a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce. The objectives are to:

Attract talented international early career researchers to establish and conduct their research in the UK.
Support international early career researchers to pursue high-quality and innovative lines of research.
Provide international early career researchers opportunities to acquire and transfer new skills and knowledge through training and career development.
Foster long-term relationships through networking opportunities and the International Fellowships alumni programme.

Award: Salary (funded at 80% fEC), plus up to £12,000 research expenses and up to £8,000 relocation costs (funded at 100% fEC).
Deadline: 28 March 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. Projects are usually 8 years in duration, but may be less for some disciplines and may only be longer if held on a part-time basis.
Award: Limit not specified. It is expected that the PI requests an amount that is appropriate to the project.
Deadline: 4 April 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. The award usually lasts for 8 years, but may be less for some disciplines, such as humanities and social science.
Award: Limit not specified. It is expected that the PI requests an amount that is appropriate to the project.
Deadline: 11 April 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships

Summary: For UK institutions to invite an eminent senior professor from overseas, to bring genuinely novel expertise and enhance the skills and knowledge of academic staff and students in an underrepresented area in the UK. Priority will be given to new or recent collaborations and visits with a variety of activities beyond research. A Visiting Professorship may last for between 3 and 12 months, and tenures of 6 months or more can be spread over 2 or more visits.
Award: Between £10,000 and £150,000
Deadline: 4 May 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowships

Summary: For well-established, distinguished researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a piece of original research

Fellowships are particularly aimed at those who are or have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research. The Fellowships fund the salary costs (normally starting at the most junior point of the lecturer scale at the institution concerned) of an individual to undertake the normal duties of the applicant for the duration of the Fellowship. Fellowship duration is between 24 and 36 months to commence at the beginning of the academic year following the receipt of the offer letter.

Award: Costs of replacement lecturer and annual maximum of £6,000 research expenses.
Deadline: 4 May 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Early-Career Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. The researcher will deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the aware, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme. Project duration is usually 5 years, but may be less for some disciplines and longer if held on a part-time basis.
Award: £400,000
Deadline: 18 May 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

University Collaboration Budget

Summary: Apply for funding for collaborative projects between the University of Cambridge and the Academic department at Cambridge University Press.

Both University of Cambridge Staff and Cambridge University Press staff are eligible to apply for the funding, and any suggested initiatives should help achieve the shared aims held by both the University and the Press.

The Cambridge Advantage Academic Board at the Press will review all funding applications and assess them in line with the following criteria:

Feasibility and cost-effectiveness
Fulfilment of the shared aims
Level of direct collaboration between the two organisations.

Award: Between £5,000 and £10,000
Deadline: 31 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik and ucb@cambridge.org

Large Grant Contribution Fun d

Summary: Research grant applications for funding over £2 million for AHSS subject areas can request financial contributions from this fund. Funding may be requested for activities that are complementary to the external funding and contributions from Departments / Schools / Non-school institutions. Activities that add value in the following areas are particularly encouraged: widening participation and inclusion; improving partnerships locally / nationally / internationally; capacity and capability building; working with less advantaged partners. Leveraging funding for existing grant awards is not in the remit of this fund. All applications must include one or more external partners and only applications led by Cambridge PIs are eligible.
Award: Up to 10% of the award value. PI buyout and equipment are not eligible costs for request.
Deadline: Minimum 4 weeks before funder deadline.
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik and Rpc@admin.cam.ac.uk

REF Impact Funding

Summary: Internal funding is available from the Research Strategy Office to support the development of the University’s REF impact submission. It is expected that successful applications will fund impact activities that may feed into potential impact case studies only where no other monies are available. Applications will be reviewed by the Impact and Knowledge Exchange Team.

Submissions may include (but are not restricted to):

Support for gathering feedback from public engagement activities
Economic health monitoring
Surveying/engaging with research users to evaluate impact
Independent evaluation of impacts
Resource to collate citations in policy documents

Award: Up to £10,000.
Deadline: Rolling basis
Research Facilitation Contact: Please contact your relevant member of the Impact and Knowledge Exchange Team.

All-Council Rapid Response Impact Acceleration Account Call

Summary: The All-Council Rapid Response Impact Acceleration Account Call is now open to support a wide range of impact activities when researchers are confronted by time-sensitive opportunities or need to test new ideas quickly. This call supports interdisciplinary projects, open to PIs and ECRs with PIs as co-applicants.

Proposed projects must support ‘on the ground’ impact and knowledge exchange activities, which enable researchers at all levels to engage with the public, private and third sectors, and provides a sustainable support structure within the University to promote wider and more effective engagement with external non-academic organisations.Project can be up to three months in duration.

Award: Up to £15,000 per application.
Deadline: Rolling basis until 4 September 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Lucy Sheerman

CamPo Collaborative Research Grant and CamPo PhD Student Exchange

Summary: The CamPo Scheme is a partnership between the Universities of Cambridge and Sciences Po, a flagship initiative for strengthening international collaboration in the humanities and the social sciences, and for development of lasting partnership and collaboration between the two Universities with the aim to become a leading research hub for the social sciences. The scheme is intended to cover academic disciplines in social sciences, arts and humanities across all six Schools of the university.

The funding is aimed at supporting activities such as:

workshops, lectures, symposia and conferences
research visits (from/to both institutions)
joint research collaborations and travel grants
visiting professorships (short or mid-term) at both Sciences Po and Cambridge.

Interested researchers are invited to apply for a second round of collaborative research and PhD student exchange, open for approximately 6 weeks, with a deadline of 24 February 2023.

Please follow these links to the calls for proposals in full details: Collaborative Research Grants and PhD Student Exchange. You may also submit your application directly to the following links:

Collaborative Research Grant
PhD Student Exchange

Award: For Collaborative Research Grants £15k is available for projects that can be completed by December 2023. For PhD Exchange the award consists of affiliation with Sciences Po, desk space and library access.
Deadline: 24 February 2023.
Research Facilitation Contact: CamPo@Admin.cam.ac.uk

SHARE: Social Sciences & Humanities Access to Research Experience

Summary: SHARE is a six-week, paid, summer research experience programme which aims to enhance diversity and inclusiveness within the social sciences at Cambridge, and in UK academia more broadly through improved access to research experience.

SHARE is open to UK and Republic of Ireland residents who are studying at a UK or Republic of Ireland university for their undergraduate degree and are not in their first year or final year of study, and who have the potential to become the future of research in the humanities and social sciences.

We are offering paid 6-week research experience internships from 3 July - 11 August 2023, which will aim to provide you with a real day-to-day experience of postgraduate research. During the six-week programme, candidates will

undertake a research project
attend training skills sessions
receive information on postgraduate study
meet and work with our researchers, academic staff and postgraduate students

During the research experience internship, candidates will live in college accommodation and social activities will introduce you to our community.

SHARE is designed to offer everyone who takes part tangible benefits in terms of confidence, skills and experience that will enhance both their CV and any future postgraduate applications.

Deadline: 27 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: share@admin.cam.ac.uk

AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA)

Summary: The University of Cambridge AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) (previously the Arts and Humanities Impact Fund, or AHIF) is pleased to announce that three project calls are now open:

IAA Impact Fund Call – open to all eligible permanent members of staff working within the AHRC remit.
AHRC IAA Early Career Researcher Call – open to all ECRs (such as JRFs, BA/Leverhulme fellows) working within the AHRC remit.

Award: between £5,000 and £15,000, covering 100% of directly incurred costs but not indirect costs.
Deadline: 20 March 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: D r Lucy Sheerman. Please include ‘AHRC IAA funding for Impact Projects’ in the subject line.

Cambridge Humanities Research Grants

Summary: The scheme is designed to enable researchers to conduct small-scale research activities, of the highest quality, that will enable them to be successfully for larger-scale funding from external sponsors, and/or to generate publications, and/or to contribute materially in other ways towards the research objectives of their home institution.

Award: The award is made up of three tiers: Tier 1 up to £1.5k; Tier 2 up to £20k; Tier 3, up to £10k.

Deadline: 27 May 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: GrantsAHSS@admin.cam.ac.uk

CRASSH Events and initiatives funding competition

Summary: CRASSH offers support for a wide range of events, workshops, and creative initiatives. We invite you to apply for funding and logistical support for any activity that will foster the exchange of ideas across disciplines and cultures, forge new collaborations between researchers and other participants, bring academic research to wider publics, or explore the connections between research and artistic practice.

Award: up to £1000 for a one-day event, £2,000 for two-day event, and £1000 for other kinds of initiatives.
Deadline: 1 April 2023.
Research Facilitation Contact: events@crassh.cam.ac.uk

Impact Intros Monthly Drop-in

Every last Wednesday of the month, 3.30–5.30pm

Open to all, Impact Intros is a place to make new connections and grow your network. Come join us for coffee, delicious cake and meet with like-minded people from the University, Cambridge ecosystem and beyond with an interest in entrepreneurship, innovation and research impact.
No formalities, no structure and no need to book!

Event details:

Date: 29 March
Time: 3.30pm-5.30pm
Location: Seminar Rooms, Hauser Forum, 3 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0GT

Just drop by and say hello!

Contact: Leila Guichard

#WE4Impact

Thursday 2 March to Thursday 29 June 2023, on alternate weeks

WE4Impact aims to deliver routes to impact by offering women faculty and staff additional and alternative tools and access to resources to widen engagement with the public, policymakers, industry, and the Cambridge entrepreneurial cluster.

Programme elements include entrepreneurial skills for impact, visioning, valuing ideas, recognising opportunities, mobilising resources, mitigating uncertainty, pitching your ideas, and networking opportunities. We introduce you to a diverse group of women faculty and staff who are driving a wide range of impact from their different roles within in the University.

Event details:

Date: 2 March to 29 June on alternate weeks
Location: MS Teams
Registration: https://forms.gle/RBnoovB7HFN5QPA39

Contact: Annabel Sherwood

AHSS Bulletin February 2023

AHSS Research and Impact Facilitation Bulletin

February 2023

UK Research Council Funding

Develop a UK digital twinning research community with a Network Plus (6 February 2023, RSO restricted deadline; 23 March 2023, Funder deadline) UKRI
Ageing research development awards (17 February 2023, Outline Application deadline; 18 April 2023, Full Application deadline) UKRI
Artificial intelligence innovation to accelerate health research (28 February 2023, Mandatory Intention to Submit. 28 March 2023, Full Application deadline) UKRI
Dance research matters network (16 March 2023) AHRC
Pre-announcement: UKRI policy fellowships 2023 (TBA April 2023) UKRI
Pre-announcement: centre in sustainable and equitable low-carbon living (TBA May 2023) ESRC
Pre-announcement: centre in community participation and connectedness (TBA May) ESRC
Pre-announcement: centre in climate change and health (TBA May) UKRI
Deliver Foundations for a Transformation in Digital Footprint Data (31 August 2023) ESRC
Pre-announcement: Strategic Fellowship in DDR skills and research methods training (TBA 2023) ESRC
Pre-announcement: population health improvement network of clusters (TBA) UKRI

EU Funding

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update
Horizon Europe Main Work Programme (various dates)
ERC Proof of Concept Grants (20 April 2023; 21 September 2023)
ERC Advanced Grant (23 May 2023)

Charity Funding

Philip Leverhulme Prize (8 February 2023, RSO Restricted Call; 17 May 2023, Funder deadline)
Wellcome Trust Early-Career Awards (21 February 2023)
BA Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons to Learn from COVID-19 across the G7 (22 February 2023)
Nuffield Foundation - Research, Development and Analysis Fund (13 March 2023)
British Academy International Fellowship 2023 (28 March 2023)
Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards (4 April 2023)
Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards (11 April 2023)
Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships (4 May 2023)
National Lottery Grants for Heritage (25 May 2023)

Internal Funding

Large Grant Contribution Fund (rolling deadline; minimum 4 weeks before funder deadline)
REF Impact Fund (rolling deadline)
All-Council Rapid Impact Acceleration Account Call (rolling deadline, until 4 September 2023)
CamPo Collaborative Grant and PhD Student Exchange (24 February 2023)
SHARE: Social Sciences & Humanities Access to Research Experience (27 February 2023)
AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (20 March 2023)
CRASSH Events and initiatives funding competition (1 April 2023)

Training

Impact Intros Monthly Drop-in (Every last Wednesday of the month, 3.30–5.30pm)
Engaged Researcher Online - Introduction to Impact (8 February 2023)

Develop a UK digital twinning research community with a Network Plus

Summary: Led by a multidisciplinary research team, this NetworkPlus will bring together a diverse research community in digital twinning. This research community must carry out the following:

assess and determine what the UK needs to develop a national capability in digital twinning;
undertake thought leadership including for ethics and human interaction, environmental sustainability, and security and resilience;
and develop and run open opportunities for small digital twinning research projects.

University Internal selection:
Institutions can only submit one application as lead institution. Therefore, this call will be managed according to the University’s restricted calls procedure.

If you are a University of Cambridge PI bidding to lead on one of these applications, you must take part in the internal selection process. Please submit your nomination(s) via this online form by 6th February, 2023 (if asked to log-in, please use your Raven details).

Applicants will need to have the following information ready to complete the online form submission (please note that forms cannot be saved and returned to):

Names of PI, Co-Is and other collaborators
A project summary (max. 500 words) that addresses the following questions related to the funder's fit to opportunity criteria:
- 1. What are the team's plans for building a diverse and connected digital twinning network?
- 2. How will the proposed NetworkPlus assess, determine and address real world research, infrastructure and skill challenges between users and academia in the development of a national capability in digital twinning?
- 3. How will the proposed NetworkPlus build multidisciplinary capability relating to resilient digital twins and systems across the broadest possible range of disciplines?
Head of Department Support letter indicating that the department is happy to host the project.

Award: Up to £3,750,000 funded at 80% fEC over 5 years.
Deadline: 6 February 2023 (RSO deadline); 23 March 2023 (Funder deadline).
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Ageing research development awards

Summary: Ageing Research Development Awards will develop tractable areas of interdisciplinary research to secure better health and wellbeing for individuals as they age.

Development awards must:

link understanding of ageing pathways with wider determinants of health (for example: environmental, economic, social, or cultural)
clearly define the challenge that they aim to address, focusing on novel avenues of investigation
take an interdisciplinary approach towards addressing the challenge, supported by an interdisciplinary team
clearly describe the intended target demographic for potential interventions, explaining how the research would improve health equity across communities
consider public and patient engagement where appropriate
strengthen evidence to de-risk further development and implementation of potential interventions. This could include:
- further developing the basic principles underpinning an approach
- strengthening pilot data
- establishing proof-of-concept
- testing the feasibility and acceptability of a potential intervention
have a clear line of sight towards benefiting the health and wellbeing of older people, or as individuals age. Results arising from the awards do not have to be immediately translatable, but applications must clearly define how results would be taken forward for exploitation.

Awards for up to 24 months.
Award: Up to £400,000 funded at 80% fEC.
Deadline: 17 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Artificial intelligence innovation to accelerate health research

Summary: This funding opportunity seeks to develop innovative AI research that can be applied to the most pressing health problems and change how health research is conducted. This programme will endeavour to bring together researchers across different disciplines and sectors to achieve this.

Innovation in AI can tackle a range of health-socio-scientific-technical issues such as:

use of AI within important or underexplored (from the perspective of AI) areas of health research, or both
need for new or improved AI approaches and ways of applying AI in health research
understanding and tackling pertinent data issues needed to progress health AI research
ensuring AI is fit for use. Addressing issues of responsibility, bias, end user needs, and similar areas by incorporating these approaches, or redesigning existing tools taking into account responsibility, bias, end user needs to ensure they are fit-for-purpose

*Prospective applicants are invited to join a ZOOM webinar on 8 February at 2-3pm. Register here.

Award: Up to £750,000 funded at 80% fEC for a period of up to 12 months.
Deadline: 28 February 2023, Intention to Submit. 28 March 2023, Full Application Deadline.
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Dance research matters network and programme lead opportunity

Summary: Apply for funding to establish dance research networks that explore current issues, generate change and legacy for the sector. There will be up to 5 networks.
Award: Up to £100,000 funded at 80% fEC for the cost of research networks.
Deadline: 16 March 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: UKRI policy fellowships 2023

Summary: Apply for funding to collaborate on research activity to address pressing national and global challenges.

You will:

co-design research with the host organisation to inform policy on a priority policy area
help improve the exchange of knowledge between policy and academic institutions

Each fellowship will last 18 months to cover a 3-month inception phase for set up activity. This will be followed by a 12-month placement with the host organisation and concluding with an impact phase lasting 3 months.

Award: For fellowships with a Whitehall or devolved administration host the full economic cost is £170,000. For fellowships with the What Works Network the full economic cost is £210,000.
Deadline: TBA April 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: centre in sustainable and equitable low-carbon living

Award: between £5 million and £9.7 million funded at 80% fEC for a period of up to 5 years.
Deadline: TBA May 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: centre in community participation and connectedness

Award: between £5 million and £9.7 million funded at 80% fEC for a period of up to 5 years.
Deadline: TBA May 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: centre in climate change and health

Award: between £5 million and £9.7 million funded at 80% fEC for a period of up to 5 years.
Deadline: TBA May 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Deliver Foundations for a Transformation in Digital Footprint Data

Pre-announcement: Strategic fellowship in DDR skills and research methods training

Pre-announcement: population health improvement network of clusters

Summary: Apply for funding to lead a population health improvement research cluster.

For the purposes of this funding opportunity a research cluster is a group of interdisciplinary researchers working together to address an important population health challenge.

UKRI will run a population health improvement webinar on 27 January 2023 at 2pmfor orientation followed by further engagement events. REGISTER HERE.

Award: Between £5 million to £7 million funded at 80% fEC for a period of 48 months.
Deadline: TBA
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update

Updates on Association: Please visit the Research Operation Office’s EU pages.

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

This PDF offers further details on calls relevant to SAHSS. This list is not exhaustive so please refer the Horizon Europe Portal for full details. UKRO also have some very useful Factsheets that outline the thematic clusters that make up the three pillars of research support offered.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Highlighted notices:

Towards a holistic support to children and adolescents’ health and care provisions in an increasingly digital society
HORIZON-HLTH-2024-STAYHLTH-01-02-two-stage
Deadline: 19 September 2023 (stage 1); 11 April 2024 (stage 2)

Future scenarios and young visions for European democracy 2040
HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-11
Deadline: 07 February 2024

The interrelation between social, cultural and political identities, as well as the sense of belonging, and democracies
HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-04
Deadline: 07 February 2024

ERC Proof of Concept Grants

ERC Advanced Grant

Philip Leverhulme Prizes

Summary: For researchers at an early stage of their careers whose work has had international impact and whose future research career is exceptionally promising - to use for any research purpose. The funding is available over 2 to 3 years.

Subject areas 2023
Biological Sciences
History
Law
Mathematics and Statistics
Philosophy and Theology
Sociology and Social Policy

This call will be managed according to the University’s restricted calls policy. The funder stipulates that the University can submit no more than three nominations in any prize subject. We therefore ask each Department/Faculty to register and rank up to 3 nominations per prize subject with us. Nominations are to be made by the nominee's head of department (or equivalent). Please submit your Department/Faculty’s nomination(s) via this online form, by 8th February, 2023 (if requested, please log-in with your Raven details; please note that a Form cannot be saved and returned to).
Award: Each prize is worth £100,000
Deadline: 8 February 2023 (RSO Restricted Call); 17 May 2023 (Funder deadline).
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Early-Career Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. The researcher will deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the aware, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme. Project duration is usually 5 years, but may be less for some disciplines and longer if held on a part-time basis.
Award: £400,000
Deadline: 21 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

BA Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons to Learn from COVD-19 across the G7

Summary: This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. The researcher will deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the aware, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme. Project duration is usually 5 years, but may be less for some disciplines and longer if held on a part-time basis.
Award: £400,000
Deadline: 22 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

National Lottery Heritage Fund

Summary: An open programme for heritage projects across the UK using revenue generated from The National Lottery to fund digitisation projects and heritage enterprise by not-for-profit organisations and private owners of heritage and partnerships. There are a number of different grants available.
Award: Between £3,000 and £5 million
Deadline: Next rounds for applications over £250k: 23 February 2023 and 25 May 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Nuffield Foundation - Research, Development and Analysis Fund

Summary: This scheme supports projects that improve the design and operation of social policy, especially in domains of education, welfare and justice. Preference is given to projects that:

identify and explain the social and economic determinants of opportunity and risk across the life span, focusing in particular on early childhood adversity, transitions from adolescence to young adulthood, and social and economic well-being in adulthood and later life;
improve well-being for society as a whole, while ameliorating negative outcomes and informing the foundations of and pathways towards a just and inclusive society;
support the development of workable evidence-based solutions for policy and practice over the medium term.

Projects normally have a duration between six months to three years.

Award: Between £10,000 and £3 million, but most are worth between £50,000 and £300,000.
Deadline: 13 March 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy International Fellowships 2023

Attract talented international early career researchers to establish and conduct their research in the UK.
Support international early career researchers to pursue high-quality and innovative lines of research.
Provide international early career researchers opportunities to acquire and transfer new skills and knowledge through training and career development.
Foster long-term relationships through networking opportunities and the International Fellowships alumni programme.

Award: Salary (funded at 80% fEC), plus up to £12,000 research expenses and up to £8,000 relocation costs (funded at 100% fEC).
Deadline: 13 March 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards

Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards

Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships

University Collaboration Budget

Summary: Apply for funding for collaborative projects between the University of Cambridge and the Academic department at Cambridge University Press.

The Cambridge Advantage Academic Board at the Press will review all funding applications and assess them in line with the following criteria:

Feasibility and cost-effectiveness
Fulfilment of the shared aims
Level of direct collaboration between the two organisations.

Award: Between £5,000 and £10,000
Deadline: 31 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik and ucb@cambridge.org

Large Grant Contribution Fun d

REF Impact Funding

Submissions may include (but are not restricted to):

Support for gathering feedback from public engagement activities
Economic health monitoring
Surveying/engaging with research users to evaluate impact
Independent evaluation of impacts
Resource to collate citations in policy documents

Award: Up to £10,000.
Deadline: Rolling basis
Research Facilitation Contact: Please contact your relevant member of the Impact and Knowledge Exchange Team.

All-Council Rapid Response Impact Acceleration Account Call

Award: Up to £15,000 per application.
Deadline: Rolling basis until 4 September 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Lucy Sheerman

CamPo Collaborative Research Grant and CamPo PhD Student Exchange

workshops, lectures, symposia and conferences
research visits (from/to both institutions)
joint research collaborations and travel grants
visiting professorships (short or mid-term) at both Sciences Po and Cambridge.

Interested researchers are invited to apply for a second round of collaborative research and PhD student exchange, open for approximately 6 weeks, with a deadline of 24 February 2023.

Please follow these links to the calls for proposals in full details: Collaborative Research Grants and PhD Student Exchange. You may also submit your application directly to the following links:

Collaborative Research Grant
PhD Student Exchange

SHARE: Social Sciences & Humanities Access to Research Experience

undertake a research project
attend training skills sessions
receive information on postgraduate study
meet and work with our researchers, academic staff and postgraduate students

During the research experience internship, candidates will live in college accommodation and social activities will introduce you to our community.

SHARE is designed to offer everyone who takes part tangible benefits in terms of confidence, skills and experience that will enhance both their CV and any future postgraduate applications.

Deadline: 27 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: share@admin.cam.ac.uk

AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA)

Summary: The University of Cambridge AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) (previously the Arts and Humanities Impact Fund, or AHIF) is pleased to announce that three project calls are now open:

IAA Impact Fund Call – open to all eligible permanent members of staff working within the AHRC remit.
AHRC IAA Early Career Researcher Call – open to all ECRs (such as JRFs, BA/Leverhulme fellows) working within the AHRC remit.

CRASSH Events and initiatives funding competition

Impact Intros Monthly Drop-in

Every last Wednesday of the month, 3.30–5.30pm

Date: Wednesday 25 January
Time: 3.30pm-5.30pm
Location: Seminar Rooms, Hauser Forum, 3 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0GT

Just drop by and say hello!

Contact: Leila Guichard

Engaged Researcher Online - Introduction to Impact

Impact is now a requirement for numerous grant applications, the REF, and academic life in general. It can make a useful and dynamic contribution to the long term development of many academic projects as well as bringing partnerships and funding opportunities.

This session will discuss how impact is defined according to the AHRC and REF. It will also discuss previous successful impact projects, outline the connections between research and impact, funding strategies, and the differences between pathways to impact and impact objectives. Many different types of impact will be covered, including work with public policy, public engagement, the media, and commercialisation.

This session is intended to support PhD's, Postdocs, PEP's in Arts and Humanities.

Please choose an area of your work that you feel could develop into an impact project, or a past one that would have benefited from additional funding. Be prepared to share and trouble shoot the project during the session.

Please register here for the session.

Event details:

Date: Wednesday 8 February
Time: 10.30–11:45am
Location: Online

Contact: D r Lucy Sheerman

AHSS Bulletin January 2023

AHSS Research and Impact Facilitation Bulletin

January 2023

UK Research Council Funding

Pre-announcement: Green Transition Ecosystems (26 January 2023, RSO Restricted Call. 6 April 2023, funder deadline) AHRC
Dance Research Matters network and Programme Lead Opportunity (27 January 2023, Programme Lead Intention to Submit; 16 March 2023, deadline for Network and Programme Lead strands) AHRC
Pre-announcement: ESRC Centres (1 February 2023, RSO Restricted Call deadline)
National Capability for R&D in Screen and Performance (2 February 2023) AHRC
Collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research (15 February 2023) AHRC
Ageing research development awards (17 February 2023, Outline Application deadline; 18 April 2023, Full Application deadline) UKRI
Responsible and trustworthy artificial intelligence (23 February 2023) UKRI
Pre-announcement: artificial intelligence innovation to accelerate health research (28 February 2023, Intention to Submit. 28 March 2023, Full Application deadline) UKRI
Deliver Foundations for a Transformation in Digital Footprint Data (31 August 2023) ESRC
Pre-announcement: Strategic Fellowship in DDR skills and research methods training (TBA 2023) ESRC
Pre-announcement: population health improvement network of clusters (TBA) UKRI

EU Funding

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update
Horizon Europe Main Work Programme (various dates)
ERC Proof of Concept Grants (24 January 2023; 20 April 2023; 21 September 2023)
Cambridge – NRFU 2022. Individual grants for research (development) for Ukrainian researchers (with the support of University of Cambridge) (27 January 2023)
ERC Consolidator Grant (2 February 2023)
ERC Advanced Grant (23 May 2023)

Charity Funding

British Academy Conferences (25 January 2023)
Net Zero Policy Programme - call for research (8 February 2023)
BA Researchers at Risk Research Fellowships (8 February 2023)
Philip Leverhulme Prize (8 February 2023, RSO Restricted Call; 17 May 2023, Funder deadline)
Wellcome Trust Early-Career Awards (21 February 2023)
BA Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons to Learn from COVID-19 across the G7 (22 February 2023)
National Lottery Grants for Heritage (23 February 2023 and 25 May 2023)
Nuffield Foundation - Research, Development and Analysis Fund (13 March 2023)
Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards (4 April 2023)
Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards (11 April 2023)
Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships (4 May 2023)

Internal Funding

University Collaboration Budget (31 January 2023)
Large Grant Contribution Fund (rolling deadline; minimum 4 weeks before funder deadline)

Pre-announcement: Green Transition Ecosystems

Summary: Apply for funding to conduct research to address distinct challenges posed by the climate crisis, including but not limited to realising net zero goals.

Capitalising on clusters of design excellence, Green Transition Ecosystems (GTEs) are large scale projects that focus on translating the best design-led research into real-world benefits.

GTEs will connect directly with the wider Future Observatory: Design the Green Transition programme.

Projects begin September 2023 to run for 19 months.

Award: Up to £4.625 million funded at 80% fEC.
Deadline: 26 January 2023, RSO Restricted Call; 6 April 2023, funder deadline.
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik and researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk.

Dance research matters network and programme lead opportunity

Summary: Apply for funding to establish dance research networks that explore current issues, generate change and legacy for the sector. There will be up to 5 networks.

You can also apply for 1 programme lead opportunity to work with the networks to provide mapping, monitoring, evaluation, and learning.

Award: Up to £100,000 funded at 80% fEC for the cost of research networks. Up to £100,000 funded at 100% fEC for the cost of the programme lead.
Deadline: 27 January 2023, Programme Lead Intention to Submit; 16 March 2023 deadline for both strands of the programme.
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: ESRC Centres

Summary: In February 2023, ESRC is planning to announce a new round of the ESRC Centres competition. Full details for the 2023 iteration of this scheme are not yet available and will be released once the call opens in February. ESRC Centres are world-leading centres of excellence that carry out interdisciplinary, cutting-edge and impactful research in the social sciences and beyond. At least 50% of the proposed programme of research must fall within ESRC’s remit.

Research organisations may submit up to 2 applications for centres through this competition. Therefore, this call will be managed according to the University’s restricted calls policy.

Funder's provisional timetable:

Call to be published: February 2023
University of Cambridge Internal Deadline: 1 February 2023
Deadline for submitting outline proposals: May 2023
Deadline for submitting full proposals: TBA 2023
Award start date: TBA

To take part in the internal selection process, please complete the online ESRC Centressubmission form at https://forms.office.com/r/NB3BuZACUk by 01 February 2023 (NB: if asked to log-in, please use your Raven details). For your convenience, the attached document outlines the questions asked in the form.
Please note that the online form cannot be saved and/or returned to for future editing.

PDF copy of internal selection form came be found here.

Award: Between £5 to £10 million funded at 80% fEC.
Deadline: 1 February 2023, RSO Restricted Call deadline.
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik and researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk

Information Session

To allow researchers ample bid preparation time, the School Research Facilitators are organizing an Information Session on ESRC Centres in January 2023. It will take place:

3-5pm on 17 January 2023 in Seminar Room E, 17 Mill Lane, 2nd floor

Please register here if you would like to attend.

National Capability for R&D in Screen and Performance

Summary: Apply for Convergent Screen Technologies And performance in Realtime (CoSTAR) funding to host national research and development (R&D) facilities to drive innovation and creativity in the UK’s screen and performance industries.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

Standard AHRC eligibility rules apply.

Award: Funding will be awarded in 2 lots:

Lot 1: £51.1 million over 6 years, to design, build, develop and test the CoSTAR national lab: a state-of-the-art R&D and innovation facility for the screen and performance. Also, to provide a knowledge exchange and enterprise function and demonstrator or pilot programme.
Lot 2: £12.6 million over 6 years for the delivery of (up to) 3 CoSTAR network labs. These may be upgrades or enhancements of existing facilities.

AHRC plan to issue a subsequent funding opportunity (Lot 3) for a data insight and foresight unit (c£9.0 million).

Projects are funded at 100% fEC. Indexation (inflation adjustment) will not be added to these grants.
Deadline: 2 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research

Summary: Projects must focus on substantive research and feature an integrated work programme. Funding will be open to applications addressing any research topic where there is significant potential to advance knowledge through collaborative research.
Award: Up to £350,000 from the AHRC funded at 80% fEC; DFG does not specify a maximum limit for the German-based collaborator(s).
Deadline: 15 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Ageing research development awards

Summary: Ageing Research Development Awards will develop tractable areas of interdisciplinary research to secure better health and wellbeing for individuals as they age.

Development awards must:

link understanding of ageing pathways with wider determinants of health (for example: environmental, economic, social, or cultural)
clearly define the challenge that they aim to address, focusing on novel avenues of investigation
take an interdisciplinary approach towards addressing the challenge, supported by an interdisciplinary team
clearly describe the intended target demographic for potential interventions, explaining how the research would improve health equity across communities
consider public and patient engagement where appropriate
strengthen evidence to de-risk further development and implementation of potential interventions. This could include:
- further developing the basic principles underpinning an approach
- strengthening pilot data
- establishing proof-of-concept
- testing the feasibility and acceptability of a potential intervention
have a clear line of sight towards benefiting the health and wellbeing of older people, or as individuals age. Results arising from the awards do not have to be immediately translatable, but applications must clearly define how results would be taken forward for exploitation.

Awards for up to 24 months.
Award: Up to £400,000 funded at 80% fEC.
Deadline: 17 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Responsible and trustworthy artificial intelligence

Summary: Funding is available to support the creation of a consortium of leading academics and practitioners for advancing the UK’s position on the development and deployment of R&T AI.

The group will lead the UK agenda and build a unified community of technical, sociotechnical, societal, and humanities communities or foci researchers in responsible trustworthy AI.

It will connect ongoing research, including the different relevant elements funded under the individual councils’ investments in AI, and in particular including embedding responsibility and trust in:

AI technologies
standards and regulations
digital society
responsible AI implementation
adoption and diffusion for businesses and in the economy

The leadership team will convene and fund world-leading research and innovation in this area.

Award: Up to £25 million funded at 80% fEC
Deadline: 23 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: artificial intelligence innovation to accelerate health research

Innovation in AI can tackle a range of health-socio-scientific-technical issues such as:

use of AI within important or underexplored (from the perspective of AI) areas of health research, or both
need for new or improved AI approaches and ways of applying AI in health research
understanding and tackling pertinent data issues needed to progress health AI research
ensuring AI is fit for use. Addressing issues of responsibility, bias, end user needs, and similar areas by incorporating these approaches, or redesigning existing tools taking into account responsibility, bias, end user needs to ensure they are fit-for-purpose

Deliver Foundations for a Transformation in Digital Footprint Data

Pre-announcement: Strategic fellowship in DDR skills and research methods training

Pre-announcement: population health improvement network of clusters

Summary: Apply for funding to lead a population health improvement research cluster.

For the purposes of this funding opportunity a research cluster is a group of interdisciplinary researchers working together to address an important population health challenge.

UKRI will run a population health improvement webinar on 27 January 2023 at 2pmfor orientation followed by further engagement events. REGISTER HERE.

Award: Between £5 million to £7 million funded at 80% fEC for a period of 48 months.
Deadline: TBA
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update

Updates on Association: Please visit the Research Operation Office’s EU pages.

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

Highlighted notices:

Cultural heritage in transformation – facing change with confidence
HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01-04
Deadline: 14 March 2023

Re-visiting the digitisation of cultural heritage: What, how and why?
HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01-03
Deadline: 14 March 2023

The emotional politics of democracies
HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01-04
Deadline: 14 March 2023

ERC Proof of Concept Grants

Summary: The ERC Proof of Concept Grants aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research, by funding further work (i.e. activities which were not scheduled to be funded by the original ERC frontier research grant) to verify the innovation potential of ideas arising from ERC funded projects. Proof of Concept Grants are therefore on offer only to Principal Investigators whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research.
Award: up to € 150,000 for a period of 18 months.
Deadline: 24 January 2023; 20 April 2023; 21 September 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Cambridge - NRFU 2022, Individual grants for research (development) for Ukrainian Researchers (with the support of University of Cambridge)

Summary: The aim of the call is to support the advanced research and development of Ukrainian researchers directly affected by the armed conflict in Ukraine in 2022 by providing individual grants with the support of University of Cambridge (UK).

Funding will be provided for a wide range of fundamental and applied problems in all research fields related to solving the most urgent scientific problems aimed at Ukraine’s technological, economic, social and cultural progress.

Award: Up to EUR 12,000 over 12 months.
Deadline: 27 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Consolidator Grant

Summary: The ERC Consolidator Grant is for researchers of any nationality with 7-12 years of experience since completion of their PhD. This programme is for PIs who will consolidate their own independent research team or programme. PIs must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their research proposal.
Award: up to € 2 million for a period of 5 years. An additional € 1 million can be requested to cover start-up costs, the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities.
Deadline: 2 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Advanced Grant

Net Zero Policy Programme - call for research

Summary: Apply for funding to support a research group led by a Principal Investigator that can use a cross-temporal, multi-scalar approach to address three specific challenges that the BA has identified as requiring further research and analysis:

A typology or framework challenge – how can we classify net zero policies?
A synthesis challenge – what is the SHAPE evidence on a range of varying net zero policies in practice (these could be clear net zero policies with interactions on issues such as energy, circular economy, critical materials, nature-based solutions)?
An evaluation challenge – which broad range of net zero policies work in practice for local policymakers and why?

Award: Up to £187,500 funded at 80% fEC
Deadline: 8 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

BA Researchers at Risk Fellowships

Summary: The UK National Academies with Cara (the Council for At-Risk Academics) are supporting a Researchers at Risk Fellowships Programme. The Fellowships will cover the natural sciences, medical and health sciences, engineering, humanities, social sciences and the arts with applications made via UK-based institutions. Fellowships are 24 months in duration.
Award: Circa £37,000 per annum.
Deadline: 8 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Philip Leverhulme Prizes

Subject areas 2023
Biological Sciences
History
Law
Mathematics and Statistics
Philosophy and Theology
Sociology and Social Policy

This call will be managed according to the University’s restricted calls policy. The funder stipulates that the University can submit no more than three nominations in any prize subject. We therefore ask each Department/Faculty to register and rank up to 3 nominations per prize subject with us. Nominations are to be made by the nominee's head of department (or equivalent). Please submit your Department/Faculty’s nomination(s) via this online form, by 8th February, 2023 (if requested, please log-in with your Raven details; please note that a Form cannot be saved and returned to).
Award: Each prize is worth £100,000
Deadline: 8 February 2023, RSO Restricted Call; 17 May 2023, Funder deadline
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy Conferences

Summary: Apply to run a pivotal event of lasting significance in their field, as a central part of the British Academy’s events programme. Successful conferences will bring together scholars from around the world to present and discuss new research in the humanities and social sciences. Conferences to be held 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2025.
Award: Up to £20,000 per conference
Deadline: 25 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Early-Career Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. The researcher will deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the aware, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme. Project duration is usually 5 years, but may be less for some disciplines and longer if held on a part-time basis.
Award: £400,000
Deadline: 21 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

BA Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons to Learn from COVD-19 across the G7

Summary: This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. The researcher will deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the aware, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme. Project duration is usually 5 years, but may be less for some disciplines and longer if held on a part-time basis.
Award: £400,000
Deadline: 21 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

National Lottery Heritage Fund

Nuffield Foundation - Research, Development and Analysis Fund

Summary: This scheme supports projects that improve the design and operation of social policy, especially in domains of education, welfare and justice. Preference is given to projects that:

identify and explain the social and economic determinants of opportunity and risk across the life span, focusing in particular on early childhood adversity, transitions from adolescence to young adulthood, and social and economic well-being in adulthood and later life;
improve well-being for society as a whole, while ameliorating negative outcomes and informing the foundations of and pathways towards a just and inclusive society;
support the development of workable evidence-based solutions for policy and practice over the medium term.

Projects normally have a duration between six months to three years.

Award: Between £10,000 and £3 million, but most are worth between £50,000 and £300,000.
Deadline: 13 March 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards

Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards

Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships

University Collaboration Budget

Summary: Apply for funding for collaborative projects between the University of Cambridge and the Academic department at Cambridge University Press.

The Cambridge Advantage Academic Board at the Press will review all funding applications and assess them in line with the following criteria:

Feasibility and cost-effectiveness
Fulfilment of the shared aims
Level of direct collaboration between the two organisations.

Award: Between £5,000 and £10,000
Deadline: 31 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik and ucb@cambridge.org

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UK Research Council Funding

Apply to be an Academic Consultant on NHS Untold Film Stories (15 December 2022) AHRC
AHRC Exhibition Fund (10 January 2023) AHRC
Strategic coordination hub for Local Policy Innovation Partnerships (12 January 2023) AHRC/ESRC/Innovate UK
Developing Local Policy Innovation Partnerships (12 January 2023) AHRC/ESRC/Innovate UK
Climate change and modern slavery (12 January 2023) AHRC/ESRC
Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions (Expression of Interest: 16 January 2023; Full Application Deadline: 30 March 2023) AHRC
Global Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) Call 3 Projects and Consortia (RSO Restricted Call deadline: 16 January 2023)
Research Culture and Heritage Capital with an Interdisciplinary Team (17 January 2023) AHRC
Leadership team for National Capability in Behavioural Research (24 January 2023) ESRC
ADR UK Research Fellowships 2022 (24 January 2023) ESRC
Scoping and developing a new UK-China creative industries R&I hub (24 January 2023) AHRC
Scoping Longitudinal Qualitative Studies of Seldom Heard Families (24 January 2023) ESRC
Pre-announcement: ESRC Centres (1 February 2023, RSO Restricted Call deadline)
National Capability for R&D in Screen and Performance (2 February 2023) AHRC
Collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research (15 February 2023) AHRC
Pre-announcement: Green Transition Ecosystems (6 April 2023) AHRC
Deliver Foundations for a Transformation in Digital Footprint Data (31 August 2023) ESRC

EU Funding

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update
Horizon Europe Main Work Programme (various dates)
ERC Proof of Concept Grants (24 January 2023; 20 April 2023; 21 September 2023)
ERC Consolidator Grant (2 February 2023)

Charity Council Funding

Leverhulme Trust Study Abroad Studentships (9 January 2023)
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and The British Academy Knowledge Frontiers Symposium (11 January 2023)
British Academy Conferences (25 January 2023)
Wellcome Trust Early-Career Awards (21 February 2023)
National Lottery Grants for Heritage (23 February 2023 and 25 May 2023)
Nuffield Foundation - Research, Development and Analysis Fund (13 March 2023)
Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships (4 May 2023)
Philip Leverhulme Prize (RSO Restricted Call: TBA; Funder deadline,17 May 2023)
Garfield Weston Foundation Project Grants (open deadline)

Internal Funding

University Collaboration Budget (31 January 2023)
Large Grant Contribution Fund (rolling deadline; minimum 4 weeks before funder deadline)

Apply to be an Academic Consultant on NHS Untold Film Stories

Summary: Apply to be an academic consultant on Untold Film Stories to:

work with a BFI curator to support film teams creating films inspired by the BFI’s NHS on Film archive
support film teams to deliver community engagement programmes that engage diverse audiences during the filmmaking process

AHRC will fund around 3 film teams on a new scheme, ‘Untold Film Stories’, funded by AHRC, in partnership with BFI.

You must be able to support the film teams between March and November 2023. This is part of the NHS’ 75th anniversary in 2023.

Award: Up to £10,000 to cover an estimated minimum of 20 days’ work (based on AHRC’s day rate of £500 for freelancers) of consultancy and travel costs.
Deadline: 15 December 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

AHRC Exhibition Fund

Summary: Apply for funding to support collaborative exhibitions and public engagement activities. Projects should be collaborative with a combination of higher education institution (HEI) or independent research organisation (IRO) and the galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) sector, as co-investigators, project or collaborating partners. Projects can be up to 36 months in duration.
Award: Up to £250,000, funded between 80% and 100% depending on costs applied for.
Deadline: 10 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Strategic coordination hub for Local Policy Innovation Partnerships

Summary: This programme will fund a network of interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral partnerships to address social, community, economic and environmental priorities. The strategic coordination hub will convene across the research and policy ecosystem to help connect LPIPs to the research, expertise and evidence needed to inform effective responses to local priorities.

Award: Up to £3.6 million, funded at 80% fEC
Deadline: 12 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Developing Local Policy Innovation Partnerships

Summary: Apply for funding to develop Local Policy Innovation Partnerships (LPIP). LPIPs will connect local policy and research partnership, providing research, evidence, data and expertise to take advantage of opportunties and find place-soloutions to challenges that matter to local people and communities. Partnerships will be equitable and sustainable with co-creation and co-delivery at thier heart.
Award: £30,000 to £50,000, funded at 80% fEC
Deadline: 12 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Climate change and modern slavery

Summary: Apply for funding to generate new evidence on how policies on climate change can recognise, address and impact on modern slavery risks or linkages between modern slavery and climate change.
Award: £100,000 funded at 100% fEC expected to fund three projects for this work.
Deadline: 12 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions

Summary: The overall purpose of this funding opportunity is to enable early career postdoctoral (or equivalent) researchers to gain research and career experience in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) sector.
They will do this through working in a major cultural or heritage host organisation on a co-designed research project that will also benefit the host organisation. Fellowships should start between 1 October 2023 and 1 January 2024 and last between one and two years (longer if part-time).
Award: £250,000
Deadline: 16 January 2023 (EoI); 30 March 2023 (Full Application)
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Global Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) Call 3 Projects and Consortia

Summary: NIHR invites proposals to support applied research to strengthen health policy and health systems for the benefit of people in ODA-eligible countries on the DAC list. Global health policy and systems research applications can include, but are not limited to, aspects of leadership and governance, financing, health workforce, information systems, quality of care and health service delivery, health services, and impacts of broader determinants of health.

University Internal selection:

Institutions may submit more than one application to the development phase. However, the funder stipulates that each application must be distinct in its aims and objectives.

Therefore, this call will be managed according to the University’s restricted calls procedure where proposals will be reviewed to ensure that each is distinct in its aims and objectives.
To take part in the internal coordination process, please complete the light-touch expression of interest online form by January 16th, 2023 (requires Raven log-in; please note that a Form entry cannot be saved and returned to).

The online form requires the following information:

PI name and department
Name/s of LMIC lead
A brief summary of the project (200 words max), describing research relevance (including how the project addresses unmet needs and priorities in ODA-eligible countries) and the strength of the team

Award: up to £1 million (Projects) and up to £4 million (Consortia)
Deadline: 16 January 2023, RSO Restricted Call Deadline
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner and researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk

Research Culture and Heritage Capital with an Interdisciplinary Team

Summary: Apply for funding to research culture and heritage capital and help develop a robust and holistic approach for capturing and articulating the value of culture and heritage.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is developing a formal approach to value culture and heritage assets called Culture and Heritage Capital (CHC). CHC will create publicly available statistics and guidance that allow for improved articulation of the economic, social and cultural value of the culture and heritage sectors in decision-making.

Valuation of benefits and costs plays an important role in appraisal and evaluation policies, projects and programmes. The estimates are used alongside other information, both quantitative and qualitative to create a robust evidence base for decision making.

Projects should be interdisciplinary and must include:

at least 1 arts and humanities researcher
at least 1 economist

Projects should be between 6 and 36 months in duration.

Award: Up to £450,000 funded at 80% of fEC
Deadline: 17 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Leadership team for a National Capability in Behaviour Research

Summary: The ESRC is looking to fund a team to act as a ‘hub’ to develop the UK’s national capability in behavioural research. The key objectives are to: 1) facilitate evidence-based decision making through timely, high impact and independent research on human behaviour that meets the needs of policy makers, industry and civil society; 2) enhance national capability by building a critical mass of researchers with the knowledge and skills to transform our understanding of human behaviour. The ‘hub’ will sit at the heart of a ‘hub and spoke’ model and be complemented by a series of ‘spokes’ that will deliver key elements of the programme.
Award: ESRC will fund 80% of fEC
Deadline: 24 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

ADR UK Research Fellowships 2022

Summary: Apply for funding to conduct research and analysis demonstrating the policy impact potential of key Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) flagship datasets.

Priority datasets for this round are:

Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO)
Growing Up In England (GUIE)
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)

The funder is looking for fellowship proposals that meet the following four objectives:

useful research: proposals that will act as ‘pathfinders’ for conducting research and deriving insights from the dataset, and which showcase the potential for policy impact and public benefit
useful data: proposals that will develop the data as a useful research resource for future users
useful engagement: proposals that will foster opportunities between academia, government, the third sector and the public to allow fresh thinking to flourish and maintain public acceptance of the use of data for research purposes
community building: proposals that will greatly boost the applicant’s development as a research leader in their field and include activities promoting the development of a wider community around a particular dataset or theme

Award: Up to £175,000 funded at 80% fEC. Funding is available for 18 months.
Deadline: 24 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Scoping and developing a new UK-China creative industries R&I hub

Summary: AHRC is seeking to appoint a fellow with appropriate knowledge of UK-China R&I collaboration in the creative industries to lead the scoping and development of a new UK-China Creative Industries R&I Hub.

The fellow will lead the development of the hub strategic vision as well as a programme of UK and China stakeholder engagement activity, so as to ensure that UK and Chinese research and industry interests are embedded within the hub’s future activity. They will therefore play a key role in progressing plans for the function and form of the hub and leading the development of the UK-China partnerships required to underpin its launch and implementation.

Extending over a 12-month period, the fellowship will extend from the required development of the hub business case through to preparations for the infrastructure’s anticipated launch in summer 2024.

Award: Up to £170,000 funded at 100% fEC. Funding is available for 12 months, starting 1 May 2023.
Deadline: 24 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Scoping Longitudinal Qualitative Studies of Seldom Heard Families

Summary: Apply for funding to deliver a scoping study on the design and delivery of longitudinal qualitative studies of seldom heard families in the UK.

The overall objective of this opportunity is to provide evidence-based recommendations on the design and implementation of parallel longitudinal qualitative studies involving seldom heard families, which would supplement a new birth cohort study.

‘Seldom heard’ is defined here as people who tend to be underrepresented (or not represented at all) in general population studies.

Conducting the qualitative research itself is not required.

Award: Up to £150,000, funded at 80% fEC
Deadline: 24 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: ESRC Centres

Call to be published: February 2023
University of Cambridge Internal Deadline: 1 February 2023
Deadline for submitting outline proposals: TBA
Deadline for submitting full proposals: May 2023
Award start date: TBA

To take part in the internal selection process, please complete the online ESRC Centres submission form at https://forms.office.com/r/NB3BuZACUk by 01 February 2023 (NB: if asked to log-in, please use your Raven details). For your convenience, the attached document outlines the questions asked in the form.
Please note that the online form cannot be saved and/or returned to for future editing.

PDF copy of internal selection form came be found here.

Information Session

Please register here if you would like to attend.

National Capability for R&D in Screen and Performance

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

Standard AHRC eligibility rules apply.

Award: Funding will be awarded in 2 lots:

Lot 1: £51.1 million over 6 years, to design, build, develop and test the CoSTAR national lab: a state-of-the-art R&D and innovation facility for the screen and performance. Also, to provide a knowledge exchange and enterprise function and demonstrator or pilot programme.
Lot 2: £12.6 million over 6 years for the delivery of (up to) 3 CoSTAR network labs. These may be upgrades or enhancements of existing facilities.

AHRC plan to issue a subsequent funding opportunity (Lot 3) for a data insight and foresight unit (c£9.0 million).

Projects are funded at 100% fEC. Indexation (inflation adjustment) will not be added to these grants.
Deadline: 2 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research

Pre-announcement: Green Transition Ecosystems

Summary: Apply for funding to conduct research to address distinct challenges posed by the climate crisis, including but not limited to realising net zero goals.

Capitalising on clusters of design excellence, Green Transition Ecosystems (GTEs) are large scale projects that focus on translating the best design-led research into real-world benefits.

GTEs will connect directly with the wider Future Observatory: Design the Green Transition programme.

Projects begin September 2023 to run for 19 months.

Award: Up to £4.625 million funded at 80% fEC.
Deadline: 6 April 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Deliver Foundations for a Transformation in Digital Footprint Data

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update

UK government guarantee for UK participation in Horizon Europe:
At the UK has not yet associated to Horizon Europe, the UK government has announced a new scheme that guarantees funding for successful applicants to the first and second wave of Horizon Europe grant awards regardless of the outcome of the UK’s efforts to associate to Horizon Europe. Owing to some very specific requirements in completing the UKRI re-submissions, we urge applicants read the UKRI Guarantee FAQs that the ROO Office have produced and to contact us to ensure that the correct process is undertaken.

Future applications: The UK is still eligible to apply for EU funding and applications made through Cambridge must still apply as if the UK is already an Associated Country. This is because:
The EC states in the General Annexes (page 7) “…third countries negotiating association to Horizon Europe will be treated as entities established in an Associated Country…”
Applicants will not be eligible for the UK government funding if they are unable demonstrate that the sole reason they need funding is because the UK’s association has not been completed by the time the grant agreement needs to be signed – see page 4 in the Guidance.
Updates on Association: Please visit the Research Operation Office’s EU pages.

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

Highlighted notices:

Solutions for the sustainable, resilient, inclusive and accessible regeneration of neighbourhoods enabling low carbon footprint lifestyles and businesses (Built4People)
HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-02-02
Deadline: 24 January 2023

ERC Proof of Concept Grants

Summary: The ERC Proof of Concept Grants aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research, by funding further work (i.e. activities which were not scheduled to be funded by the original ERC frontier research grant) to verify the innovation potential of ideas arising from ERC funded projects. Proof of Concept Grants are therefore on offer only to Principal Investigators whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research.
Award: up to € 150,000 for a period of 18 months.
Deadline: 24 January 2023; 20 April 2023; 21 September 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Consolidator Grant

Leverhulme Trust Study Abroad Studentships

Summary: For students to study or undertake research at a centre of learning in any country except the UK or USA.
Award: Basic annual maintenance allowance of £23,040
Deadline: 9 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: your department's Research Grants Administrator

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and The British Academy Knowledge Frontiers Symposium

Summary: The symposium will bring together around 15 early career researchers from the UK and 15 from Germany (understood as up to 10 years after obtaining a PhD) from across the humanities and social sciences to discuss key questions around the theme of ‘What is a good city?’. The symposium is designed specifically to encourage collaboration and networking.

In order to incentivise long-term collaboration and networking, seed funding will be made available for which participants can apply. These collaborations must be international in their makeup, and can be either partnerships or groups. This funding is designed to facilitate collaborations that are formed directly from the symposium.

Participants will also be eligible to apply for CONNECT, a follow-up programme for participants of Frontiers of Research Symposia offered by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. It provides allowances for short workings visits in Germany or in the United Kingdom that can be taken up at any time following the symposium

Award: N/A
Deadline: 11 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy Conferences

Wellcome Trust Early-Career Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. The researcher will deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the aware, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme. Project duration is usually 5 years, but may be less for some disciplines and longer if held on a part-time basis.
Award: £400,000
Deadline: 21 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

National Lottery Heritage Fund

Nuffield Foundation - Research, Development and Analysis Fund

Summary: This scheme supports projects that improve the design and operation of social policy, especially in domains of education, welfare and justice. Preference is given to projects that:

identify and explain the social and economic determinants of opportunity and risk across the life span, focusing in particular on early childhood adversity, transitions from adolescence to young adulthood, and social and economic well-being in adulthood and later life;
improve well-being for society as a whole, while ameliorating negative outcomes and informing the foundations of and pathways towards a just and inclusive society;
support the development of workable evidence-based solutions for policy and practice over the medium term.

Projects normally have a duration between six months to three years.

Award: Between £10,000 and £3 million, but most are worth between £50,000 and £300,000.
Deadline: 13 March 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships

Philip Leverhulme Prizes

Subject areas 2023
Biological Sciences
History
Law
Mathematics and Statistics
Philosophy and Theology
Sociology and Social Policy

This call will be managed according to the University’s restricted calls policy. Further details from RSO regarding internal deadlines will be issued in the new year.

Award: Each prize is worth £100,000
Deadline: RSO Restricted Call: TBA; Funder deadline:17 May 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Garfield Weston Foundation Project Grants

Summary: The Foundation aims to be responsible to where need is greatest and therefore supports a wide range of charitable activity in the following categories: Arts; Education; Youth; Health; Museums & Heritage; Community; Environment; Faith; Welfare.

For applications below £100,000. These applications are reviewed by our Trustees on an ongoing basis

For applications of £100,000 or more. These are reviewed at one of the Foundation’s eight Board meetings a year and are carefully planned in advance to be fair to all applicants. Start by sending a two-page summary to admin@garfieldweston.org outlining what you are raising funds for, the total cost and fundraising target. The Foundation will provide bespoke guidance.

Award: Varies depending on project. The Foundation considers a grant towards yours costs and are unlikely to fund the total costs of a project.
Deadline: Rolling deadline.
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

University Collaboration Budget

Summary: Apply for funding for collaborative projects between the University of Cambridge and the Academic department at Cambridge University Press.

The Cambridge Advantage Academic Board at the Press will review all funding applications and assess them in line with the following criteria:

Feasibility and cost-effectiveness
Fulfilment of the shared aims
Level of direct collaboration between the two organisations.

Award: Between £5,000 and £10,000
Deadline: 31 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik and ucb@cambridge.org

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November 2022

UK Research Council Funding

Transforming UK Food Systems Through Trade (11 November 2022, RSO Restricted Call deadline) ESRC/BBSRC/MRC/NERC
ESRC New Investigator Grants (14 November 2022, University Internal Selection)
Develop sustainable cities and urban environments across Europe (21 November 2022, Outline Stage) ESRC/AHRC
Design Exchange Partnerships: design the green transition (30 November 2022) AHRC
The survey data collection methods collaboration (1 December 2022) ESRC
Engage the public with the future of health and care in the UK (13 December 2022) AHRC
Establish an Innovation Adoption Accelerator (13 December 2022) ESRC/Innovate UK
Apply to be an Academic Consultant on NHS Untold Film Stories (15 December 2022) AHRC
Strategic coordination hub for Local Policy Innovation Partnerships (12 January 2023) AHRC/ESRC/Innovate UK
Developing Local Policy Innovation Partnerships (12 January 2023) AHRC/ESRC/Innovate UK
Research Culture and Heritage Capital with an Interdisciplinary Team (17 January 2023) AHRC
Leadership team for National Capability in Behavioural Research (24 January 2023) ESRC
ADR UK Research Fellowships 2022 (24 January 2023) ESRC
Pre-announcement: Scoping Longitudinal Qualitative Studies of Seldom Heard Families (TBA January 2023) ESRC
National Capability for R&D in Screen and Performance (2 February 2023) AHRC
Collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research (15 February 2023) AHRC
Pre-announcement: ESRC Centres (TBA March 2023, RSO Restricted Call deadline)
Deliver Foundations for a Transformation in Digital Footprint Data (31 August 2023) ESRC
Pre-announcement: early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions (TBA) AHRC

EU Funding

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update
Horizon Europe Main Work Programme (various dates)
ERC Consolidator Grant (2 February 2023

Charity Funding

British Academy Visiting Fellowships 2023 (30 November 2022)
British Academy Wolfson Fellowships (30 November 2022)
Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards (1 December 2022)
Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards (6 December 2022)
British Academy Research Projects (9 December 2022)
Leverhulme Trust Study Abroad Studentships (9 January 2023)
Wellcome Trust Early-Career Awards (21 February 2023)
National Lottery Grants for Heritage (23 February 2023 and 25 May 2023)
Nuffield Foundation - Research, Development and Analysis Fund (TBA March 2023)
Garfield Weston Foundation Project Grants (open deadline)

Internal Funding

AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (14 November 2022)
Global Humanities Travel Scheme Grant (21 November 2022)
Large Grant Contribution Fund (rolling deadline; minimum 4 weeks before funder deadline)

Transforming UK Food Systems Through Trade

Summary: Apply for funding to support 1 interdisciplinary research project, for up to 2 years, to model the suite of factors that influence food imports to the UK market, and the associated interventions that could be implemented to transform the UK food system to improve the dietary health of UK citizens and the health of the environment. RSO's Internal Selection Form is here.
Award: Up to £680,000 funded at 80% fEC.
Deadline: 11 November 2022, RSO Restricted Call deadline.
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

ESRC New Investigator Grants

Summary: This scheme is suitable for early career researchers who have yet to make the transition to be an independent researcher. Proposals are welcome in any topic which falls within ESRC’s remit, including projects at the “interface with the wider sciences”, provided that social sciences accounts for at least 50% of the proposed research.

The ESRC expect the University to run an internal selection process to ensure that we submit only bids from outstanding individuals with the potential to become the research leaders of the future.

Interested applicants should submit an online application by 5pm on Monday 14 November 2022.
You will be required to upload the following:

Your research project proposal (template provided in the attached)
A letter of support from your Head of Department

This letter is very important to the success of the application as it is needed to confirm the details of the departmental support and the applicant’s eligibility. The letter must also specify a department/faculty based mentor, and a reviewer, both of whom have agreed to provide feedback on the full proposal, should the applicant be selected to proceed. The reviewer may be from within or outside the applicant’s department/faculty. Please note that naming a reviewer is an internal requirement, and the reviewer will not be named on the full application to the ESRC.The mentor and the named reviewer will be expected to provide feedback on the full proposal prior to submission to ESRC. This will be coordinated by the School Research Facilitator.

An X5 PDF report

The report should show the preliminary costing for the project, including the cost of the applicant’s salary and research assistance (if required). The X5 should not be submitted for ROO approval at this stage; the costing is for indicative purposes only, to inform the internal selection. It will be possible to modify it after the internal selection.

Award: Up to £300,000 funded at 80% fEC.
Deadline: 14 November 2022, University Internal Selection deadline.
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik and ESRCNewInv@admin.cam.ac.uk

Develop sustainable cities and urban environments across Europe

Summary: Apply for funding to address key urban challenges facing cities in the transition to a more sustainable economy. The research element must be social science led, and inclusion of arts and humanities and engineering researchers is strongly encouraged. UK funding is only available for topics under the '15-minute city' thematic area. Funding is available for three years.
Award: £415,000, funded at 80% fEC
Deadline: 21 November 2022, Outline Stage
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Design Exchange Partnerships: design the green transition

Summary: AHRC is now inviting proposals to the scaled-up Design Exchange Partnership scheme, which seeks to demonstrate tangible impact on local communities. In particular, we are keen to see this in places where investment can make the biggest difference to everyday life, including ex-industrial areas, deprived towns and coastal communities. This first full round will focus on the specific net zero+ and climate emergency challenges faced by the UK’s island and coastal communities.

A range of different types of design intervention can be supported, from product or service level innovation through to strategic, systems-level design thinking. Projects will start no later than 1 February 2023 and end no later than 31 January 2024.

Award: £30,000 to £40,000 plus a 5-10% non-academic partner organisation contributions. AHRC will fund at 80% fEC.
Deadline: 30 November 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

The survey data collection methods collaboration

Summary: Apply for funding to support a whole community collaborative response to deliver a step change in approaches to collecting population survey data. the outcomes of this grant will be critical to ensuring the needs of social survey data users in academia, government and beyond can be met. Survey data collection challenges are not unique to the UK and findings from this work are expected to have international relevance.
Award: The ESRC will contribute up to £3.3 million, which covers 80% of the fEC plus any exceptions paid at 100% fEC.
Deadline: 1 December 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Engage the public with the future of health and care in the UK

Summary: Apply for funding to deliver innovative public engagement activity that will help to shape debate and decision-making about the future of health and social care. Projects can be delivered at any time between June 2023 and March 2024.
Award: Up to £40,000. AHRC will fund 100% of the full economic cost.
Deadline: 13 December 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Establish an Innovation Adoption Accelerator

Summary: ESRC and Innovate UK invite applications to establish two dedicated innovation adoption accelerators with one accelerator for each of the following two sectors:

professional services: legal and accountancy
financial services: focus on insurance, lending, advisory, and payment and transaction systems.

ESRC and Innovate UK will fund two accelerators across the sectors, taking a portfolio approach.

The aims of the adoption accelerators are to:

enable research-led organisations to support businesses in these sectors by designing and delivering a targeted and ambitious innovation adoption programme that will work with and support firms directly, enabling collaborative working
unlock the potential of the social sciences to better support firms to innovate, including building capabilities for business impact
build on existing experience and success of collaborating and supporting businesses to adopt innovation
act as centres of expertise and support to firms in the targeted sectors to help them:
- be more knowledgeable, confident and skilled in becoming greater adopters of innovation and new, specifically digital, technologies
- drive their own innovation, research and development
provide evidence of what works to help UKRI, other researchers, policymakers and the industry understand the barriers, opportunities and solutions in innovation within these sectors.

Award: Up to £1,875,000. ESRC and Innovate UK will fund 80% of the full economic cost. Funding is available between May 2023 and September 2025.
Deadline: 13 December 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Apply to be an Academic Consultant on NHS Untold Film Stories

Summary: Apply to be an academic consultant on Untold Film Stories to:

work with a BFI curator to support film teams creating films inspired by the BFI’s NHS on Film archive
support film teams to deliver community engagement programmes that engage diverse audiences during the filmmaking process

AHRC will fund around 3 film teams on a new scheme, ‘Untold Film Stories’, funded by AHRC, in partnership with BFI.

You must be able to support the film teams between March and November 2023. This is part of the NHS’ 75th anniversary in 2023.

Strategic coordination hub for Local Policy Innovation Partnerships

Award: up to € 2 million for a period of 5 years. An additional € 1 million can be requested to cover start-up costs, the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities.

Deadline: 17 March 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Developing Local Policy Innovation Partnerships

Research Culture and Heritage Capital with an Interdisciplinary Team

Summary: Apply for funding to research culture and heritage capital and help develop a robust and holistic approach for capturing and articulating the value of culture and heritage.

Projects should be interdisciplinary and must include:

at least 1 arts and humanities researcher
at least 1 economist

Projects should be between 6 and 36 months in duration.

Award: Up to £450,000 funded at 80% of fEC
Deadline: 17 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Leadership team for a National Capability in Behaviour Research

ADR UK Research Fellowships 2022

Summary: Apply for funding to conduct research and analysis demonstrating the policy impact potential of key Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) flagship datasets.

Priority datasets for this round are:

Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO)
Growing Up In England (GUIE)
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)

The funder is looking for fellowship proposals that meet the following four objectives:

useful research: proposals that will act as ‘pathfinders’ for conducting research and deriving insights from the dataset, and which showcase the potential for policy impact and public benefit
useful data: proposals that will develop the data as a useful research resource for future users
useful engagement: proposals that will foster opportunities between academia, government, the third sector and the public to allow fresh thinking to flourish and maintain public acceptance of the use of data for research purposes
community building: proposals that will greatly boost the applicant’s development as a research leader in their field and include activities promoting the development of a wider community around a particular dataset or theme

Award: Up to £175,000 funded at 80% fEC. Funding is available for 18 months.
Deadline: 24 January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: Scoping Longitudinal Qualitative Studies of Seldom Heard Families

Summary: Apply for funding to deliver a scoping study on the design and delivery of longitudinal qualitative studies of seldom heard families in the UK.

‘Seldom heard’ is defined here as people who tend to be underrepresented (or not represented at all) in general population studies.

Conducting the qualitative research itself is not required.

Award: Up to £150,000, funded at 80% fEC
Deadline: TBA January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

National Capability for R&D in Screen and Performance

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

Standard AHRC eligibility rules apply.

Award: Funding will be awarded in 2 lots:

Lot 1: £51.1 million over 6 years, to design, build, develop and test the CoSTAR national lab: a state-of-the-art R&D and innovation facility for the screen and performance. Also, to provide a knowledge exchange and enterprise function and demonstrator or pilot programme.
Lot 2: £12.6 million over 6 years for the delivery of (up to) 3 CoSTAR network labs. These may be upgrades or enhancements of existing facilities.

AHRC plan to issue a subsequent funding opportunity (Lot 3) for a data insight and foresight unit (c£9.0 million).

Projects are funded at 100% fEC. Indexation (inflation adjustment) will not be added to these grants.
Deadline: 2 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research

Pre-announcement: ESRC Centres

Call to be published: February 2023
Estimated University of Cambridge Internal Deadline: March 2023
Deadline for submitting outline proposals: TBA
Deadline for submitting full proposals: May 2023
Award start date: TBA

Award: Between £5 to £10 million funded at 80% fEC.
Deadline: TBA March 2023, RSO Restricted Call deadline.
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik and researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk

Deliver Foundations for a Transformation in Digital Footprint Data

Pre-announcement: Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions

Summary: The overall purpose of this funding opportunity is to enable early career postdoctoral (or equivalent) researchers to gain research and career experience in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) sector.
They will do this through working in a major cultural or heritage host organisation on a co-designed research project that will also benefit the host organisation. Fellowships should start between 1 October 2023 and 1 January 2024 and last between one and two years (longer if part-time).
Award: £250,000
Deadline: TBA
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

Highlighted notices:

Better understanding of citizens’ behavioural and psychological reactions in the event of a disaster or crisis situation
HORIZON-CL3-2022-DRS-01-04
Deadline: 23 November 2022

Public spaces are protected while respecting privacy and avoiding mass surveillance
HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-04
Deadline: 23 November 2022

Solutions for the sustainable, resilient, inclusive and accessible regeneration of neighbourhoods enabling low carbon footprint lifestyles and businesses (Built4People)
HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-02-02
Deadline: 24 January 2023

ERC Consolidator Grant

British Academy Visiting Fellowships 2023

Summary: This programme provides outstanding academics based in any country overseas with the opportunity to be based at a UK higher education or other research institution. The aim is to: enhance and build new links between scholars from around the globe and in the UK; foster opportunities for collaborative research and partnerships; enable academics from across the globe to undertake research and/or professional development with UK colleagues. Independent scholars are also welcome to apply.
Award: Maximum of £33,000.
Deadline: 30 November 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

British Academy Wolfson Fellowship

Summary: These awards provide early-career academics with the most valuable commodity -- time -- by releasing them form some of their administrative and teaching duties to pursue their research, along with funding for public engagement and travel. The award duration is three years.
Award: Maximum of £130,000 (£90,000 for time buy out, and up to £40,000 for research and travel expenses).
Deadline: 30 November 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. Funding duration is usually 8 years.
Award: the award covers salary, staff and research costs. You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s appropriate for your proposal.
Deadline: 1 December 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. The award usually lasts for 8 years, but may be less for some disciplines, such as humanities and social science.
Award: You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s appropriate for your proposed research. You will need to justify these costs in your grant application.
Deadline: 6 December 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy Research Projects

Summary: The Academy Research Projects are intended to offer the kitemarking of academic excellence to major long-term infrastructural projects or research facilities, intended to produce fundamental works of scholarship rather than to produce interpretative works or monographs.

The Academy grants the title of Academy Research Project to about 55 long-term enterprises, each organised and run by its own project committee. So long as the projects continue to work towards their agreed objectives and remain active and productive, the Academy expects to maintain long-term support. Current projects include some supported since the 1920s and 1930s.

Award: Maximum grant is £5,000 per annum and it is desirable that the projects will be able to complete within 10 years.
Deadline: 9 December 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Leverhulme Trust Study Abroad Studentships

Wellcome Trust Early-Career Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. The researcher will deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the aware, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme. Project duration is usually 5 years, but may be less for some disciplines and longer if held on a part-time basis.
Award: £400,000
Deadline: 21 February 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

National Lottery Heritage Fund

Nuffield Foundation - Research, Development and Analysis Fund

Summary: This scheme supports projects that improve the design and operation of social policy, especially in domains of education, welfare and justice. Preference is given to projects that:

identify and explain the social and economic determinants of opportunity and risk across the life span, focusing in particular on early childhood adversity, transitions from adolescence to young adulthood, and social and economic well-being in adulthood and later life;
improve well-being for society as a whole, while ameliorating negative outcomes and informing the foundations of and pathways towards a just and inclusive society;
support the development of workable evidence-based solutions for policy and practice over the medium term.

Projects normally have a duration between six months to three years.

Award: Between £10,000 and £3 million, but most are worth between £50,000 and £300,000.
Deadline: TBA March 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Garfield Weston Foundation Project Grants

For applications below £100,000. These applications are reviewed by our Trustees on an ongoing basis

AHRC Impact Acceleration Account

Summary: Apply for funding to enhance the non-academic impact of arts and humanities research at the University of Cambridge. Applications which support placements for knowledge exchange activities in order to foster partnership working with non-HEI organisations are also welcome. You must: be a researcher in the arts and humanities; be a senior research with a current contract of employment at the University OR be an early career research with support from a senior research as a Co-I; have approval from the respective HoD.
Award: Maximum amount of £10,000 per award.
Deadline: 14 November 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Lucy Sheerman

Global Humanities Travel Scheme

Summary: The Global Humanities Initiative is a collaboration between the University of Cambridge and universities in China (Fudan, Nanjing), India (Ashoka), the Middle East (American University of Beirut), Latin America (Universidad Diego Portales, Chile), and Turkey (Sabanci University). It seeks to advance the Humanities as a common enterprise, incorporating traditional and new ways of scholarship and developing novel ways of teaching and researching.

One of the goals of its current development phase is to foster staff mobility between institutions. This scheme is designed primarily to provide funding for scholarly exchange between Cambridge and its partner universities that leads to joint teaching ventures (primarily but not exclusively at post-graduate level); and secondarily to build the basis for new research initiatives which can lead to larger-scale opportunities/collaborations in the future. Applications will normally be considered for stays of between 2 and 4 weeks.

The Scheme is open to all Faculties in the School of Arts and Humanities as well as the History Faculty. Call details can be found here.

Award: Varies.
Deadline: 21 November 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: GlobalHumanities@admin.cam.ac.uk

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AHSS Bulletin October 2022

AHSS Research and Impact Facilitation Bulletin

October 2022

UK Research Council Funding

Explore experiences and outcomes of the family justice system (20 October 2022) ESRC
Embedding methodological development in social science research: 2022 (25 October 2022) ESRC
Develop sustainable cities and urban environments across Europe (21 November 2022, Outline Stage) ESRC/AHRC
Design Exchange Partnerships: design the green transition (30 November 2022) AHRC
The survey data collection methods collaboration (1 December 2022) ESRC
Engage the public with the future of health and care in the UK (13 December 2022) AHRC
Leadership team for National Capability in Behavioural Research (24 January 2023) ESRC
Pre-announcement: strategic coordination hub for Local Policy Innovation Partnerships (TBC January 2023) AHRC/ESRC/Innovate UK
Pre-announcement: developing Local Policy Innovation Partnerships (TBA January 2023) AHRC/ESRC/Innovate UK
Pre-announcement: collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research (15 February 2023) AHRC
Pre-announcement: early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions (TBA) AHRC

EU Funding

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update
Horizon Europe Main Work Programme (various dates)
ERC Consolidator Grant (2 February 2023)

Charity Council Funding

British Academy International Writing Workshops (9 November 2022)
Leverhulme Trust International Fellowships (10 November 2022)
British Academy Talent Development Awards (16 November 2022)
British Academy Visiting Fellowships 2023 (30 November 2022)
British Academy Wolfson Fellowships (30 November 2022)
Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards (1 December 2022)
Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards (6 December 2022)

Internal Funding

Cambridge Humanities Research Grants (24 October 2022)
AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (14 November 2022)
Large Grant Contribution Fund (rolling deadline; minimum 4 weeks before funder deadline)

Explore experiences and outcomes of the family justice system

Summary: ESRC/Innovate UK are seeking to fund an ambitious new investment in an Innovation and Research Caucus to help enable and support UKRI to be a global leader in understanding and creating the evidence in the research and innovation funding system.

This opportunity is open to:

principal investigators based at UK research organisations eligible for UKRI funding
business, third sector and government body co-investigators

You will work with the network and key UKRI stakeholders to, for example:

act as a trusted expert that supports UKRI in the development of evidence-led research and innovation policies, strategies and decision-making
create an interdisciplinary network of business innovation and research funding policy experts

The caucus will support UKRI to remove barriers and create the best conditions for a thriving innovation ecosystem. This will include supporting us to understand key innovation drivers, such as finance and business models, labour markets and skills, consumer behaviour, regulation and broader macroeconomic conditions, as well as effective approaches to the adoption and diffusion of innovation throughout society.

Award: £145,000 funded at 80% fEC. Funding can last up to 15 months.
Deadline: 20 October 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Embedding methodological development in social science research: 2022

Summary: Apply for funding to refine recently developed methodological approaches developed since March 2020 to enable them to be fully embedded in social science research practice. Many of the adaptations and innovations that occurred across a range of methodologies during the pandemic will offer long-term benefits to the community. Funding is available for up to three years.
Award: Up to £1 million fEC, funded at 80%
Deadline: 25 October 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Develop sustainable cities and urban environments across Europe

Summary: Apply for funding to address key urban challenges facing cities in the transition to a more sustainable economy. The research element must be social science led, and inclusion of arts and humanities and engineering researchers is strongly encouraged. UK funding is only available for topics under the '15-minute city' thematic area. Funding is available for three years.
Award: £415,000, funded at 80% fEC
Deadline: 21 November 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Design Exchange Partnerships: design the green transition

The survey data collection methods collaboration

Engage the public with the future of health and care in the UK

Leadership team for a National Capability in Behaviour Research

Summary: The ESRC is looking to fund a team to act as a ‘hub’ to develop the UK’s national capability in behavioural research. The key objectives are to: 1) facilitate evidence-based decision making through timely, high impact and independent research on human behaviour that meets the needs of policy makers, industry and civil society; 2) enhance national capability by building a critical mass of researchers with the knowledge and skills to transform our understanding of human behaviour. The ‘hub’ will sit at the heart of a ‘hub and spoke’ model and be complemented by a series of ‘spokes’ that will deliver key elements of the programme.
Award: ESRC will fund 80% of fEC
Deadline: TBA. Further details will be released in September 2022.
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: strategic coordination hub for Local Policy Innovation Partnerships

Award: Up to £3.6 million, funded at 80% fEC
Deadline: TCB January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: developing Local Policy Innovation Partnerships

Summary: Apply for funding to develop Local Policy Innovation Partnerships (LPIP). LPIPs will connect local policy and research partnership, providing research, evidence, data and expertise to take advantage of opportunties and find place-soloutions to challenges that matter to local people and communities. Partnerships will be equitable and sustainable with co-creation and co-delivery at thier heart.
Award: £30,000 to £50,000, funded at 80% fEC
Deadline: TCB January 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research

Pre-announcement: Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions

Summary: The overall purpose of this funding opportunity is to enable early career postdoctoral (or equivalent) researchers to gain research and career experience in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) sector.
They will do this through working in a major cultural or heritage host organisation on a co-designed research project that will also benefit the host organisation. Fellowships should start between 1 October 2023 and 1 January 2024 and last between one and two years (longer if part-time).
Award: £250,000
Deadline: TBA
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

Highlighted notices:

Better understanding of citizens’ behavioural and psychological reactions in the event of a disaster or crisis situation
HORIZON-CL3-2022-DRS-01-04
Deadline: 23 November 2022

Public spaces are protected while respecting privacy and avoiding mass surveillance
HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-04
Deadline: 23 November 2022

Effective fight against trafficking in human beings
HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-07
Deadline: 23 November 2022

ERC Consolidator Grant

British Academy International Writing Workshop

Summary: The aim of this scheme is to cultivate professional networks and mentorship and provide access for early career researchers in developing countries to the academic requirements of journals, and to equip them with the necessary knowledge and skills to publish in these journals. 1 March 2023 is the earliest start date.
Award: Maximum of £30,000
Deadline: 9 November 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Leverhulme Trust International Fellowships

Summary: For established researchers to develop new knowledge, skills and ideas in one or more research centres outside the UK. The scheme may be used for: developing new lines of research through overseas collaboration; making ‘discipline-hopping excursions’ into new areas of research; developing innovations in teaching; preparing for collaborating grant applications; observing and sharing ground-breaking techniques of practices.
Award: Maximum of £50,000
Deadline: 10 November 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

British Academy Talent Development Awards

Summary: The aim of the scheme is to promote the building of skills and capacities for current and future generations, including in core areas like quantitative skills, interdisciplinary, data science, digital humanities and languages. it is intended for researchers who wish to explore new opportunities for skills development and knowledge translation. The awards will be valuable to researchers wishing to pilot new methods and approaches in order to apply for larger grants in the longer term or develop new partnerships. Awards for for a minimum period of 6 to 12 months, starting no earlier than 1 March 2023 and no later than 31 March 2023.
Award: Maximum of £10,000 funded at 100%.
Deadline: 16 November 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy Visiting Fellowships 2023

British Academy Wolfson Fellowship

Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. Funding duration is usually 8 years.
Award: the award covers salary, staff and research costs. You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s appropriate for your proposal.
Deadline: 1 December 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. The award usually lasts for 8 years, but may be less for some disciplines, such as humanities and social science.
Award: You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s appropriate for your proposed research. You will need to justify these costs in your grant application.
Deadline: 6 December 2022
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Cambridge Humanities Research Grants

Award: The award is made up of three tiers: Tier 1 up to £1.5k; Tier 2 up to £20k; Tier 3, up to £10k.

Deadline: 4 April 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

AHRC Impact Acceleration Account

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AHSS Bulletin September 2022

AHSS Research and Impact Facilitation Bulletin

September 2022

If you want to discuss funding opportunities or you are working on an application for research funding and would like feedback on a draft, please do contact the School’s Research Facilitators: Anna Cieslik (UK Funding) and Elizabeth Penner (EU/International Funding). For Impact related queries please contact Lucy Sheerman (Impact Facilitator).

Research Facilitation Welcome Week

17 Mill Lane. Further details on how to register will be released shortly.

Applying for Research Funding: Lunch Session

12 October 2022, 11am–1pm

This session will cover the basic funding schemes available to researchers in permanent or long-term positions. It will also provide an overview of the application process at the University of Cambridge. Lunch will be provided.

Drop-in Session

18 October, 11am–12:30pm

Please come by for a coffee and a biscuit- we would be happy to talk to you about your project and potential funding sources. No preparation necessary.

How to Write a Grant Proposal (ZOOM)

25 October, 12:30–13:30pm

This interactive online workshop will introduce you to the secrets of writing clear and convincing grant applications. We will discuss elements of a successful proposal and look at successful and unsuccessful examples.

UK Research Council Funding

Host the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre: stage one, AHRC (12 September 2022 *extended deadline)
Resilience to crises’ highlight notice – ESRC / AHRC (Outline applications: 20 September 2022)
Large grants for ambitious research in the social sciences, ESRC (20 September 2022)
Develop research for BBC platforms: New Generation Thinkers 2023 (22 September 2022)
International networks of disability-inclusive global development, AHRC (22 September 2022)
Pre-announcement: UKRI New Collaborations to Support Easting Disorders Research (Restricted call, internal deadline: 12pm on 26 September 2022)
Lead a network of innovation and research funding policy experts, ESRC/Innovate UK (27 September 2022)
Explore experiences and outcomes of the family justice system, ESRC (20 October 2022)
Embedding methodological development in social science research: 2022, ESRC (25 October 2022)
AHRC, Pre-announcement: Design Exchange Partnerships: design the green transition (30 November 2022)
AHRC, Pre-announcement: collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research (15 February 2023)
AHRC, Pre-announcement: early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions (TBA)
ESRC, Pre-announcement: Leadership team for National Capability in Behavioural Research (TBA)

EU Funding

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update
Horizon Europe Main Work Programme (multiple deadlines)
Sorbonne University – Paris IAS Research Chair on “Major changes”: Impacts of AI / the environmental transition 2023-2024 (4 October 2022)
ERC Starting Grant (25 October 2022)
ERC Consolidator Grant (2 February 2023)

Charity Funding

Nuffield Foundation: Research, development and analysis fund (First Stage, 12 September 2022)
British Academy Innovation Fellowships Scheme- Route A: Researcher-led (14 September 2022)
Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship 2023 – Round 1 (10 October 2022)
Wellcome Trust Early Career Awards (18 October 2022)
British Academy, Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research 2023 ‘Global (Dis)Order’ (19 October 2022)
British Academy International Writing Workshops (9 November 2022)
Leverhulme Trust International Fellowships (10 November 2022)
British Academy Visiting Fellowships 2023 (30 November 2022)
Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards (1 December 2022)
Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards (6 December 2022)

Internal Funding

DAAD-University of Cambridge Research (8 September 2022)
Social Science Impact Fund (30 September 2022)
Pre-announcement: AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (TBC October 2022)
Large Grant Contribution Fund (rolling deadline; minimum 4 weeks before funder deadline)

Training

Public Engagement Training Sessions

Host the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre: stage one (AHRC)

Summary: This opportunity is to submit an ‘expression of interest’ to host the continuation of the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) project, including hosting its core team (led by Hasan Bakhshi). This constitutes stage one of the process of funding the next phase of the PEC. Stage two (by invitation and for the successful new host only) will involve the development of a proposal for funding between the current PEC Director and new host.

It is strongly recommended that prospective bidders set up a meeting with the current PEC Director and AHRC in order to discuss more detail of the planned structure and operation of the PEC in its next phase.

Award: Up to £11 million funded at 80%

Deadline: 12 September 2022, extended deadline

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

‘Resilience to crises’ highlight notice (within the ESRC call)

Summary: This highlight notice is open to interdisciplinary proposals from across the social sciences, arts and humanities. At least 50% of the proposed programme of research must fall within the combined remit of ESRC and AHRC. The ESRC and AHRC are looking to fund one large grant that has the capacity to help decision makers either: pre-empt and reduce vulnerabilities to crises; support the sustainable management of risk; support inclusive and sustained recoveries from crises. Examples of crises include, but are not limited to: civil and international conflict, financial crises, pollution events, ecological disturbances. Projects are expected to begin by 1 October 2023.

Award: Proposals must be tween £1 million and £2.5 million fEC. ESRC/AHRC will fund 80% of fEC.

Deadline: Outline application is due 20 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Large grants for ambitious research in the social sciences: outline stage

Summary: Apply for funding that will undertake a programme of ambitious and novel research, show strong commitment for the career development of researchers, make significant contributions to scientific and economic or social impact, drive interdisciplinary research within and beyond the social sciences, take advantage of international collaborative or comparative opportunities. Successful applications will be led by either researchers with appropriate experience, or less experiences researchers with appropriate mentoring and support.

This funding opportunity is separate from the ESRC research centres competition which provides larger scale funding. The ESRC plans to launch a research centres competition in 2023.

Award: Between £1 million and £2.5 million at fEC, funded at 80%. Proposals can be up to 5 years in duration.

Deadline: Outline application is due 20 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Develop research for BBC platforms: New Generation Thinkers 2023

Summary: This scheme offers early career researchers the opportunity to develop programmes for the BBC. Successful applicants will workshop ideas with BBC producers, receive media and public engagement training, and a platform for informing and influencing public opinion, policy and practice. Applicants must be either a current PhD student, within eight years of the award of your PhD or within six years of your first academic appointment.

Award: Travel Expenses for the final 10 New Generation Thinkers

Deadline: 22 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

International networks for disability-inclusive global development (AHRC)

Summary: This funding opportunity is looking to support research networking activities exploring the distinctive contributions that arts and humanities research can make to achieving disability inclusive sustainable global development.

Research networks are intended to:

stimulate new debate and exchange of ideas between researchers and stakeholders

develop or extend research partnerships, collaborations and ways of working across organisational, disciplinary, national or other boundaries

support collaboration and inclusive engagement of wider communities in research agenda settings, co-design and critical reflection.

Award: Up to £100,000 fEC (80% fEC for UK researchers; 100% fEC for some international costs)

Deadline: 22 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

UKRI New Collaborations to Support Eating Disorders (Restricted Call)

Summary: This call aims to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration by mobilising academia, industry and the charity sector, local authorities and service providers from associated areas to align their interest to eating disorders research. Applications may be broad in scope or focused on a particular aspect of the broad spectrum of eating disorders.

University Internal selection

The University can lead on only one application (but can collaborate on any number). Therefore, this call will be managed according to the University’s restricted calls policy.

All University’s Principal Investigators (PIs) planning to lead on a proposal should follow the internal process outlined below. Co-Investigators on applications led by other institutions do not need to take part in this selection process – but they should check internal procedures of the leading organisation.

Due to the funder’s tight timeframes for this scheme, the University’s internal processes will run parallel to their intention to submit stage – and will closely mirror their requirements. As a result, Cambridge PIs should submit the following to researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk by 12pm on 26 September 2022:

The attached Intention to Submit form. NB: This is exactly the same form that the funder will request.
A support letter from the Head of the Department / Centre / Institute that will hold the grant, confirming their support for the project and an agreement to host it.

Award: Up to £1 million for three years.

Deadline: 12pm on 26 September 2022 (Internal Restricted Call); 03 October 2022 (Mandatory Intention to Submit); 16 November 2022 (Full Proposal).

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik and researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk

Lead a network of innovation and research funding policy experts, ESRC/Innovate UK

Summary: ESRC/Innovate UK are seeking to fund an ambitious new investment in an Innovation and Research Caucus to help enable and support UKRI to be a global leader in understanding and creating the evidence in the research and innovation funding system.

This opportunity is open to:

principal investigators based at UK research organisations eligible for UKRI funding

business, third sector and government body co-investigators

You will work with the network and key UKRI stakeholders to, for example:

act as a trusted expert that supports UKRI in the development of evidence-led research and innovation policies, strategies and decision-making

create an interdisciplinary network of business innovation and research funding policy experts

Award: Stage one (co-design) £100,000; Stage two (programme delivery) up to £5.9m.

Deadline: 27 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Explore experiences and outcomes of the family justice system, ESRC

Summary: Apply for funding to better out understanding of children and families’ experiences and outcomes of the family justice system. The scheme is looking for proposals that meet the following three objectives:

Act as ‘pathfinders’ for conducting research and deriving insights from the datasets;
Develop the data as a useful research resource for future users;
Foster opportunities between academia, government, the third sector and the public that allow fresh thinking to flourish.

Award: £145,000 funded at 80% fEC. Funding can last up to 15 months.

Deadline: 20 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Embedding methodological development in social science research: 2022, ESRC

Summary: Apply for funding to refine recently developed methodological approaches developed since March 2020 to enable them to be fully embedded in social science research practice. Many of the adaptations and innovations that occurred across a range of methodologies during the pandemic will offer long-term benefits to the community. Funding is available for up to three years.

Award: Up to £1 million fEC, funded at 80%

Deadline: 25 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: Design Exchange Partnerships: designing net zero

A range of different types of design intervention can be supported, from product or service level innovation through to strategic, systems-level design thinking. Projects will start no later than 1 February 2023 and end no later than 31 January 2024.

Award: £30,000 to £40,000 plus a 5-10% non-academic partner organisation contributions. AHRC will fund at 80% fEC.

Deadline: 30 November 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research (AHRC)

Summary: Projects must focus on substantive research and feature an integrated work programme. Funding will be open to applications addressing any research topic where there is significant potential to advance knowledge through collaborative research.

Award: Up to £350,000 from the AHRC funded at 80% fEC; DFG does not specify a maximum limit for the German-based collaborator(s).

Deadline: 15 February 2023

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Pre-announcement: Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions (AHRC)

They will do this through working in a major cultural or heritage host organisation on a co-designed research project that will also benefit the host organisation. Fellowships should start between 1 October 2023 and 1 January 2024 and last between one and two years (longer if part-time).

Award: £250,000

Deadline: TBA

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: Leadership team for a National Capability in Behavioural Research (ESRC)

Award: ESRC will fund 80% of fEC

Deadline: TBA. Further details will be released in September 2022.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update

UK government guarantee for UK participation in Horizon Europe:

At the UK has not yet associated to Horizon Europe, the UK government has announced a new scheme that guarantees funding for successful applicants to the first and second wave of Horizon Europe grant awards regardless of the outcome of the UK’s efforts to associate to Horizon Europe. Owing to some very specific requirements in completing the UKRI re-submissions, we urge applicants read the UKRI Guarantee FAQs that the ROO Office have produced and to contact us to ensure that the correct process is undertaken.

Future applications: The UK is still eligible to apply for EU funding and applications made through Cambridge must still apply as if the UK is already an Associated Country. This is because:

The EC states in the General Annexes (page 7) “…third countries negotiating association to Horizon Europe will be treated as entities established in an Associated Country…”

Applicants will not be eligible for the UK government funding if they are unable demonstrate that the sole reason they need funding is because the UK’s association has not been completed by the time the grant agreement needs to be signed – see page 4 in the Guidance.

Updates on Association: Please visit the Research Operation Office’s EU pages

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

The link to this list offers further details on calls relevant to SAHSS; it is not an exhaustive list so please refer the Horizon Europe Portal for full details. UKRO also have some very useful Factsheets that outline the thematic clusters that make up the three pillars of research support offered.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Highlighted notices:

AI for human empowerment (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-02-01

Deadline: 16 November 2022

Public spaces are protected while respecting privacy and avoiding mass surveillance

HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-04

Deadline: 23 November 2022

Effective fight against trafficking in human beings

HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-07

Deadline: 23 November 2022

Sorbonne University – Paris IAS Research Chair on “Major Societal Changes”: Impacts and ethical dimensions of environmental transition and/or artificial intelligence

Summary: The chair offers 5- and 10-month fellowships at the Paris IAS in the academic year 2023-2024 to work on a project on the societal or ethical dimension and impacts of digitization and artificial intelligence and/or the environmental transition. The focus of the Chair is Social sciences and Humanities, but it is also open to projects in other disciplines building bridges with societal issues. Projects based on citizen science are very welcome. Fellows will work with prioritized research teams of Sorbonne University.

Any researcher with PhD + 2 years of experience who is not based in France is eligible. Fellowships will be held from 1 September 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Award: Research stipend, housing, travel between University of Cambridge and Paris IAS, office space.

Deadline: 4 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Starting Grant

Summary: The ERC Starting Grant is designed for researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD. The programme is designed to support PIs who have already shown the potential for research independence and evidence of maturity, for example by having produced at least one important publication as main author or without the participation of their PhD supervisor. The Starting Grant will support the PI in starting their own independent research team or programme. PIs must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their research proposal.

Award: up to € 1.5 million for a period of 5 years. An additional € 1 million can be requested to cover start-up costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities.

Deadline: 25 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Consolidator Grant

Award: up to € 2 million for a period of 5 years. An additional € 1 million can be requested to cover start-up costs, the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities.

Deadline: 2 February 2023

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Nuffield Foundation: Research, Development and Analysis Fund (Outline Stage)

Summary: This fund is for projects to inform the design and operation of social policy and practice across the Foundation’s three core domains – Education, Welfare and Justice. The Foundation prioritizes research that: identifies and explains the social and economic determinants of opportunity and risk across life span; improves well-being for society as a whole and informing foundations and pathways to a just and inclusive society; supports the development of workable evidence-based solutions for policy and practice.

Award: Up to £750,000

Deadline: 12 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy: Innovation Fellowships Scheme Route A – Researcher-led

Summary: This fellowship scheme supports the creation of new and deeper links beyond academia. Fellowships will forge innovative place-based partnerships to create new intellectual, cultural, community and economic opportunities that will address key societal challenges. This includes, but is not limited to: developing new approaches for supporting innovation across the economy, regions and society; contributing to and leading on challenges targeted at increasing links with industry and business; improving direct connection of researchers with policymakers, leaders and innovators at local and regional levels. Awards are for between 6 and 12 months in duration. Projects must start between 1 February –31 March 2023.

Award: Up to £120,000 FeC. The Lead Applicant must commit between 0.4 and 0.8 FTE to the Fellowship.

Deadline: 14 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship 2023 – Round 1

Summary: This programme enables distinguished academics based in overseas universities to spend an extended period at a UK higher education institution. Visits should be between 3–12 months and can be spread over a number of visits over a period of up to two years.

Award: between £10,000 and £150,000

Deadline: 10 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Early-Career Awards

Award: £400,000

Deadline: 18 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy, Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research 2023 ‘Global (Dis)Order’

Summary: This fund will support projects that develop new international research in the humanities and social sciences, to further understanding of global order and disorder. Awards made through the programme will: bring a deeper, more nuanced and historically aware thinking to the topic; identify contributions that could be made to international and national knowledge exchange, practice and policy development in this area; develop way of communicating and collaborating in cross-disciplinary and multilingual working in partnerships with colleagues internationally. A Co-Applicant based overseas is required and that amongst the PI and Co-Applicant(s) there is a range of disciplines from humanities and the social sciences.

Award: £200,000 for projects 24 months in duration.

Deadline: 19 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

British Academy International Writing Workshops

Award: Maximum of £30,000

Deadline: 9 November 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Leverhulme Trust International Fellowships

Award: Maximum of £50,000

Deadline: 10 November 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

British Academy Visiting Fellowships 2023

Award: Maximum of £33,000.

Deadline: 30 November 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards

Award: the award covers salary, staff and research costs. You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s appropriate for your proposal.

Deadline: 1 December 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards

Award: You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s appropriate for your proposed research. You will need to justify these costs in your grant application.

Deadline: 6 December 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

DAAD-University of Cambridge Research Hub for German Studies

Summary: This scheme funds workshops and seed funding for projects; visits to Cambridge by German scholars; and public engagement activities.

Award: Up to £5,000. The scheme has set rates for workshops, travel and visiting scholars. Please consult the website for further details.

Deadline: 8 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Ms Ingrid Hobbis

ESRC Social Science Impact Fund

Summary: The Social Science Impact Fund (SSIF) aims to support the use of research and expertise through the development of relationships with non-academic stakeholders, beneficiaries, and partners. It is aimed at researchers with UTO status working on subjects within the social sciences and based in any academic department at the University of Cambridge.

Award: Up to £20,000. Projects can last up to 12 months in duration.

Deadline: 30 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Tina Basi

Pre-announcement: AHRC Impact Acceleration Account

Award: Maximum amount of £10,000 per award.

Deadline: TBC October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Lucy Sheerman

Large Grant Contribution Fund

Award: Up to 10% of the award value. PI buyout and equipment are not eligible costs for request.

Deadline: Minimum 4 weeks before funder deadline.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik and Rpc@admin.cam.ac.uk

Public Engagement Training Sessions

The University of Cambridge Public Engagement Team provides a portfolio of transferable skill trainings and support for PGR students, researchers and professional staff.

The ‘Engaged Researcher’ training covers all areas of public engagement with research by combining expert led practical workshops and taught sessions. The sessions will give you the support needed to organise, develop, deliver, communicate, publish and evaluate your Public Engagement activities, through creative tools from stand-up comedy, digital engagement to grant writing – find the trainings that match your needs and career profile and combine them into your personal training suite.

Please get in touch with Dr Selen Etingu-Breslaw with any training related queries.

AHSS Bulletin August 2022

AHSS Research and Impact Facilitation Bulletin

August 2022

If you want to discuss funding opportunities or you are working on an application for research funding and would like feedback on a draft, please do contact the School’s Research Facilitators – Anna Cieslik (UK Funding) and Elizabeth Penner (EU/International Funding).  For Impact related queries please contact Lucy Sheerman (Impact Facilitator).

You can find more information on the AHSS Research Website, search our External Funding Deadline Calendar and look at Previous Bulletins.  We are also now on Twitter! Follow us for updates on funding calls and information sessions.

UK Research Council Funding

Host the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre: stage one, AHRC (12 September 2022 *extended deadline)

Equality, diversity and inclusion caucus, UKRI (15 September 2022)
Resilience to crises’ highlight notice – ESRC / AHRC (Outline applications: 20 September 2022)
Large grants for ambitious research in the social sciences, ESRC (20 September 2022)
Developing research for BBC platforms: New Generation Thinkers 2023 (22 September 2022)
International networks of disability-inclusive global development, AHRC (22 September 2022)

Lead a network of innovation and research funding policy experts, ESRC/Innovate UK (27 September 2022)
Explore experiences and outcomes of the family justice system, ESRC (20 October 2022)
AHRC, Pre-announcement: Design Exchange Partnerships: designing net zero (30 November 2022)
AHRC, Pre-announcement: collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research (15 February 2023)
AHRC, Pre-announcement: early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions (TBA)

ESRC, Pre-announcement: Leadership team for National Capability in Behavioural Research (TBA)

EU Funding

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update
Horizon Europe Main Work Programme (multiple deadlines)

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships (14 September 2022)
Sorbonne University – Paris IAS Research Chair on “Major changes”: Impacts of AI / the environmental transition 2023-2024 (4 October 2022)
ERC Starting Grant (25 October 2022)
ERC Consolidator Grant (2 February 2023)

Charity Funding

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022-2023 (internal restricted deadline: 5 September 2022)
British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship (7 September 2022)
Nuffield Foundation: Research, development and analysis fund (First Stage, 12 September 2022)

British Academy Innovation Fellowships Scheme- Route A: Researcher-led (14 September 2022)
Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship 2023 – Round 1 (6 October 2022)
Wellcome Trust Early Career Awards (18 October 2022)
British Academy, Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research 2023 ‘Global (Dis)Order’ (19 October 2022)
Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards (1 December 2022)

Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards (8 December 2022)

Internal Funding

Social Science Impact Fund (30 September 2022)
Pre-announcement: AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (TBC October 2022)

Large Grant Contribution Fund (rolling deadline; minimum 4 weeks before funder deadline)

Training

Public Engagement Training Sessions (various dates)

Host the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre: stage one (AHRC)

Summary: This opportunity is to submit an ‘expression of interest’ to host the continuation of the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) project, including hosting its core team (led by Hasan Bakhshi). This constitutes stage one of the process of funding the next phase of the PEC. Stage two (by invitation and for the successful new host only) will involve the development of a proposal for funding between the current PEC Director and new host.

Award: Up to £11 million funded at 80%

Deadline: 12 September 2022, extended deadline

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Equality, diversity and inclusion caucus (UKRI)

Summary: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the British Academy jointly invite applications for an interdisciplinary team to establish and lead an equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) caucus.

The caucus, which is made up of practitioners and researchers from a broad range of disciplines and sectors, will be responsible for providing high quality research evidence on EDI that informs policy and practice in the research and innovation system.

The objectives of the EDI caucus are as follows:

provide insights from research evidence on EDI that informs and shapes the work of the funders, and the broader research and innovation sector
address priority evidence gaps by commissioning and undertaking new research and by supporting UKRI and the British Academy in testing and evaluating new EDI-related initiatives
promote, coordinate and facilitate interdisciplinary approaches to research on EDI.

The leadership team will be expected to establish the caucus by recruiting an interdisciplinary network of practitioners and researchers on EDI and delivering a programme of work following an initial three-month co-design phase with UKRI and the British Academy.

Award: Funders will award 80% fEC up to £3,650,000

Deadline: 15 September

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

‘Resilience to crises’ highlight notice (within the ESRC call)

Award: Proposals must be tween £1 million and £2.5 million fEC. ESRC/AHRC will fund 80% of fEC.

Deadline: Outline application is due 20 September 2022.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Large grants for ambitious research in the social sciences: outline stage

Summary: Apply for funding that will undertake a programme of ambitious and novel research, show strong commitment for the career development of researchers, make significant contributions to scientific and economic or social impact, drive interdisciplinary research within and beyond the social sciences, take advantage of international collaborative or comparative opportunities. Successful applications will be led by either researchers with appropriate experience, or less experiences researchers with appropriate mentoring and support.

This funding opportunity is separate from the ESRC research centres competition which provides larger scale funding. The ESRC plans to launch a research centres competition in 2023.

Award: Between £1 million and £2.5 million at fEC, funded at 80%. Proposals can be up to 5 years in duration.

Deadline: Outline application is due 20 September 2022.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Develop research for BBC platforms: New Generation Thinkers 2023

Summary: This scheme offers early career researchers the opportunity to develop programmes for the BBC. Successful applicants will workshop ideas with BBC producers, receive media and public engagement training, and a platform for informing and influencing public opinion, policy and practice. Applicants must be either a current PhD student, within eight years of the award of your PhD or within six years of your first academic appointment.

Award: Travel Expenses for the final 10 New Generation Thinkers

Deadline: 22 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

International networks for disability-inclusive global development (AHRC)

Research networks are intended to:

stimulate new debate and exchange of ideas between researchers and stakeholders
develop or extend research partnerships, collaborations and ways of working across organisational, disciplinary, national or other boundaries
support collaboration and inclusive engagement of wider communities in research agenda settings, co-design and critical reflection.

Award: Up to £100,000 fEC (80% fEC for UK researchers; 100% fEC for some international costs)

Deadline: 22 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Lead a network of innovation and research funding policy experts, ESRC/Innovate UK

This opportunity is open to:

principal investigators based at UK research organisations eligible for UKRI funding

business, third sector and government body co-investigators

You will work with the network and key UKRI stakeholders to, for example:

act as a trusted expert that supports UKRI in the development of evidence-led research and innovation policies, strategies and decision-making
create an interdisciplinary network of business innovation and research funding policy experts

Award: Stage one (co-design) £100,000; Stage two (programme delivery) up to £5.9m.

Deadline: 27 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Explore experiences and outcomes of the family justice system, ESRC

This opportunity is open to:

principal investigators based at UK research organisations eligible for UKRI funding
business, third sector and government body co-investigators

You will work with the network and key UKRI stakeholders to, for example:

act as a trusted expert that supports UKRI in the development of evidence-led research and innovation policies, strategies and decision-making

create an interdisciplinary network of business innovation and research funding policy experts

Award: £145,000 funded at 80% fEC. Funding can last up to 15 months.

Deadline: 20 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: Design Exchange Partnerships: designing net zero

Summary: AHRC is now inviting proposals to the scaled-up Design Exchange Partnership scheme, which seeks to demonstrate tangible impact on local communities. In particular, we are keen to see this in places where investment can make the biggest difference to everyday life, including ex-industrial areas, deprived towns and coastal communities. This first full round will focus on the specific net zero+ and climate emergency challenges faced by the UK’s island and coastal communities.

Award: £30,000 to £40,000 plus a 5-10% non-academic partner organisation contributions. AHRC will fund at 80% fEC.

Deadline: 30 November 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research (AHRC)

Award: Up to £350,000 from the AHRC funded at 80% fEC; DFG does not specify a maximum limit for the German-based collaborator(s).

Deadline: 15 February 2023

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Pre-announcement: Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions (AHRC)

Summary: The overall purpose of this funding opportunity is to enable early career postdoctoral (or equivalent) researchers to gain research and career experience in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) sector.

Award: £250,000

Deadline: TBA

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: Leadership team for a National Capability in Behavioural Research (ESRC)

Summary: The ESRC is looking to fund a team to act as a ‘hub’ to develop the UK’s national capability in behavioural research. The key objectives are to: 1) facilitate evidence-based decision making through timely, high impact and independent research on human behaviour that meets the needs of policy makers, industry and civil society; 2) enhance national capability by building a critical mass of researchers with the knowledge and skills to transform our understanding of human behaviour. The ‘hub’ will sit at the heart of a ‘hub and spoke’ model and be complemented by a series of ‘spokes’ that will deliver key elements of the programme.

Award: ESRC will fund 80% of fEC

Deadline: TBA. Further details will be released in September 2022.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update

UK government guarantee for UK participation in Horizon Europe:

At the UK has not yet associated to Horizon Europe, the UK government has announced a new scheme that guarantees funding for successful applicants to the first and second wave of Horizon Europe grant awards regardless of the outcome of the UK’s efforts to associate to Horizon Europe. Owing to some very specific requirements in completing the UKRI re-submissions, we urge applicants read the UKRI Guarantee FAQs that the ROO Office have produced and to contact us to ensure that the correct process is undertaken.

Future applications: The UK is still eligible to apply for EU funding and applications made through Cambridge must still apply as if the UK is already an Associated Country.  This is because:

The EC states in the General Annexes (page 7) “…third countries negotiating association to Horizon Europe will be treated as entities established in an Associated Country…”

Applicants will not be eligible for the UK government funding if they are unable demonstrate that the sole reason they need funding is because the UK’s association has not been completed by the time the grant agreement needs to be signed – see page 4 in the Guidance.

Updates on Association: Please visit the Research Operation Office’s EU pages.

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

The link to this PDF offers further details on calls relevant to SAHSS.  This list is not exhaustive so please refer the Horizon Europe Portal for full details. UKRO also have some very useful Factsheets that outline the thematic clusters that make up the three pillars of research support offered.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Highlighted notices:

Network for innovative solutions for the future of democracy

HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-02-01

Deadline: 21 September 2022 

A culture and creativity driven European innovation ecosystem – a collaborative platform

HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-02-01

Deadline: 21 September 2022

AI for human empowerment (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-02-01

Deadline: 16 November 2022

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship

Summary: The objective of this scheme is to support researchers’ careers and foster excellence in research. The Postdoctoral Fellowship action targets researchers holding a PhD who wish to carry out their research activities abroad, acquire new skills and develop their careers. Postdoctoral Fellowships help researchers gain experience in other countries, disciplines and non-academic sectors.

Award: The EU provides support for the recruited researcher in the form of a living allowance, a mobility allowance and if applicable, family, long-term leave and special needs allowances. In addition, funding is provided for Research, training and networking activities, and management and indirect costs.

Deadline: 14 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Sorbonne University – Paris IAS Research Chair on “Major Societal Changes”: Impacts and ethical dimensions of environmental transition and/or artificial intelligence

Summary: The chair offers  5- and 10-month fellowships at the Paris IAS in the academic year 2023-2024 to work on a project on the societal or ethical dimension and impacts of digitization and artificial intelligence and/or the environmental transition. The focus of the Chair is Social sciences and Humanities, but it is also open to projects in other disciplines building bridges with societal issues. Projects based on citizen science are very welcome. Fellows will work with prioritized research teams of Sorbonne University.

Any researcher with PhD + 2 years of experience who is not based in France is eligible. Fellowships will be held from 1 September 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Award: Research stipend, housing, travel between University of Cambridge and Paris IAS, office space.

Deadline: 4 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Starting Grant

Deadline: 25 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Consolidator Grant

Award: up to € 2 million for a period of 5 years. An additional € 1 million can be requested to cover start-up costs, the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities.

Deadline: 2 February 2023

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022-2023

Summary: The scheme aims to help develop ECF’s curriculum vitae and boost their prospects of obtaining a permanent university post. The primary emphasis is on the completion of a significant piece of publishable research, and the integration of the award holder into the community of established scholars within their field. Departments and Faculties are not capped on the number of submissions to the internal selection process. However, to ensure quality control, RSO invites departments to rank their candidates and submit only the highest-ranking proposals to the internal selection process. Fellowships are 36 month in duration. Interested applicants should enquire with the relevant Faculties about their respective internal deadlines.

Award: Salary costs, directly allocated, and indirect costs under full Economic Costing, funded at 80%. Research expenses are covered at 100% at up to a maximum of £6,000 over three years (equivalent to £2,000pa)

Deadline: Faculties must submit ranked nominations to RSO by 5 September 2022.

Research Facilitation Contact:  researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk

BA Mid-Career Fellowships

Summary: The aim of the scheme is to allow successful applicants to obtain time freed from normal teaching and administrative commitments. The time bought by the scheme should be devoted to the completion of a major piece of research, and the Academy will also look for evidence of a clear commitment to a strategy of public engagement with and communication of the results of the research during the period of the Fellowship. These awards are intended primarily to provide opportunities for scholars who have already published works of intellectual distinction or have established a significant track record as an excellent communicator and ‘champion’ in their field, and who are normally within no more than 15 years from the award of their doctorate.

Award: Salary contribution at an upper limit of £80,000, total value of the award up to £160,000 for six to twelve months.

Deadline: 7 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Nuffield Foundation: Research, Development and Analysis Fund

Summary: This fund is for projects to inform the design and operation of social policy and practice across the Foundation’s three core domains – Education, Welfare and Justice. The Foundation prioritizes research that: identifies and explains the social and economic determinants of opportunity and risk across life span; improves well-being for society as a whole and informing foundations and pathways to a just and inclusive society; supports the development of workable evidence-based solutions for policy and practice.

Award: Up to £750,000

Deadline: 12 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy: Innovation Fellowships Scheme Route A – Researcher-led

Summary: This fellowship scheme supports the creation of new and deeper links beyond academia. Fellowships will forge innovative place-based partnerships to create new intellectual, cultural, community and economic opportunities that will address key societal challenges. This includes, but is not limited to: developing new approaches for supporting innovation across the economy, regions and society; contributing to and leading on challenges targeted at increasing links with industry and business; improving direct connection of researchers with policymakers, leaders and innovators at local and regional levels. Awards are for between 6 and 12 months in duration. Projects must start between 1 February – 31 March 2023.

Award: Up to £120,000 FeC. The Lead Applicant must commit between 0.4 and 0.8 FTE to the Fellowship.

Deadline: 14 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship 2023 – Round 1

Award: between £10,000 and £150,000

Deadline: 6 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Early-Career Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. The researcher will deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the aware, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme. Project duration is usually 5 years, but may be less for some disciplines and longer if held on a part-time basis.

Award: £400,000

Deadline: 18 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy, Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research 2023 ‘Global (Dis)Order’

Summary: This fund will support projects that develop new international research in the humanities and social sciences, to further understanding of global order and disorder. Awards made through the programme will: bring a deeper, more nuanced and historically aware thinking to the topic; identify contributions that could be made to international and national knowledge exchange, practice and policy development in this area; develop way of communicating and collaborating in cross-disciplinary and multilingual working in partnerships with colleagues internationally. A Co-Applicant based overseas is required and that amongst the PI and Co-Applicant(s) there is a range of disciplines from humanities and the social sciences.

Award: £200,000 for projects 24 months in duration.

Deadline: 19 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. Funding duration is usually 8 years.

Award: the award covers salary, staff and research costs. You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s appropriate for your proposal.

Deadline: 1 December 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. The award usually lasts for 8 years, but may be less for some disciplines, such as humanities and social science.

Award: You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s appropriate for your proposed research. You will need to justify these costs in your grant application.

Deadline: 8 December 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

ESRC Social Science Impact Fund

Summary: The Social Science Impact Fund (SSIF) aims to support the use of research and expertise through the development of relationships with non-academic stakeholders, beneficiaries, and partners. It is aimed at researchers with UTO status working on subjects within the social sciences and based in any academic department at the University of Cambridge.

Award: Up to £20,000. Projects can last up to 12 months in duration.

Deadline: 30 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Tina Basi

Pre-announcement: AHRC Impact Acceleration Account

Summary: Apply for funding to enhance the non-academic impact of arts and humanities research at the University of Cambridge. Applications which support placements for knowledge exchange activities in order to foster partnership working with non-HEI organisations are also welcome. You must: be a researcher in the arts and humanities; be a senior research with a current contract of employment at the University OR be an early career research with support from a senior research as a Co-I; have approval from the respective HoD.

Award: Maximum amount of £10,000 per award.

Deadline: TBC October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Lucy Sheerman

Large Grant Contribution Fund

Summary: Research grant applications for funding over £2 million for AHSS subject areas can request financial contributions from this fund. Funding may be requested for activities that are complementary to the external funding and contributions from Departments / Schools / Non-school institutions. Activities that add value in the following areas are particularly encouraged: widening participation and inclusion; improving partnerships locally / nationally / internationally; capacity and capability building; working with less advantaged partners. Leveraging funding for existing grant awards is not in the remit of this fund. All applications must include one or more external partners and only applications led by Cambridge PIs are eligible.

Award: Up to 10% of the award value. PI buyout and equipment are not eligible costs for request.

Deadline: Minimum 4 weeks before funder deadline.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik and Rpc@admin.cam.ac.uk

Public Engagement Training Sessions

The University of Cambridge Public Engagement Team provides a portfolio of transferable skill trainings and support for PGR students, researchers and professional staff.

Please get in touch with Dr Selen Etingu-Breslaw with any training related queries.

If you want to discuss funding opportunities or you are working on an application for research funding and would like feedback on a draft, please do contact the School’s Research Facilitators – Anna Cieslik (UK Funding) and Elizabeth Penner (EU/International Funding).  For Impact related queries please contact Lucy Sheerman (Impact Facilitator).

You can find more information on the AHSS Research Website, search our External Funding Deadline Calendar and look at Previous Bulletins.  We are also now on Twitter! Follow us for updates on funding calls and information sessions.

AHSS Bulletin July 2022

AHSS Research and Impact Facilitation Bulletin

July 2022

Highlighted

ESRC - Large grants for ambitious research in the social sciences

Outline applications: 20 September 2022

UK Research Council Funding

Support knowledge exchange for CHANSE digital transformations research (26 July 2022)
Embed digital skills in arts and humanities research (28 July 2022)
Research partnerships with indigenous researchers, AHRC (9 August 2022)
Establish an advisory team for the Digital Footprints programme, ESRC (9 August 2022)
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships – Round 7 (Internal restricted call: 8 August 2022)
Fellowships to inform policies for culture and heritage capital, AHRC (25 August 2022)
Digital research fellowships at US cultural institutions, AHRC (1 September 2022)
Host the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre: stage one, AHRC (12 September 2022 *extended deadline)
Equality, diversity and inclusion caucus, UKRI (15 September 2022)
'Resilience to crises’ highlight notice – ESRC / AHRC (Outline applications: 20 September 2022)
Developing research for BBC platforms: New Generation Thinkers 2023 (22 September 2022)
International networks of disability-inclusive global development, AHRC (22 September 2022)
AHRC, Pre-announcement: Design Exchange Partnerships: designing net zero (30 November 2022)
AHRC, Pre-announcement: collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research (15 February 2023)
AHRC, Pre-announcement: early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions (TBA)
ESRC, Pre-announcement: Leadership team for National Capability in Behavioural Research (TBA)

EU Funding

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update
Horizon Europe Main Work Programme (multiple deadlines)
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships (14 September 2022)
Sorbonne University – Paris IAS Research Chair on “Major changes”: Impacts of AI / the environmental transition 2023-2024 (4 October 2022)

Charity Funding

Pre-announcement: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022-2023 (internal deadline: 5 September 2022)
Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship 2023 – Round 1 (6 October 2022)
Wellcome Trust Early Career Awards (18 October 2022)
British Academy, Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research 2023 ‘Global (Dis)Order’ (19 October 2022)
Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards (1 December 2022)
Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards (8 December 2022)

Internal Funding

Cambridge Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2022 (5 September 2022)
Pre-announcement: AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (TBC October 2022)
Large Grant Contribution Fund (rolling deadline; minimum 4 weeks before funder deadline)

Training

Public Engagement Training Sessions (various dates)

Large grants for ambitious research in the social sciences: outline stage

This funding opportunity is separate from the ESRC research centres competition which provides larger scale funding. The ESRC plans to launch a research centres competition in 2023.

Award: Between £1 million and £2.5 million at fEC, funded at 80%. Proposals can be up to 5 years in duration.

Deadline: Outline application is due 20 September 2022.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Support knowledge exchange for CHANSE digital transformations research

Summary: The main goal of the CHANSE programme is to deliver an opportunity for international research projects on ‘Transformations: social and cultural dynamics in the digital age’. UKRI is administering the recruitment of the knowledge exchange facilitator (KEF) on behalf of the CHANSE consortium.

The KEF’s role is to strengthen the overall cohesion of the CHANSE programme and coordinate knowledge exchange efforts and activities at the programme level. The KEF is expected to be an internationally well-positioned researcher with relevant expertise and knowledge of the programme themes, and supported by a research assistant. This role will create added value, increasing the impact of the programme and the projects funded within it.

Award: Maximum £205,000 available for 3.5 years.

Deadline: 26 July 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Embed digital skills in arts and humanities research (AHRC)

Summary: Apply for funding to design and pilot digital skills training programmes for the use of digital tools and methods in arts and humanities research. You must address a known digital skills gap (or gaps) within the arts and humanities research community. This includes but is not restricted to: data wrangling; software carpentry; text and data mining; data visualisation; managing digital and digitalised assets; digital data analysis.

Award: Up to £480,000 funded at 80% fEC

Deadline: 28 July 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Research partnerships with indigenous researchers (AHRC)

Summary: This funding opportunity aims to allow for equitable collaboration between indigenous and non-indigenous researchers and communities.

Proposals must be collaborative and co-designed with indigenous researchers and practitioners, with a view to the co-production of the research:

aims
objectives
methodologies
outputs
impacts.

Like AHRC’s standard research grants scheme, this funding opportunity embodies a broad scope and remit. Funding is for between 30–36 months. Projects must start 1 February 2023.

Award: Up to £350,000 fEC (80% fEC for UK researchers; 100% fEC for some international costs)

Deadline: 9 August 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Establish an advisory team for the Digital Footprints programme (ESRC)

Summary: Apply for funding to establish an advisory team for the Digital Footprints programme. The team will:

provide the ESRC with scientific, strategic and technical advice to support the development and delivery of the Digital Footprints programme;
champion the Digital Footprints programme, engaging with stakeholders across policy, business, civil society and academia;
help shape related long-term programmes of work within and beyond ESRC.

The PI must allocate a minimum of 0.2 fTE to the project. The team must include someone of international standing and experience, but may also include early and mid-career researchers.

Award: Up to £650,000, funded at 80%. Funding is for two years.

Deadline: 9 August 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships – Round 7

Internal restriction:

The Research Strategy Office has announced the internal selection process for the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships. The Schools were asked to submit a ranked list of applicants to the RSO by 14th September. The School of Arts and Humanities and the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences have requested that Departments/Faculties who identify a suitable candidate submit the following documents to the relevant School by 8th August:

- A two page summary of the project

- A two page CV and publication list

- A letter from the Head of Department/Chair of Faculty explaining:

o How the Department/Faculty plans to cover the tapering salary support for the Fellow from year 3.

o For candidates who are currently not in a permanent (tenure track) position: the plans for creating an open-ended position for the candidate at the end of the Fellowship and how this can be achieved within existing resources. This will need to be verified at the School level. In cases where an open-ended position cannot be created at the end of the fellowship, the application will not be put forward

o a brief explanation of the Department/Faculty selection process with respect to addressing the diversity of potential candidates. Please ensure that all potential applicants have a fair chance of being put forward.

Please send the documents to: (ahss-srf-administrator@admin.cam.ac.uk). For more information see the email from the RSO (attached) or contact Dr Anna Cieslik (amc238@cam.ac.uk).

Award: There is no minimum or maximum award value. Projects can last for up to four years.

Deadline: Schools restricted deadline is 8 August.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Fellowships to inform policies for culture and heritage capital (AHRC)

Summary: Apply to co-design research with the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to inform policies for culture and heritage capital. This fellowship offers a unique opportunity to influence the evidence base that will be a key component in decision-making for culture and heritage into the future.

Award: £100,000-£135,000 fEC, AHRC will fund at 80%.

Deadline: 25 August 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Digital research fellowships at US cultural institutions (AHRC)

Summary: Apply for funding to develop digital research at US cultural institutions. You will be required to travel to the US and work from the host institution. The AHRC welcome proposals: using digital methods to work with cultural institutions; developing digital methods and their applications in cultural institutions; with interdisciplinary work, especially computational and engineering disciplines.

Award: Up to £150,000, funded at 80%. Project duration can be between six and twelve months.

Deadline: 1 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Host the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre: stage one (AHRC)

It is strongly recommend that prospective bidders set up a meeting with the current PEC Director and AHRC in order to discuss more detail of the planned structure and operation of the PEC in its next phase.

Award: Up to £11 million funded at 80%

Deadline: 12 September 2022, extended deadline

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Equality, diversity and inclusion caucus (UKRI)

Summary: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the British Academy jointly invite applications for an interdisciplinary team to establish and lead an equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) caucus.

The objectives of the EDI caucus are as follows:

provide insights from research evidence on EDI that informs and shapes the work of the funders, and the broader research and innovation sector
address priority evidence gaps by commissioning and undertaking new research and by supporting UKRI and the British Academy in testing and evaluating new EDI-related initiatives
promote, coordinate and facilitate interdisciplinary approaches to research on EDI.

Award: Funders will award 80% fEC up to £3,650,000

Deadline: 15 September

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

‘Resilience to crises’ highlight notice (within the ESRC call)

Summary: This highlight notice is open to interdisciplinary proposals from across the social sciences, arts and humanities. At least 50% of the proposed programme of research must fall within the combined remit of ESRC and AHRC. The ESRC and AHRC are looking to fund one large grant that has the capacity to help decision makers either: pre-empt and reduce vulnerabilities to crises; support the sustainable management of risk; support inclusive and sustained recoveries from crises. Examples of crises include, but are not limited to: civil and international conflict, financial crises, pollution events, ecological disturbances. Projects are expected to begin by 1 October 2023.

Award: Proposals must be tween £1 million and £2.5 million fEC. ESRC/AHRC will fund 80% of fEC.

Deadline: Outline application is due 20 September 2022.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Develop research for BBC platforms: New Generation Thinkers 2023

Award: Travel Expenses for the final 10 New Generation Thinkers

Deadline: 22 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

International networks for disability-inclusive global development (AHRC)

Summary: This funding opportunity is looking to support research networking activities exploring the distinctive contributions that arts and humanities research can make to achieving disability inclusive sustainable global development.

Research networks are intended to:

stimulate new debate and exchange of ideas between researchers and stakeholders
develop or extend research partnerships, collaborations and ways of working across organisational, disciplinary, national or other boundaries
support collaboration and inclusive engagement of wider communities in research agenda settings, co-design and critical reflection.

Award: Up to £100,000 fEC (80% fEC for UK researchers; 100% fEC for some international costs)

Deadline: 22 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Pre-announcement: Design Exchange Partnerships: designing net zero

Award: £30,000 to £40,000 plus a 5-10% non-academic partner organisation contributions. AHRC will fund at 80% fEC.

Deadline: 30 November 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research (AHRC)

Award: Up to £350,000 from the AHRC funded at 80% fEC; DFG does not specify a maximum limit for the German-base collaborator(s).

Deadline: 15 February 2023

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions (AHRC)

Award: £250,000

Deadline: TBA

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: Leadership team for a National Capability in Behavioural Research (ESRC)

Award: ESRC will fund 80% of fEC

Deadline: TBA. Further details will be released in September 2022.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update

UK government guarantee for UK participation in Horizon Europe:

Future applications: The UK is still eligible to apply for EU funding and applications made through Cambridge must still apply as if the UK is already an Associated Country. This is because:

The EC states in the General Annexes (page 7) “…third countries negotiating association to Horizon Europe will be treated as entities established in an Associated Country…”
Applicants will not be eligible for the UK government funding if they are unable demonstrate that the sole reason they need funding is because the UK’s association has not been completed by the time the grant agreement needs to be signed – see page 4 in the Guidance.

Updates on Association: Please visit the Research Operation Office’s EU pages.

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

The Commission has adopted the main work programme of Horizon Europe for the period 2021-2022, which outlines the objectives and specific topic areas that will receive a total of €14.7 billion in funding. These investments will help accelerate the green and digital transitions and will contribute to sustainable recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and to EU resilience against future crises. They will support European researchers through fellowships, training and exchanges, build more connected and efficient European innovation ecosystems and create world-class research infrastructures. Moreover, they will encourage participation across Europe and from around the world, while at the same time strengthening the European Research Area. The first round of calls have now been published on the Horizon Europe Portal. UKRO have some very useful Factsheets that outline the thematic clusters that make up the three pillars of research support offered.

The link to this list offers further details on calls relevant to SAHSS. This list is not exhaustive so please refer to the portal for full details.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Highlighted notices

Promoting implementation of research results into policy and practice

HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2022-CALL1-01-01

Deadline: 30 August 2022

Network for innovative solutions for the future of democracy

HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-02-01

Deadline: 21 September 2022

A culture and creativity driven European innovation ecosystem – a collaborative platform

HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-02-01

Deadline: 21 September 2022

AI for human empowerment (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-02-01

Deadline: 16 November 2022

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship

Summary: The objective of this scheme is to support researchers’ careers and foster excellence in research. The Postdoctoral Fellowship action targets researchers holding a PhD who wish to carry out their research activities abroad, acquire new skills and develop their careers. Postdoctoral Fellowships help researchers gain experience in other countries, disciplines and non-academic sectors.

Award: The EU provides support for the recruited researcher in the form of a living allowance, a mobility allowance and if applicable, family, long-term leave and special needs allowances. In addition funding is provided for Research, training and networking activities, and management and indirect costs.

Deadline: 14 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Sorbonne University – Paris IAS Research Chair on “Major Societal Changes”: Impacts and ethical dimensions of environmental transition and/or artificial intelligence

Summary: The chair offers 5 and 10-month fellowships at the Paris IAS in the academic year 2023-2024 to work on a project on the societal or ethical dimension and impacts of digitization and artificial intelligence and/or the environmental transition. The focus of the Chair is Social sciences and Humanities, but it is also open to projects in other disciplines building bridges with societal issues. Projects based on citizen science are very welcome. Fellows will work with prioritized research teams of Sorbonne University.

Any researcher with PhD + 2 years of experience who is not based in France is eligible. Fellowships will be held from 1 September 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Award: Research stipend, housing, travel between University of Cambridge and Paris IAS, office space.

Deadline: 4 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Pre-announcement: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022-2023

Summary: The scheme aims to help develop ECF’s curriculum vitae and boost their prospects of obtaining a permanent university post. The primary emphasis is on the completion of a significant piece of publishable research, and the integration of the award holder into the community of established scholars within their field. Departments and Faculties are not capped on the number of submissions to the internal selection process. However, to ensure quality control, RSO invites departments to rank their candidates and submit only the highest-ranking proposals to the internal selection process. Fellowships are 36 month in duration. Interested applicants should enquire with the relevant Faculties about their respective internal deadlines.

Award: Salary costs, directly allocated, and indirect costs under full Economic Costing, funded at 80%. Research expenses are covered at 100% at up to a maximum of £6,000 over three years (equivalent to £2,000pa)

Deadline: Faculties must submitted ranked nominations to RSO by 5 September 2022.

Research Facilitation Contact: researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk

Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship 2023 – Round 1

Award: between £10,000 and £150,000

Deadline: 6 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Early-Career Awards

Award: £400,000

Deadline: 18 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy, Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research 2023 ‘Global (Dis)Order’

Award: £200,000 for projects 24 months in duration.

Deadline: 19 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards

Award: the award covers salary, staff and research costs. You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s appropriate for your proposal.

Deadline: 1 December 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards

Award: You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s appropriate for your proposed research. You will need to justify these costs in your grant application.

Deadline: 8 December 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Cambridge Africa ALBORARA Research Fund 2022

Summary: Applications are invited from pairs of researchers (postdoctoral level and above) from the University of Cambridge or an affiliated institutions and sub-Saharan African institutions, across all disciplines, to initiate and/or strengthen research collaborations.

Award: Between £1,000 and £20,000 for research costs, research-related travel (between Cambridge and Africa), research training activities in Africa (e.g. workshops/courses).

Deadline: 5 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: alboradafund@cambridge-africa.cam.ac.uk

Pre-announcement: AHRC Impact Acceleration Account

Award: Maximum amount of £10,000 per award.

Deadline: TBC October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Lucy Sheerman

Large Grant Contribution Fund

Award: Up to 10% of the award value. PI buyout and equipment are not eligible costs for request.

Deadline: Minimum 4 weeks before funder deadline.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik and Rpc@admin.cam.ac.uk.

Public Engagement Training Sessions

The University of Cambridge Public Engagement Team provides a portfolio of transferable skill trainings and support for PGR students, researchers and professional staff.

Upcoming sessions:

How to Podcast Your Research, 11 July

Contact for training related queries: Dr Selen Etingu-Breslaw

AHSS Bulletin 1 June 2022

AHSS Research and Impact Facilitation Bulletin

June 2022

UK Research Council Funding

ESRC New Investigator Grant (restricted call: 20 June 2022)
AHRC, Improving UK identification of adult survivors of modern slavery (22 June 2022)
UK in a Changing Europe senior fellowships: round four (30 June 2022)
Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowships (restricted call: 14 July 2022)[AC1]
AHRC, Host the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre: stage one (21 July 2022)
Embedded digital skills in arts and humanities research (28 July 2022)
AHRC, Research partnerships with indigenous researchers (9 August 2022)
AHRC, Pre-announcement: International networks of disability-inclusive global development (22 September 2022)
AHRC, Pre-announcement: Design Exchange Partnerships: designing net zero (30 November 2022)
AHRC, Pre-announcement: collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research (15 February 2023)
AHRC, Pre-announcement: early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions (TBA)

EU Funding

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility
Horizon Europe Main Work Programme (multiple deadlines)
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships (14 September 2022)
ERC Proof of Concept (29 September 2022)
ERC Starting Grant (tentative date: 25 October 2022)
ERC Synergy Grant (tentative date: 8 November 2022)
ERC Consolidator Grant (tentative date: 2 February 2023)
ERC Advanced Grant (tentative date: 23 May 2023)

Charity Funding

Wellcome Trust Early Career Award (21 June 2022)
ISRF Mid-Career Fellowship Competition (1 July 2022)
ISRF Political Economy Fellowship Competition (1 July 2022)
British Academy Global Convening Programmes (6 July 2022, Expression of Interest deadline)
British Academy Science, Trust and Policy-making (6 July 2022)
Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards (21 July 2022)
Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards (26 July 2022)
British Academy, Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research 2023 ‘Global (Dis)Order’ (19 October 2022)

Training

Public Engagement Training Sessions (various dates)

Workshops & Events

ERC 2023 Starting Grant: Call Information Webinars (22 and 24 June, two sessions)
ERC 2023 Synergy Grant Information Webinars (27 and 29 June, two sessions)

ESRC New Investigator Grant

Interested applicants should submit an online application by 5pm on Monday, 20 Jun 2022.

You will be required to upload the following:

Your research project proposal using the template provided (attached)
A letter of support from your Head of Department

This letter is very important to the success of the application as it is needed to confirm the details of the departmental support and the applicant’s eligibility. The letter must also specify a department/faculty based mentor, and a reviewer, both of whom have agreed to provide feedback on the full proposal, should the applicant be selected to proceed. The reviewer may be from within or outside the applicant’s department/faculty. Please note that naming a reviewer is an internal requirement, and the reviewer will not be named on the full application to the ESRC. The mentor and the named reviewer will be expected to provide feedback on the full proposal prior to submission to ESRC. This will be coordinated by the School Research Facilitator.

An X5 PDF report

The report should show the preliminary costing for the project, including the cost of the applicant’s salary and research assistance (if required). The X5 should not be submitted for ROO approval at this stage; the costing is for indicative purposes only, to inform the internal selection. It will be possible to modify it after the internal selection.

If you have any questions, please write to ESRCNewInv@admin.cam.ac.uk.

Award: Between £100,000 and £300,000, funded at 80% fEC

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Improving UK identification of adult survivors of modern slavery (AHRC)

Summary: The aim of this research project will be to identify promising practice to improve the identification of adults with lived experience modern slavery in the UK. Exploring the journeys of people who opt not to enter the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and the impact this has on recovery and outcomes is out of scope, as is exploring why people decide to leave the NRM

Award: Up to £80,000, funded at 100% fEC

Deadline: 22 June 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

UK in a Changing Europe senior fellowships: round four (ESRC)

Summary: These Senior Fellowships will analyse the UK’s changing geopolitical landscape, in key areas such as UK-EU relations and the evolving security and economic environment. Fellowships will last for up to 30 months. Fellows must commit a minimum of 40% fTE.

Award: Up to £500,000, funded at 80%

Deadline: 30 June 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowships

Summary: This is a funding opportunity for researchers who are looking to make an impact in the field of AI in the UK. One of the objects of the Fellowship is to enable mixed positions and flexible movement across sectors. Fellows must be employed by the eligible host organisation for the time committed to the fellowship.

Award: Between £3,000,000 - £5,000,000 funded at 80% fEC for project lasting up to five years

Deadline: 14 July 2022 (Outline Proposal)

Research Facilitation Contact: Please contact RSO in the first instance, as this is a restricted call: researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk

Host the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre: stage one (AHRC)

Award: Up to £11 million funded at 80%

Deadline: 21 July 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Embedded digital skills in arts and humanities research (AHRC)

Award: Up to £480,000 funded at 80% fEC

Deadline: 28 July 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Research partnerships with indigenous researchers (AHRC)

Summary: This funding opportunity aims to allow for equitable collaboration between indigenous and non-indigenous researchers and communities.

Proposals must be collaborative and co-designed with indigenous researchers and practitioners, with a view to the co-production of the research:

aims
objectives
methodologies
outputs
impacts.

Like AHRC’s standard research grants scheme, this funding opportunity embodies a broad scope and remit. Funding is for between 30–36 months. Projects must start 1 February 2023.

Award: Up to £350,000 fEC (80% fEC for UK researchers; 100% fEC for some international costs)

Deadline: 9 August 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Pre-announcement: International networks for disability-inclusive global development (AHRC)

Research networks are intended to:

stimulate new debate and exchange of ideas between researchers and stakeholders
develop or extend research partnerships, collaborations and ways of working across organisational, disciplinary, national or other boundaries
support collaboration and inclusive engagement of wider communities in research agenda settings, co-design and critical reflection.

Award: Up to £100,000 fEC (80% fEC for UK researchers; 100% fEC for some international costs)

Deadline: 22 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Pre-announcement: Design Exchange Partnerships: designing net zero

Award: £30,000 to £40,000 plus a 5-10% non-academic partner organisation contributions. AHRC will fund at 80% fEC.

Deadline: 30 November 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research (AHRC)

Award: Up to £350,000 from the AHRC funded at 80% fEC; DFG does not specify a maximum limit for the German-base collaborator(s).

Deadline: 15 February 2023

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions (AHRC)

Award: £250,000

Deadline: TBA

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility

UK government guarantee for UK participation in Horizon Europe:

As of 15 March 2022, the guarantee for UK beneficiaries in Horizon Europe has been extended to cover a second wave of eligible successful applicants. The extension now covers "all eligible, current applications to calls where researchers expect to sign grant agreements this year" but are unable to do so due to the ongoing delays to formalising UK association. The enhanced scheme will cover all UK participation in successful Horizon Europe projects that are expected to sign their grant agreement before the end of December 2022. In practice, this covers all calls for proposals with a submission date before the end of April 2022.

The UK government guarantee process comes into play only when proposals are at the grant agreement preparation stage. For consortium projects, the UK participant then changes from being a grant beneficiary to an associate partner and relies upon the UK government guarantee to provide their funding for the project.

Future applications: If applying for funding from the EU, applications made through Cambridge must still apply as if the UK is already an Associated Country. This is because:

The EC states in the General Annexes (page 7) “…third countries negotiating association to Horizon Europe will be treated as entities established in an Associated Country…”
Applicants will not be eligible for the UK government funding if they are unable demonstrate that the sole reason they need funding is because the UK’s association has not been completed by the time the grant agreement needs to be signed – see page 4 in the Guidance.

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

The attached PDF offers further details on calls relevant to SAHSS. This list is not exhaustive so please refer to the portal for full details.

eu_he_calls_june2022.docx

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Proof of Concept Grant

Summary: The ERC Proof of Concept funding is for researchers who already have an ERC award to establish an idea that was generated in the course of their ERC-funded projects. These grants aim at facilitation exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research, and funds actions not proposed in the original research grant to verify the innovation potential of ideas arising from ERC-funded research.

Award: lump sum of € 150,000 for a period of 12–18 months.

Deadline: September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadline: 14 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Starting Grant

Deadline: tentative date, 25 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Synergy Grant

Summary: The ERC Synergy Grant is designed for a group of two to four Principal Investigators (PIs) to jointly tackle ambitious research problems that could not be addressed by the individual PI and their teams working alone. Projects should enable substantial advances in knowledge through cross-disciplinary exchange, new methods and techniques and new lines of inquiry, for example. PIs can be from the same institution or different institutions, and must present an early achievement track-record or a ten-year track record.

Award: € 10 million for a period of 6 years. An additional € 4 million can be requested to cover start-up costs, the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities.

Deadline: tentative date, 8 November 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Consolidator Grant

Award: up to € 2 million for a period of 5 years. An additional € 1 million can be requested to cover start-up costs, the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities.

Deadline: tentative date, 2 February 2023

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Advanced Grant

Award: € 2.5 million for a period of 5 years. An additional € 1 million can be requested to cover start-up costs, the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities.

Deadline: tentative date, 23 May 2023

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Wellcome Early Career Awards

Summary: This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. Through innovative projects, they will deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the award, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme.

Award: Salary and research expenses up to £400,000.

Deadline: 21 June 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

ISRF Mid-Career Fellowship Competition

Summary: These awards are intended as providing full relief from all teaching duties and all associated academic administration for a period of (up to) one year. Candidates should be 10 years or more from the year of their PhD award.

Award: Maximum of £75,000. Within that sum, reasonable support for research expenses may be considered on a match-funding basis with the host institution.

Deadline: 1 July 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

ISRF Political Economy Research Fellowship

Summary: This fund supports independent-minded researchers working in Political Economy, which the ISRF here extends to include the social scientific study of economics across the whole range of the social sciences. These awards are intended as providing full relief from all teaching duties and all associated academic administration for a period of (up to) one year.

Award: Maximum of £75,000. Within that sum, reasonable support for research expenses may be considered on a match-funding basis with the host institution.

Deadline: 1 July 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy Global Convening Programmes

Summary: The Academy is aiming to support international programmes that convene researchers internationally together over three years to develop sustained engagement across disciplines and borders. Applications must be related to the themes below of Just Transitions, What is a good city?, Global (Dis)Order. These are to provide a framing for the call. Each Expression of Interest must include a core team of 6-8 researchers based in the UK and internationally. This core team must include two programme leads. One of these must be based in the UK. In the wider team, there must be at least four participants not based in the UK. This core team must include researchers from multiple disciplines. This must include researchers in both the humanities and social sciences. This is a 3-year programme.

Award: £500,000 per annum. A contribution of £10,000 will be provided by the lead(s) host institution.

Deadline: 6 July 2022, Expression of Interest deadline.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy Science, Trust and Policy-making

Summary: The aim of this scheme is to examine which factors influence why particular policy issues are seen as requiring scientific evidence to underpin decisions, and what types of scientific claims have most traction and ability to elicit trust. Proposals are invited to explore the question: Under what conditions is science viewed as relevant and authoritative in policy-making? Project duration is 12 months starting September 2022.

Award: Up to £100,000

Deadline: 6 July 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards

Award: the award covers salary, staff and research costs. You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s appropriate for your proposal.

Deadline: 21 July 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards

Award: You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s appropriate for your proposed research. You will need to justify these costs in your grant application.

Deadline: 26 July 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy, Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research 2023 ‘Global (Dis)Order’

Award: £200,000 for projects 24 months in duration.

Deadline: 19 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Public Engagement Training Sessions

The University of Cambridge Public Engagement Team provides a portfolio of transferable skill trainings and support for PGR students, researchers and professional staff.

Upcoming sessions:

Animate Your Research, 7 June

Contact for training related queries: Dr Selen Etingu-Breslaw

ERC 2023 Starting Grant: Call Information Webinars (22 and 24 June 2022) UKRO

The UK Research Office (UKRO), in its capacity as UK National Contact Point for the European Research Council (ERC), is organising a two-part webinar series for researchers who are interested in applying for the 2023 ERC Starting Grant call which is tentatively scheduled to open on 12 July 2022 with a deadline of 25 October 2022.

Aim of the Webinar

The webinar provides participants with a detailed practical overview of the ERC Starting Grant scheme. Viewers can gain a deeper understanding of the proposal format and the key issues they are required to address in planning, writing and costing a proposal. The evaluation procedure and how to approach writing an application will also be explained.

Who should attend?

The sessions are aimed at researchers based in, or moving to, the UK who are planning to submit a proposal to the 2023 ERC Starting Grant call, and the research support staff who will be supporting these applications. Applicants are expected to be active researchers and to have a track record of excellent research.

Programme outline

Session 1: Wednesday 22 June (10:00–12:00 UK time) - provides an initial overview of the European Research Council and the nature of an ERC Starting Grant; UK participation in the ERC; eligibility criteria and proposal development.

Session 2: Friday 24 June (10:00–12:00 UK time) – provides information on the submission process, how proposals are evaluated and other elements to consider when designing a project for your big research idea.

Attendance is free of charge, but registration is mandatory. Upon registering, a confirmation email will be sent with joining instructions.

ERC 2023 Synergy Grant Information Webinars (27 and 29 June 2022) URKO

The UK Research Office (UKRO), in its capacity as UK National Contact Point for the European Research Council (ERC NCP), is holding two information webinars on 27 and 29 June for Principal Investigators and organisations interested in applying to the 2023 ERC Synergy Grant call which is tentatively set to open on 13 July 2022 with a deadline of 8 November 2022.

This first webinar on 27 June will focus on:

An initial overview of the European Research Council and the nature of an ERC Starting Grant;
UK participation in the ERC;
Eligibility criteria; and Proposal development.

29 June will focus on:

Information on the submission process;
How proposals are evaluated; and
Other elements to consider when designing a project for your big research idea.

Please note that the webinars form a two-part series, please attend both sessions to get full coverage of information we will provide and you will need to register for both webinars separately.

Webinar will be conducted via Zoom and registration for this event is now open on the following event page:

The webinar series will be recorded and made available for streaming alongside a copy of the presentation slides after the end of the webinar series

[AC1]IN the description, include the information that applicants should contact the RSO in the first instance, as this is a restricted call.

AHSS Bulletin 1 May 2022

AHSS Research and Impact Facilitation Bulletin

May 2022

UK Research Council Funding

Research cultural heritage, society and ethics with European partners (23 May 2022)
MyWorld collaborative research and development (1 June 2022)
Knowledge transfer partnerships: 2022 to 2023, round two (15 June 2022)
Improve equality, diversity and inclusion in UK modern slavery research (16 June 2022)
Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowships (14 July 2022)
Embedded digital skills in harts and humanities research (28 July 2022)
Pre-announcement: collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research (15 February 2023)

EU Funding

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility
Horizon Europe Main Work Programme (multiple deadlines)
ERC Proof of Concept (September 2022)

Charity Funding

British Academy Small Grant (1 June 2022)
Wellcome Trust Early Career Award (21 June 2022)
ISRF Mid-Career Fellowship Competition (1 July 2022)
ISRF Political Economy Fellowship Competition (1 July 2022)
British Academy Global Convening Programmes (6 July 2022, Expression of Interest deadline)
Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards (26 July 2022)
British Academy, Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research 2023 ‘Global (Dis)Order’ (19 October 2022)

Training

Public Engagement Training Sessions (various dates)

Workshops & Events

Unlocking the Benefits of Urban Green and Blue Spaces - Scoping workshops (17 May 2022 registration deadline; 9, 14 and 16 June workshop dates)
Wellcome Trust Town Hall (recording of event, held 29 April 2022)

Research cultural heritage, society and ethics with European partners

Summary: This funding opportunity is for transnational research teams who wish to explore cultural heritage and how it relates to ethics. There are two complementary themes.

Cultural heritage and economic development

Researchers could explore:

how cultural heritage can contribute to the development of sustainable experience-based economies without being put at risk
how the non-utilitarian value of cultural heritage can be promoted in the context of its growing commercialisation.

Cultural heritage and sustainable strategies

Researchers could explore the relationship between cultural heritage, democratic values and politics from a historical perspective. They should emphasise:

the construction of conflicting narratives resulting from the use and misuse of cultural heritage
the contribution of cultural heritage to sustainable and ethical behaviours and policies.

See the ANR website for further details. Projects must last between 24 and 36 months.

This funding opportunity is being run by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche. Other partners include: Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), Spain; Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), Belgium; Dutch Research Council (NWO), the Netherlands; Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), Romania; Lietuvos mokslo taryba (Research Council of Lithuania, LMT), Lithuania; Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MŠMT), Czech Republic; Research Council of Norway (RCN), Norway.

Award: Up to €250,000, funded by AHRC at 80% fEC.

Deadline: 23 May 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

MyWorld collaborative research and development (Innovate UK)

Summary: MyWorld provides opportunities to create, deliver and understand experiences in creative sectors and is fuelled by research excellence industrial success, and a history of collaboration between technologists and creative artists, industry and academia in the West of England. The aim of this competition is to support business focused research and innovation in the creative industries. The project must focus on screen based and immersive technologies within the creative sector industries.

Award: Between £100,000 and £200,000

Deadline: 1 June 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Knowledge transfer partnerships: 2022 to 2023, round two (Innovate UK)

Summary: This programme allows UK businesses of not for profit organisations to partner with an academic researchers. The partnership brings new skills and academic research into the business partner to deliver a specific, strategic innovation project. It can be any kind of project that tackles one or more challenges faced by the business partner, and must show:

how it helps the business with a real need
how it fits the strategic aims of the business partner
a genuine market opportunity and a viable route to market
how the knowledge gained will be embedded within the business partner
what makes your project innovation

Award: No more than £75,000 per annum. A proportion of the knowledge based partner costs will be funded by Innovate UK. The remainder of the project costs are paid by the business partner.

Deadline: 15 June 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Improve equality, diversity and inclusion in UK modern slavery research (AHRC, ESRC)

Summary: The aim of this call is to understand and assess the diversity of those funding, designing, undertaking and participating in UK publicly funded modern slavery research. Projects should: generate new data and insights on EDI within publicly funded modern slavery research in the UK and identify significant EDI challenges and opportunities; identify examples of best practice; develop detailed, comprehensive and implementable recommendations and relevant resources.

Award: £80,000 funded at 100% fEC.

Deadline: 16 June 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowships

Award: Between £3,000,000 - £5,000,000 funded at 80% fEC for project lasting up to five years

Deadline: 14 July 2022 (Outline Proposal)

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Embedded digital skills in arts and humanities research (AHRC)

Award: Up to £480,000 funded at 80% fEC

Deadline: 28 July 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research

Award: Up to £350,000 from the AHRC funded at 80% fEC; DFG does not specify a maximum limit for the German-base collaborator(s).

Deadline: 15 February 2023

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility

UK government guarantee for UK participation in Horizon Europe:

Future applications: If applying for funding from the EU, applications made through Cambridge must still apply as if the UK is already an Associated Country. This is because:

The EC states in the General Annexes (page 7) “…third countries negotiating association to Horizon Europe will be treated as entities established in an Associated Country…”
Applicants will not be eligible for the UK government funding if they are unable demonstrate that the sole reason they need funding is because the UK’s association has not been completed by the time the grant agreement needs to be signed – see page 4 in the Guidance.

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

The attached PDF offers further details on calls relevant to SAHSS. This list is not exhaustive so please refer to the portal for full details.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Proof of Concept Grant

Award: lump sum of € 150,000 for a period of 12–18 months.

Deadline: September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

British Academy Small Grants

Summary: Funds are available to facilitate initial project planning and development; to support the direct costs of research; and to enable the advancement of research through workshops or conferences, or visits by or to partner scholars. Funds are provided to cover the cost of the expenses arising from a defined research project. Project duration is up to 24 months.

Award: Up to £10,000.

Deadline: 1 June 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Early Career Awards

Award: Salary and research expenses up to £400,000.

Deadline: 21 June 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

ISRF Mid-Career Fellowship Competition

Award: Maximum of £75,000. Within that sum, reasonable support for research expenses may be considered on a match-funding basis with the host institution.

Deadline: 1 July 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

ISRF Political Economy Research Fellowship

Award: Maximum of £75,000. Within that sum, reasonable support for research expenses may be considered on a match-funding basis with the host institution.

Deadline: 1 July 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy Global Convening Programmes

Award: £500,000 per annum. A contribution of £10,000 will be provided by the lead(s) host institution.

Deadline: 6 July 2022, Expression of Interest deadline.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards

Award: You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s appropriate for your proposed research. You will need to justify these costs in your grant application.

Deadline: 26 July 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy, Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research 2023 ‘Global (Dis)Order’

Award: £200,000 for projects 24 months in duration.

Deadline: 19 October 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Public Engagement Training Sessions

The University of Cambridge Public Engagement Team provides a portfolio of transferable skill trainings and support for PGR students, researchers and professional staff.

Upcoming sessions:

Introduction to Public Engagement, 11 May
Creative Evaluation Techniques, 18 May
Zine Making for Public Engagement, 26 May

Contact for training related queries: Dr Selen Etingu-Breslaw

Unlocking the Benefits of Urban Green and Blue Spaces - Scoping workshops

The Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research and Innovation (NERC-UKRI), leading on behalf of the collaborating parts of UKRI and in partnership with the Belmont Forum, invites UK applications to attend a scoping workshop(s) to bring together members of the international research and innovation communities to explore and identify research priorities within the topic of 'Unlocking the Benefits of Urban Green and Blue Spaces' in advance of a potential Collaborative Research Action (CRA).

Urban environments face different challenges in different areas across the Global North and Global South, as well as through their differing stages of urban development. Through scoping workshops, we aim to identify the research priorities needed to understand how green and blue spaces in these different urban areas function in relation to resilience and adaptation to change, and delivery of ecosystems services. In turn, we expect that decision-makers can use this new understanding, as well as existing knowledge, to determine how to sustainably manage these spaces in an equitable way to maximise the environmental, social, cultural and health benefits they provide in order to meet the challenge of making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Applying to attend

We are holding 3 workshops across the week of 9–16 June 2022, one in each time zone of British Summer Time (UK, Europe, Africa); China Standard Time (China, Australia, South-East Asia, Japan, Taiwan); and Eastern Time (USA, Canada, South America). To allow for maximum inclusion and participation, the scoping workshops will be held virtually, and we are now inviting applications to attend this event by using the online registration form: NERC - Online registration

Workshops:

9 June 2022, British Summer Time (10:00 – 14:00 BST) https://www.ukri.org/events/scoping-workshops-urban-green-and-blue-spaces-9-jun-2022/
14 June 2022, China Standard Time (06:00 – 10:00 BST) https://www.ukri.org/events/scoping-workshops-urban-green-and-blue-spaces-14-jun-2022/
16 June 2022, Eastern Time (15:00 – 19:00 BST) https://www.ukri.org/events/scoping-workshops-urban-green-and-blue-spaces-16-jun-2022/

Full information can be found here: https://reg.nerc.ac.uk/green-blue-spaces/

If you have any questions or queries, please contact Daniel Knight in NERC bluegreenspaces@nerc.ukri.org

Wellcome Trust Town Hall

We would like to provide the below resources for those who were not able to attend the 29 April 2022 session, or who would like to revisit portions of the event:

A link to the recording of the Town Hall (please use your Raven log-in details if you are asked to sign in)
A summary of the Q&A portion of the event (attached as pdf)
Wellcome’s presentation (attached as pdf)

AHSS Bulletin 1 April 2022

AHSS Research and Impact Facilitation Bulletin

April 2022

If you want to discuss funding opportunities or you are working on an application for research funding and would like feedback on a draft, please do contact the School’s Research Facilitators – Anna Cieslik (UK Funding) and Elizabeth Penner (EU/International Funding).  For Impact related queries please contact Lucy Sheerman (Impact Facilitator).

You can find more information on the AHSS Research Website, search our External Funding Deadline Calendar and look at Previous Bulletins.  We are also now on Twitter! Follow us for updates on funding calls and information sessions.

UK Research Council Funding

Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowships (restricted call, 9 May 2022; funder deadline,14 July 2022)
Analyse the probation and criminal justice system linked dataset (12 May 2022)
Research cultural heritage, society and ethics with European partners (23 May 2022)

EU Funding

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme (multiple deadlines)
ERC Proof of Concept (19 May 2022; 29 September 2022)

Charity Funding

Pre-announcement: British Academy Researchers at Risk Fellowships (call opens 11 April 2022, deadline TBA)
Leverhulme Visiting Professorships (5 May 2022)

Leverhulme Major Research Fellowships (13 May 2022)
British Academy Small Grant (1 June 2022)
Wellcome Trust Early Career Award (21 June 2022)
Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards (26 July 2022)

Internal Funding

ESRC Social Science Impact Fund (3 May 2022)
CRASSH Network Funding (5 May 2022)

Training

Public Engagement Training Sessions (various dates)

Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowships

Award: Between £3,000,000 - £5,000,000 funded at 80% fEC for project lasting up to five years

Deadline: 9 May 2022 (Restricted call); 14 July 2022 (Funder deadline for Outline Proposal)

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Analyse the probation and criminal justice system linked datasets

Summary: This scheme is looking for fellowship proposals that meet the following three objectives:

useful research: proposals that will act as ‘pathfinders’ for conducting research and deriving insights from the dataset, and which showcase the potential for policy impact and public benefit
useful data: proposals that will develop the data as a useful research resource for future users

useful engagement: proposals that will foster opportunities between academia, government, the third sector and the public to allow fresh thinking to flourish and maintain public acceptance of the use of data for research purposes.

The Ministry of Justice, which is the data owner, has summarised its research interests in relation to this funding opportunity. However, you may also choose to answer other questions. Topics include: 1) Protect the public from harm 2) Custody and custodial arrangements 3) Reduce rates of reoffending and improve life chances

Award: Up to £130,000 funded at 80% fEC

Deadline: 12 May 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Research cultural heritage, society and ethics with European partners

Summary: This funding opportunity is for transnational research teams who wish to explore cultural heritage and how it relates to ethics. There are two complementary themes.

Cultural heritage and economic development

Researchers could explore:

how cultural heritage can contribute to the development of sustainable experience-based economies without being put at risk
how the non-utilitarian value of cultural heritage can be promoted in the context of its growing commercialisation.

Cultural heritage and sustainable strategies

Researchers could explore the relationship between cultural heritage, democratic values and politics from a historical perspective. They should emphasise:

the construction of conflicting narratives resulting from the use and misuse of cultural heritage

the contribution of cultural heritage to sustainable and ethical behaviours and policies.

See the ANR website for further details. Projects must last between 24 and 36 months.

Award: Up to €250,000, funded by AHRC at 80% fEC.

Deadline: 23 May 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility

UK government guarantee for UK participation in Horizon Europe:

Future applications: If applying for funding from the EU, applications made through Cambridge must still apply as if the UK is already an Associated Country. This is because:

The EC states in the General Annexes (page 7) “…third countries negotiating association to Horizon Europe will be treated as entities established in an Associated Country…”
Applicants will not be eligible for the UK government funding if they are unable demonstrate that the sole reason they need funding is because the UK’s association has not been completed by the time the grant agreement needs to be signed – see page 4 in the Guidance.

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

The Commission has adopted the main work programme of Horizon Europe for the period 2021-2022, which outlines the objectives and specific topic areas that will receive a total of €14.7 billion in funding. These investments will help accelerate the green and digital transitions and will contribute to sustainable recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and to EU resilience against future crises. They will support European researchers through fellowships, training and exchanges, build more connected and efficient European innovation ecosystems and create world-class research infrastructures. Moreover, they will encourage participation across Europe and from around the world, while at the same time strengthening the European Research Area. The first round of calls have now been published on the Horizon Europe Portal. UKRO have some very useful Factsheets that outline the thematic clusters that make up the three pillars of research support offered.

The PDF below offers further details on calls relevant to SAHSS.  This list is not exhaustive so please refer to the portal for full details.

eu_he_calls_april2022_ep.docx

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Proof of Concept Grant

Award: lump sum of € 150,000 for a period of 12–18 months.

Deadline: 19 May 2022; 29 September 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Pre-announcement: British Academy Researchers at Risk Fellowship

Summary: The first priority of the Programme will be as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has exposed Ukrainian-based researchers to direct threat. The BA will open the scheme more widely when possible. For the purposes of this Programme, a ‘researcher’ is considered to mean a person who has been engaged in teaching or research at a university, research institute or equivalent institution. The UK host institution will lead on completing the application. Whether a risk exists will be assessed on the information provided with the application. For the purposes of this Programme, an individual is defined as being at risk if they are subject to discrimination, persecution, suffering or violence on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion. Fellowship duration is up to 24 months.

Award: £37,000 per year (£74,000 over two years)

Deadline: Call opens 11 April 2022. Funder deadline TBA.

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Leverhulme Visiting Professorships

Summary: This programme enables distinguished academics based in overseas universities to spend an extended period at a UK higher education institution. Visits should be between 3–12 months and can be spread over a number of visits over a period of up to two years.

Award: between £10,000 and £150,000

Deadline: 5 May 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Leverhulme Major Research Fellowships

Summary: For well-established, distinguished researchers to complete a piece of original research. Fellowships are particularly aimed at those who are or have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research.

Award: Fellowships fund the salary costs of an individual to undertake the normal duties of the applicant for the duration of the Fellowship. Fellows may also request research expenses of up to an annual maximum of £6,000.

Deadline: 13 May 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy Small Grants

Award: Up to £10,000.

Deadline: 1 June 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Early Career Awards

Award: Salary and research expenses up to £400,000.

Deadline: 21 June 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards

Award: You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s appropriate for your proposed research. You will need to justify these costs in your grant application.

Deadline: 26 July 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

ESRC Social Science Impact Fund

Award: Up to £20,000.

Deadline: 3 May 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Tina Basi

CRASSH Research Network Funding

Summary: This programme supports groups of Cambridge graduate students, CTOs/UTOs and postdoctoral researchers working together with a common interdisciplinary research interest. Support to run your network is available for the academic year (October to June). Networks must come from more than one faculty or department and must have an interdisciplinary question at their core.

Award: Up to £1,500 per academic year.

Deadline: 5 May 2022

Research Facilitation Contact: networks@crassh.cam.ac.uk

Public Engagement Training Sessions

The University of Cambridge Public Engagement Team provides a portfolio of transferable skill trainings and support for PGR students, researchers and professional staff.

Upcoming sessions:

Working with Museums, 22 April
Object-based Public Engagement, 22 April
How to Podcast Your Research, 4, 10 and 12 May

Contact for training related queries: Dr Selen Etingu-Breslaw

If you want to discuss funding opportunities or you are working on an application for research funding and would like feedback on a draft, please do contact the School’s Research Facilitators – Anna Cieslik (UK Funding) and Elizabeth Penner (EU/International Funding).  For Impact related queries please contact Lucy Sheerman (Impact Facilitator).

You can find more information on the AHSS Research Website, search our External Funding Deadline Calendar and look at Previous Bulletins.  We are also now on Twitter! Follow us for updates on funding calls and information sessions.

AHSS Research and Impact Bulletin

AHSS Research and Impact Facilitation Bulletin

March 2023

UK Research Council Funding

EU Funding

Charity Funding

Internal Funding

Training

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

Highlighted notices:

CamPo Collaborative Research Grant and CamPo PhD Student Exchange

#WE4Impact

AHSS Research and Impact Facilitation Bulletin

February 2023

UK Research Council Funding

EU Funding

Charity Funding

Internal Funding

Training

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

Highlighted notices:

CamPo Collaborative Research Grant and CamPo PhD Student Exchange

Please register here for the session.

AHSS Research and Impact Facilitation Bulletin

January 2023

UK Research Council Funding

EU Funding

Charity Funding

Internal Funding

Information Session

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update

Horizon Europe Main Work Programme

Highlighted notices:

AHSS Bulletin: December 2022

UK Research Council Funding

EU Funding

Charity Council Funding

Internal Funding

University Internal selection: