Restricted call: AHRC Centre for Law and Social Justice

Summary: 

Full details for this round are not yet available as the call will open in September 2023. The purpose of this communication is to bring the scheme to your attention and to allow candidates sufficient time to prepare strong applications. The University’s internal selection process for this round will be confirmed once the call opens. This information is subject to change. 

AHRC has announced the Centre for Law and Social Justice call. 

AHRC will fund one Centre for Law and Social Justice and offer £5M (at 80% fec) over 5 years. The Centre will deliver collaborative, interdisciplinary, challenge-led research on social justice, champion the arts and humanities, strengthen and diversify the research community and foreground equitable partnerships, equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and public engagement. 

AHRC expects consortia-based applications which will bring together diverse people, institutions, expertise, experiences, places, and wider stakeholders. The Centre will champion arts and humanities methods and approaches to legal scholarship in a way which enhances the interdisciplinary nature of the discipline. AHRC therefore expects to see interdisciplinary teams which extend across the arts and humanities and social sciences and beyond.

For more information about the call, and the four broad research themes AHRC expects successful centres to work on, please see the call page. Please note that as the call has only been pre-announced by the funder, this information is subject to change. Finally, AHRC strongly advises that teams preparing a bid consult their scoping report and blog post on creating opportunities in law.

University Internal selection:  

The funder expects to implement some form of demand management. This will likely mean that each institution will only be able submit one application where it is the lead applicant. Therefore, we expect that this call will be managed according to the University’s restricted calls procedure.

We anticipate asking interested departments to complete an online selection form by mid-October, 2023. This Form will be circulated when the call opens. You will likely need the following documents and information to complete the Form (again, this will be  confirmed once the call opens): 

• Basic details about the PI and collaborators
• a project summary addressing the assessment criteria (see below)
• a head of department support letter confirming their support for the project and that the respective Department is happy to host it

Internal Assessment Criteria: 

We anticipate that the assessment of internal applications will focus on the following core funder criteria: 

• Fit to the funding opportunity and how well it addresses the three core objectives (see Scope section in the call page for the three core objectives)
• Consortium, including the partners involved, how they have contributed to the proposal and how they will contribute to the Centre 
• Consideration of equality, diversity, and inclusion across the full remit of the Centre, including your plans for public engagement

Funder deadline: January, 2024 (for outline stage; exact date TBA) and July, 2024 (for full proposal stage; exact date TBA)

Award: £5 Million funded at 80% over 5 years
Deadline: mid-October 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik and researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk

T-AP funding opportunity on democracy, governance and trust

Summary: We invite interdisciplinary (understood here as the integration of information, data, techniques, tools, perspectives, methodologies, concepts, or theories from two or more disciplines or bodies of specialised knowledge) and innovative research proposals that promise advances in one or several of the following ways:

• improve and innovate our conceptualisation and theorisation of DGT
• address topics aimed at collective responses to global challenges for DGT
• empirically define and describe the opportunities, challenges and crises relevant to DGT from a historical, contemporary, or prospective perspective
• offer diverse methodological, disciplinary, and cross-national perspectives on these topics
• study or test interventions (meaning improving outcomes and making a difference) aimed at enhancing democratic processes, improving governance, and rebuilding trust in formal and informal political systems, economic structures, cultural associations, education and public institutions
• advance knowledge through co-developing work programmes with communities, educators, and key stakeholders in civil society, education and government
• examine the role of digital media, tools, and technologies in eroding or strengthening DGT and the roles of education, cultural institutions and the law in shaping, facilitating and restraining this role of digital media

These objectives aim to leverage expertise from social sciences and humanities, and relevant related disciplines, to tackle prominent challenges facing societies today. They may make use of theoretical and empirical insights and recognise the value of co-production and practice fostering initiatives and projects conducive to supporting democratic experimentations and experiences, governance improvements and trust.

Award: Between £200,000 and £400,000 fEC, funded at 80%. UKRI funds UK partners at 80% FEC. Projects start September 2024 and will last between 24 and 36 months.
Deadline: 06 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Research the social sciences in the Open Research Area

Summary:  Apply for funding for international research in any area of the social sciences.

Your project must be a collaboration between researchers based in at least three of the participating countries:

• UK
• France
• Germany
• Canada

You may also seek partnerships with researchers based in Japan.

SSHRC will coordinate this funding opportunity.

Award: Between £200,000 and £600,000 fEC, funded at 80% by ESRC. The other research councils will fund: ANR: Up to EUR 450,00; DFG: no maximum limit; SSHR: up to $600,000 (maximum $200,000 per year). Project duration is between 24 and 36 months.
Deadline: 14 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

AHRC responsive mode: working with Brazilian researchers: round one

Summary:  Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Collaborative work is governed by an agreement between UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).

Collaborations can involve:

• a single institution or a combination of institutions
• researchers working in different research areas
• disciplines within the arts and humanities, or between an arts and humanities discipline and another subject area. In such collaborations the arts and humanities element of the project should lead in shaping the research questions and methods
• researchers working in other sectors
• researchers based abroad

The proposed collaboration should be appropriate for the specific needs of the research project.
Award: Between £300,000 and £1,500,000 fEC, funded at 80% by AHRC. FAPESP will accept proposals of up to £1.5 million from Brazilian Researchers. The maximum duration of this award is five years.

Deadline: 07 December 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

AHRC responsive mode: follow-on Funding for impact and engagement: round two

Summary:  Follow-on funding supports unforeseen knowledge exchange, public engagement, active dissemination and commercialisation activities that arise during the lifespan of, or following, an AHRC-funded project.

Award: Up to £100,000 fEC and smaller grants of up to £30,000 for shorter or higher-risk activities. Project duration up to one year.

Deadline: 07 December 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

AHRC responsive mode: standard research grant - round two

Summary:  We’re looking for individual researchers with proposals for well-defined collaborative research projects. However, you may include elements of individual research if you can show how this will add value.

Collaborations can involve:

• a single institution or a combination of institutions
• researchers working in different research areas
• disciplines within the arts and humanities, or between an arts and humanities discipline and another subject area. In such collaborations the arts and humanities element of the project should lead in shaping the research questions, methods and so on
• researchers working in other sectors
• researchers based abroad

The proposed collaboration should be appropriate for the specific needs of the research project.

We expect the project lead and any project co-leads to devote an average of at least four hours per week to the project.

Award: Between £300,000 to £1,500,000 fEC for projects up to five years in duration.

Deadline: 07 December 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

AHRC responsive mode: collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg - round one

Summary:  You can submit a collaborative research proposal in any area of the arts and humanities within the remit of AHRC and FNR.

UK and Luxembourg applicants should ensure that their joint applications are well balanced, with clear roles and objectives attributed to both sides of the collaboration. Within the joint applications, the UK collaborator should be the project lead contributing with a slightly higher research effort.

We’re looking for researchers with proposals for well-defined collaborative research projects. However, you may include elements of individual research if you can show how this will add value.

Collaborations can involve:

• a single institution or a combination of institutions
• researchers working in different research areas
• disciplines within the arts and humanities, or between an arts and humanities discipline and another subject area. In such collaborations the arts and humanities element of the project should lead in shaping the research questions and methods
• researchers working in other sectors
• researchers based abroad

The proposed collaboration should be appropriate for the specific needs of the research project.

We expect the project leads and any co-leads to devote an average of at least four hours per week to the project.

Award: For the UK part, between £300,000 to £1,500,000 fEC (funded at 80%) for projects up to five years in duration.

Deadline: 07 December 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

AHRC responsive mode: UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency - round one

Summary:  You can submit a collaborative research proposal within the remit of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and US National Science Foundation, Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences Directorate (NSF-SBE).

We’re looking for researchers with proposals for well-defined collaborative research projects. However, you may include elements of individual research if you can show how this will add value.

Collaborations can involve:

• a single institution or a combination of institutions
• researchers working in different research areas
• disciplines within the arts and humanities, or between an arts and humanities discipline and another subject area. In such collaborations the arts and humanities element of the project should lead in shaping the research questions and methods
• researchers working in other sectors
• researchers based abroad

The proposed collaboration should be appropriate for the specific needs of the research project.

We expect the project leads and any co-leads to devote an average of at least four hours per week to the project.

Award: For the UK part, between £300,000 to £1,500,000 fEC (funded at 80%) for projects up to five years in duration.

Deadline: 07 December 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Synthesising research on evolving narratives of histories and cultures

Summary:  SSHRC, Canadian Heritage, Genome Canada and AHRC have partnered on this funding opportunity to support research that will foster a deeper understanding of the state of knowledge about the global challenge of evolving narratives of cultures and histories. This opportunity contains two streams. UK applicants are eligible for Stream Two only:

Stream two

Stream two is reserved for applications jointly submitted by two applicants or project directors, one based in Canada and the other in the UK, who are affiliated with eligible institutions in their respective countries.

Up to 20 projects will be jointly funded by SSHRC and AHRC.

The resulting knowledge syntheses will:

• identify roles that the academic, public, private and not-for-profit sectors can play in promoting more inclusive and equitable societies
• inform the development of effective tools and technologies, robust policies, and sustainable practices required to support the path toward a diverse and inclusive future for all

Award: Funding is available for one-year projects. The UK-Canada teams can apply for up to C$ 30,000 from SSHRC and AHRC. Budgets cannot exceed a maximum 60%/40% split across the two agencies (for example, C$ 18,000/£7,000 or £10,000/C$ 12,000). AHRC will fund 80% of the UK budget’s full economic cost.

Deadline: 15 December 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: Apply to become the Hub for Public Engagement with Music Research

Summary:  AHRC is funding one research organisation to become the Hub for Public Engagement with Music Research between 2024 and 2026. Through a framework of devolved funding, the hub will be expected to award, coordinate and support a cohort of four spoke projects across the UK that will engage new and diverse public audiences in participatory music research and engagement activities that are innovative, inspiring and impactful.

The Hub will have oversight of all of the projects and will act in a coordinating capacity. The Hub is not permitted to award funding to spoke projects based at any of the organisations where members of the Hub Leadership Team are based.

Award: Up to £812.500 fEC funded at 80%.
Deadline: 16 January 2024
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

AHRC Innovation Scholars secondments in design: second round

Summary: Apply for funding to develop your skills and exchange knowledge through the UKRI Innovation Scholars programme. This secondment opportunity is focused on design. For this AHRC opportunity, the aim is to enhance the skills and careers of individuals in design research and innovation. This will be achieved through funding individual secondments focused on research and innovation, with networking events for the secondees.

You must have a desire to proactively engage with design and the motivation to work within it. Interdisciplinary secondment proposals as well as practice-based ones will be welcomed.

Your secondment is expected to:

• boost your skills, knowledge, networking opportunities and therefore career development
• intensify knowledge exchange and create porosity between different sectors, resulting in innovative outputs
• bring benefits to your host organisation
• add value to the design sector and the UK economy

Projects can last between six months and 36 months and can be full or part-time, or hybrid (a combination of part-time and full-time).

Award: Up to £200,000 funded at 100% for eligible salary, travel and subsistence costs.
Deadline: 30 April 2024
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Pre-announcement: Centre for Law and Social Justice

Summary: AHRC is looking to fund a Centre for Law and Social Justice which will, over five years:

• deliver collaborative, interdisciplinary, challenge-led research in the area of social justice on themes including trust, accountability, vulnerability, and citizens’ rights and which leads to positive changes including in local, national, and, where relevant, international policy and practice
• champion arts and humanities methods and approaches to legal scholarship in a way which enhances the interdisciplinary nature of the discipline
• develop support for legal scholars at all career stages and following diverse career routes to strengthen and diversify the existing, vibrant, community of scholars

Award: Up to £5 million fEC funded at 80% by AHRC.
Deadline: TBA
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Horizon Europe Update: UK Eligibility Update

UK Association
On Thursday 7th September 2023, it was announced that the UK Government and the European Commission have agreed in principle on the UK’s association to the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes under the Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA). What now remains is for the relevant protocols to be signed, which will allow the UK to formally associate to Horizon Europe from 1st January 2024.

UK organisations should continue applying to all open and upcoming 2023 and 2024 Horizon Europe calls as a Beneficiary (either as Co-ordinator or partner) even before association formally takes effect. However, the source of funding will differ depending on the Work Programme year of the call.

Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023 (and previous years)
Successful UK applicants to calls under the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023 (and previous years) will be funded under the UKRI Guarantee Funding. This Guarantee Funding has recently been extended to cover successful applications made by UK-based businesses and researchers to calls under the Horizon Europe 2021, 2022 or 2023 work programmes.

Horizon Europe 2024 Work Programme Calls
Successful UK applicants will be funded by the EU, under the Horizon Europe Programme.

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:

Processing of large, complex and unstructured datasets resulting from criminal investigations, while reconciling big data analysis and data protection
HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-01
Deadline: 23 November 2023

A new framework to improve traffic safety culture in the EU 
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-12
Deadline: 05 September 2024

Leverage the digital transition for competitive European cultural and creative industries 
HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-03
Deadline: 07 February 2024

ERC Synergy Grant

Summary: The aim is to provide support for a small group of two to four Principal Investigators to jointly address ambitious research problems that could not be addressed by the individual Principal Investigators and their teams working alone. Synergy projects should enable substantial advances at the frontiers of knowledge, stemming, for example, from the cross-fertilization of scientific fields, from new productive lines of enquiry, or new methods and techniques, including unconventional approaches and investigations at the interface between established disciplines. The transformative research funded by Synergy Grants should have the potential of becoming a benchmark on a global scale.

Award: A maximum of € 10 million for a period of 6 years (pro rata for projects of shorter duration). An additional € 4 million can be requested in the proposal in total to cover eligible 'start-up' costs for Principal Investigators moving to the EU or an Associated Country from elsewhere as a consequence of receiving an ERC grant and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities.
Deadline: 8 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

ERC Consolidator Grants

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: 12 December 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research Projects 2024

Summary: The purpose of each project will be to develop new international interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences. Research may be problem-focused, creatively innovative and exploratory, and should bring together relevant disciplines in both the humanities and social sciences, where appropriate, for maximum impact/effect. The Academy requires all applications to fundamentally involve and integrate both the humanities and the social sciences.

The aim of this call is to support international collaborations between early career researchers in the UK and elsewhere on internationally focused research projects of an interdisciplinary nature involving the humanities AND social sciences. Other than this framing of international interdisciplinary research led by early career researchers, the research itself can be focused on any issue or topic. There are no themes to this call. It is open to any research focus if it meets the international interdisciplinary focus.

Award: Awards of 24 months in duration and up to £300,000. Funding can be used to support the time of the Principal Investigator and Co-Applicants; postdoctoral (or equivalent) research assistance; travel, fieldwork and related expenses; and networking costs. Awards are offered on an 80% full economic costing basis. Projects must begin in March/April 2024.
Deadline: 1 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Global Innovation Fellowships: The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Summary: The objective of the Global Innovation Fellowships is to provide opportunities to UK-based early- and mid-career researchers from across the humanities and social sciences to develop their skills, networks and careers in the creative and cultural, public, private and policy sectors to address challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions. Through the Global Innovation Fellowships, researchers in the SHAPE community will be supported to create new and deeper links beyond academia, so enabling knowledge mobilisation and translation, as well as individual skills development.

This is a new programme for the British Academy and in this pilot phase we are delighted to be offering opportunities for Global Innovation Fellowship award holders to embed themselves and be based in the office of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin.

Applications are invited in any of the following areas:

• Technology and International Affairs.
• Global Order and Disorder
• Eastern and South-eastern Europe.
• Sustainability, Nature & Climate.

Award: The Academy is offering up to three one-year fellowships hosted in DGAP's offices in Berlin. These are offered as awards for up to £150,000 for 12 months in duration (with Full Economic Costing at 80%).
Deadline: 1 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

Global Innovation Fellowships: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Summary: The objective of the Global Innovation Fellowships is to provide opportunities to UK-based early- and mid-career researchers from across the humanities and social sciences to develop their skills, networks and careers in the creative and cultural, public, private and policy sectors to address challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions. Through the Global Innovation Fellowships, researchers in the SHAPE community will be supported to create new and deeper links beyond academia, so enabling knowledge mobilisation and translation, as well as individual skills development.

This is a new programme for the British Academy and in this pilot phase we are delighted to be offering opportunities for Global Innovation Fellowship award holders to embed themselves and be based in the offices of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

The aim is to have a mutually beneficial partnership between the fellowship award holder and Carnegie with each able to take advantage of fresh perspectives and expand their networks and reach. It will enable the award holder to strengthen and create new links across policy and academia, enabling knowledge mobilisation and translation, and the opportunity to develop new approaches and solutions to policy challenges through providing a different perspective. 

Applications are invited in any of the following five areas:

• Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics.
• Technology and International Affairs.
• Democracy, Conflict & Governance.
• Global Order and Institutions.
• Nuclear Policy.

Award: The Academy is offering up to three one-year fellowships hosted in Carnegie’s offices in the USA (Washington DC or California). These are offered as awards for up to £150,000 for 12 months in duration (with Full Economic Costing at 80%).
Deadline: 1 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Elizabeth Penner

British Academy Innovation Fellowships Scheme 2023-24 – Route B: Policy-Led

Summary: The Innovation Fellowships scheme will provide funding and support for established early-career and mid-career researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences to partner with organisations and business in the creative and cultural, public, private and policy sectors, to address challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions. Through the Innovation Fellowships, our researchers in the SHAPE community will be supported to create new and deeper links beyond academia, so enabling knowledge mobilisation and translation, as well as individual skills development.

The Innovation Fellowships scheme has two routes: Route A: Researcher-led and Route B: Policy-led. This call is for Route B with the Academy working with the FCDO.

The Academy and the FCDO invite applications for Fellowships in any of the following four areas.

1. The Impact of Serious and Organised Crime on Future UK Foreign Policy
2. The History of International Development and Aid Policy
3. Iran
4. India and other South Asian states

Award: The Academy is offering awards up to £120,000 for 12 months in duration, funded at 80% FEC. Awards are expected to commence no earlier than 1 January 2023 and no later than 31 March 2024.
Deadline: 1 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

ODA International Interdisciplinary Research Projects 2024

Summary: The purpose of each project will be to develop new international interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences that is ODA-eligible. Research may be problem-focused, creatively innovative and exploratory, and should bring together relevant disciplines in both the humanities and social sciences, where appropriate, for maximum impact/effect. The Academy requires all applications to fundamentally involve and integrate both the humanities and the social sciences.

The aim of this call is to support international collaborations between early career researchers in the UK and early career researchers in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries on internationally focused ODA-eligible research projects of an interdisciplinary nature involving the humanities AND social sciences. Other than this framing of international interdisciplinary research led by early career researchers that is ODA-eligible, the research itself can be focused on any issue or topic. There are no themes to this call other than the research must be ODA-eligible.

Award: Up to £300,000 fEC (funded at 80%) for awards of 24 months in duration. Projects must begin March/April 2024.
Deadline: 01 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

APEX Awards

Summary: The APEX award (Academies Partnership in Supporting Excellence in Cross-disciplinary research award) scheme offers established independent researchers, with a strong track record in their respective area, an exciting opportunity to pursue genuine interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven research to benefit wider society.

The objectives of this scheme are to:

• promote collaboration across disciplines, with a particular emphasis on the boundary between science, engineering and the social sciences and humanities
• support outstanding interdisciplinary research which is unlikely to be supported through conventional funding programmes
• support researchers with an outstanding track record, in developing their research in a new direction through collaboration with partners from other disciplines
• enable outstanding researchers to focus on advancing their innovative research through seed funding

Award: Up to £100,000 for awards up to 24 months in duration. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to separately apply for up to £10,000 to create and lead public engagement projects linked to thier APEX Award.
Deadline: 01 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

British Academy Small Research Grant

Summary: The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. 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. Grants are tenable for a between 1 and 24 months.
Award: Up to £10,000
Deadline: 08 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Leverhulme Trust International Fellowships

Summary: For established researchers to develop new knowledge, skills and ideas in one of 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 collaborative grant applications
• observing and sharing ground-breaking techniques or practices 

Award: Maximum value of £50,000. Fellowships are tenable for between 3 and 24 months.
Deadline: 09 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships

Summary: Research Fellowships are open to experienced researchers, particularly those who are or have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research. Priority will be given to applicants whose teaching and administrative duties have significantly impacted their ability to undertake research in the three years prior to their application.

For experiences researchers in any discipline, to complete a piece of research.

Award: Maximum value of £65,000. Fellowships are tenable for between 3 and 24 months.
Deadline: 09 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Wellcome Trust Mental Health Award: Understanding how anxiety- and trauma-related problems develop, persist and resolve

Summary: This award will fund researchers to investigate the causal mechanisms through which brain, body and environment interact over time in the development, persistence and resolution of anxiety- and trauma-related disorders. Knowing more about these mechanisms will help us find better ways to identify these problems and intervene at an early stage.
Award: Up to £4 million. Project duration up to 5 years.
Deadline: 14 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

BA/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship

Summary: The BA/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships are intended to enable established scholars, needing relief from teaching and administration, to have the time to bring to completion a significant piece of research, through sustained period of leave for one year.
Award: The salary of a replacement lecturer.
Deadline: 16 November 2023
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. 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: 16 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

BA International Writing Workshops

Summary: The intention of the Writing Workshops is to support early career researchers in developing countries, working to stimulate professional networks, develop research partnerships, encourage skills development, provide advice on career development, and promote the uptake of research emanating from developing countries.

Through the Writing Workshops programme, the British Academy aims to encourage and support early career researchers in developing countries to publish in high impact journals in the fields of the humanities and social sciences, and enable them to develop connections with academics and journal editors based nationally and internationally. The writing workshops are in affect making a career intervention, instilling and aiming to change long term academic culture, and engaging with the wider ecosystem researchers inhabit.

These workshops are required to take place in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries.

Award: Maximum £30,000. Funding must be used in the direct delivery of the workshops, and can cover travel and related expenses, subsistence costs, clerical assistance and consumables, childcare support (including for participants), networking, meeting and/or conference costs.
Deadline: 06 December 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

Leverhulme Study Abroad Studentships

Summary: For students to study or undertake research at a centre of learning in any country except the UK or USA. Studentships are tenable for between 12 and 24 months. The Trust offers approximately 25 Study Abroad Studentships each year.
Award: Students receive a basic annual maintenance allowance of £23,040.
Deadline: 09 January 2024
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: 15 February 2024
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: 16 April 2024
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Anna Cieslik

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

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
Research Facilitation Contact: Dr Lucy Sheerman

Vice Chancellors Awards for Research Impact and Engagement

Summary: Organised by the Public Engagement Team and the Research Strategy Impact Team, these awards recognise outstanding achievement, innovation and creativity in devising and implementing ambitious engagement and impact plans which have the potential to create significant impact from and engagement with, research.

Deadline: 05 October 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: publicengagement@admin.cam.ac.uk

AI-deas: challenge-led AI funding scheme

Summary: An ambitious, multidisciplinary programme of challenge-led, AI-enabled innovation supported by AI@Cam will spin up new research teams, develop collaborations with business, policymakers and civil society, and take innovative ideas from the lab to application. Research teams supported by AI@Cam’s AI-deas scheme will have access to funding and research support to scale their work and impact.
 
To start, we’re inviting researchers across the University of Cambridge to submit concept papers setting out their idea for how AI could serve science, citizens, and society by 09:00 on 6 October 2023. We’ll convene researchers working on connected themes together to establish a challenge-led research programme to drive a step-change in AI research, policy, and practice. We’ll provide start-up funding and will work with challenge teams to support their progress.
Award: Start-up funding of £150k
Deadline: 06 October 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Jess Montgomery at jkm40@cam.ac.uk. 

Tsinghua-Cambridge Joint Research Initiative Fund Call for proposals 2023

Summary: The Tsinghua University - Cambridge University Joint Research Initiative has released the 2023 call for proposals, which is broadly focused on approaches to a sustainable future. Projects can address any aspect of sustainability and associated research challenges. Examples of potential key themes include, but are not limited to climate change, pathways to net zero and climate repair; sustainable use of natural resources; pathways to zero pollution; sustainable agriculture; conservation of biodiversity; achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals; climate/environmental justice, and so on. Each research proposal must be jointly prepared by PIs from both institutions.
Award: Projects should not exceed £12,500 for the Cambridge partners and  RMB 125,000 for Tsinghua partners for a project duration up to 12 months.
Deadline: 20 October 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: Jingchen Hou at jingchen.hou@admin.cam.ac.uk

AHRC IAA Impact Fund Call

Summary: The overall purpose of this fund is to support ‘on the ground’ impact and knowledge exchange activities. Awards will be made available to fund work that will significantly increase the probability of the ideas and findings generated by the research having a non-academic impact on the private, public and third sectors. Collaborative, innovative and co-funded projects are encouraged.
Award: Up to £15,000 covering 100% of directly incurred costs but not indirect costs.
Deadline: 20 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: AHImpact@admin.cam.ac.uk, include ‘AHRC IAA funding for Impact Projects’ in the subject line.  

AHRC Early Career Researcher Impact Fund Call

Summary: The overall purpose of this fund is to support ‘on the ground’ impact and knowledge exchange activities. Awards will be made available to fund work that will significantly increase the probability of the ideas and findings generated by the research having a non-academic impact on the private, public and third sectors. Collaborative, innovative and co-funded projects are encouraged.
Award: Between £5,000 and £10,000 covering 100% of directly incurred costs. Up to two awards will be made per year.
Deadline: 20 November 2023
Research Facilitation Contact: AHImpact@admin.cam.ac.uk, include ‘AHRC IAA funding for Impact Projects’ in the subject line.  

AHSS Grants Academy

This 3 day in-person series of workshops is specifically designed for research staff. Participants who are relatively new to proposal writing will develop the skills and expertise needed to tackle this process with increased confidence and knowledge of what is required. Participants who have more experience of writing grants will acquire new techniques and knowledge which will enable them to develop stronger, more competitive research funding applications.
Programme:

• Days 1-2 (1st and 2nd November): This two-day workshop is designed for individuals who have a research idea and a funder in mind. The workshop is a blend of facilitator input, exercises, discussion, and feedback.
• Day 3 (3rd November): This grant writing day is designed to allow participants to consolidate the learning from the Grants Academy and make progress on their research proposal. There will be dedicated time and space to work intensively on their funding application in a supportive environment. 

 
There are 15 spaces available for AHSS researchers.  In order to express interest in participating, please fill out this form by 02 October 2023. We will be in touch the following week regarding availability of spaces. 

**In order to take part in the programme you must be of postdoctoral status and have an existing contract with the University of Cambridge or one of the colleges.

Climate change debate and spokesperson masterclass

Course 1:  

• Introductory workshop (online): Friday 13th October, 13:00-15:00 
• In-person debate training (Imperial College, Kensington Campus): Monday 16th Oct, 9:30-17:00 

 Course 2: 

• Introductory workshop (online): Thursday 16th Nov 10:00-12:00 
• In-person debate training (Imperial College, Kensington Campus): Friday 17th Nov, 9:30-17:00 

The total amount of time for each training course is 10 hours, split across different sessions in one week:

• One online introductory workshop facilitated by the Grantham Institutes, focused on expanding expertise and communicating comprehensive narratives on climate science and economics. This workshop will also review narratives based on misinformation on climate change and the elements of successful rebuttal.
•  Full-day, in-person training session run by debating and communications experts at the consultancy Purpose Union. These sessions focus on practical debate training for public and media communication, including debating strategies and techniques; understanding and persuading audiences; and choosing the most effective framing for an argument. These trainings are focused on general tools and techniques that you yourself can apply in any situation.

Training course is free and open to participants working across academic climate change research, including climate science, economics and policy. Each course has 10 places.

Register your interest here.

Rising Stars engaging communications and public engagement training course

Summary: Our Rising Stars course is open to postgraduates, post-docs and early career academics at Cambridge. In five lunch and learn sessions, we’ll take you through the steps involved in planning, organising and delivering a public engagement activity with the opportunity to run the activity you have developed at the Cambridge Festival. The festival runs from 14-28 March 2024 with our family weekend on 23-24 March. 

Applications close Monday 9 October and the course starts on Wednesday 18 October.

More details and to apply: https://www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/rising-stars-engaging-communications-and-public-engagement-training
  

The Impact and Innovation of Research

Summary: Have you ever wondered how your research might have impact on the world beyond the academy? Join us at our upcoming gathering ‘The impact and innovation of research’ which will offer a unique opportunity to delve into the invaluable insights and experiences of esteemed academics who have effectively translated their work into real-world impact.

Topics covered include:

• What impact is and how it relates to research
• Pathways and routes to Impact
• How research underpins real-world impact
• How to define an audience
• What success looks like

Time: 15:30 
Date: 19 October 2023
Register here