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EUTOPIA Science and Innovation Fellowships
EUTOPIA-SIF aims to enhance the research potential and career perspectives of outstanding researchers from around the world. It will provide the opportunity for early-career researchers to develop their independent research and to undertake training. Fellows will be hosted by one of the EUTOPIA partner universities and will be offered extensive mobility opportunities within EUTOPIA and beyond.
The EUTOPIA Science and Innovation Fellowship Program (EUTOPIA-SIF) will fund 76 two-year fellowships over 4 calls and offers outstanding early career researchers an opportunity to develop their independent research profile and undertake training to help establish an academic career.
The programme offers an opportunity to bring outstanding early-career researchers to Warwick, as well as being an excellent opportunity for our own early career researchers to travel to one of the EUTOPIA partners and take a significant step towards establishing themselves in an academic role.
The EUTOPIA-SIF is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska Curie COFUND scheme (Grant agreement 945380) and is co-funded by the member universities of the EUTOPIA Alliance.
For full details of the calls and how to apply see the EUTOPIA-SIF website and the short guide. Further information is available in the Frequently Asked Questions or by emailing the IAS
See here for further information, or contact the Institute of Advanced Study ias@warwick.ac.uk or contact the organisers of the call eutopia-sif-coordination@cyu.fr
Webinar for more information about EUTOPIA_SIF programme, its application and selection procedure 14th December 2020 12:30 CET. https://eutopia.smapply.io registration form
First call applications Closing Date is 11th January 2021, 13.00 CET.
ESRC INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY OBSERVATORY – COVID-19
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has announced an open competition for an International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO), to support public policy decision-makers in developing effective strategies for responding to and recovering from the social, economic and public health impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. ESRC intends to fund the IPPO (£2M for an initial period of two years) to enable a rapid response to current urgent evidence need and to generate evidence about the effectiveness of this new model to inform further investment decisions.
For information please see further details regarding the funding announcement International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO)
Given the strategic nature of this investment and the relatively tight timescales to develop an application, the University will be seeking a collaborative and coordinated approach to bidding for this opportunity. Interested applicants are requested to contact Carolyn Silvester via ESRCImpactAccount@warwick.ac.uk with the following details, by 9am on Monday 10th August 2020:
· Name, job title and department
· The policy theme(s) to which your research relates, including a brief overview (max. 100 words) of your relevant expertise.
· Details of any appropriate external contacts or partnerships (both national and international) that could be quickly mobilised to contribute to bid development.
· An indication of whether you would like to be considered in an overall leadership capacity (noting the below timescales), and if so, a brief overview (max 200 words) of your experience of working with policy stakeholders and of managing complex strategic projects.
Internal Warwick Funding Forum
Welcome to the COVID-19 Funding Forum
This is a space for research-active staff to discuss potential or ongoing Covid-19 research activity under a range of themes.
Please use one of the existing threads, or create another for a new topic.
Funding Alert: The City of Culture University Partnership
The City of Culture University Partnership Presents a new, exciting funding call
‘Feel Connected, Get Creative - Coventry Creates’.
The University Partnership is pleased to announce funding of up to £2,000 per project to commission a range of artistic works that can be shared digitally. We would like to commission local artists and creative organisations to collaborate with researchers from Warwick and/or Coventry University in order to create novel artworks in response to research projects.
Circular Economy Network+ in Transportation Systems (CENTS)
Deadline: 7 May 2020
The Circular Economy Network+ in Transportation Systems (CENTS) has received funding from the EPSRC to build a UK-wide community of academic, industry and policy experts to deliver future designs, business models and manufacturing approaches so that emergent transport systems are inherently circular.
From 31 March 2020, CENTS invites proposals for collaborations between academic and industry partners that will enable cross-disciplinary, foresightful and risky early stage research. Applications involving Early Career Researchers (ECRs) are particularly encouraged. Projects are expected to be approximately 6 months in length. The expectation is to fund up to five projects of up to a maximum value of £50,000 at full Economic Cost (fEC), with funding to be awarded at 80% fEC.
Call details and application form available on the CENTS website.
EPSRC Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) are one of the biggest schemes we fund as part of our commitment to knowledge exchange. The KTP scheme's mission is to strengthen the UK's competitiveness and wealth creation by enabling research organisations to apply their research knowledge to important business problems.
At the heart of each KTP is a relationship between a company/organisation and staff in a knowledge base institution. The institution's staff apply their expertise to a project that will help the development of their collaborative partner. The project is carried out by an associate (a recent graduate or postgraduate), who also benefits from an organised training programme. In the process, the business relevance of the knowledge base institution is enhanced.
If you require further information please email: esrcktp@esrc.ukri.org
Further information about KTPs, including contact details for KTP Offices and KTP Advisers is available on the KTP website.