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ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre – Big Data Can

Posted on September 19, 2017 by pw30

The ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre is based at Essex, and is a collaboration with its Eastern ARC partners Kent and UEA. As part of its programme it is running a free lecture series on big data, … Continue reading →

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UUK Members’ Survey on Future European Funding (FP9): Request for Feedback

Posted on September 5, 2017 by pw30

Phil Ward is currently preparing a University response to the survey by Universities UK (UUK) on the European Union’s next Framework Programme, FP9. As many of you know, the Framework Programme is a set of schemes (or ‘actions’) by which the … Continue reading →

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Leverhulme Research Centres: Internal Call for Expressions of Interest

Posted on August 7, 2017 by pw30

The Leverhulme Trust has recently announced a Research Centres call, due to launch on 4 Sept. They are only allowing one application per university, so we will have to run an internal competition to decide on our nomination. As ever, … Continue reading →

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EPSRC First Grants become New Investigator Awards

Posted on July 26, 2017 by pw30

EPSRC announced earlier this week that their First Grants scheme would, from Monday, become New Investigator Awards. They have said that the new scheme ‘will remove some of the current restrictions and will help improve the quality and ambition of … Continue reading →

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2018 Horizon2020 Draft Work Programmes published!

Posted on May 24, 2017 by cmb47

If you’re interested in applying to Horizon2020, the EU’s research funding programme, then the new, 2018 draft work programmes are essential reading. Although off-putting in size, these documents outline all the calls, budgets and deadlines for the next three years: 2018 – 2021 … Continue reading →

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ERC Starting Grants and Marie Curie Fellowship workshops – 28 June

Posted on April 25, 2017 by cmb47

Wednesday 28th June, time tbc Venue: Room tbc, Canterbury Campus, University of Kent As part of a planned fellowship week, we will be holding three workshops on the 28th June on European fellowships: ERC Starting and Consolidator Grant: For early-career … Continue reading →

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Grants Factory: Applying for Marie Curie ITNs – 10 May

Posted on April 13, 2017 by pw30

2-4pm, Wednesday 10 May 2017 Venue: TBC The next call is due to open in the autumn with a deadline early in the New Year. Despite the triggering of Article 50 UK universities can still apply, and the Treasury has … Continue reading →

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