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Funding opportunities in this newsletter are listed chronologically, starting with the earliest deadline. To allow easy navigation, funding opportunities are colour-coded by discipline according to the key below. Where possible, each opportunity lists the funder, the title, some detail on the scope of the opportunity, the value of the award, and the closing date for applications.
Highlight Opportunities UK Nutrition Research Partnership (UK NRP) Collaborative Awards The UK NRP wishes to strengthen the UK nutrition research base by attracting new expertise and new partners into the field. The objective of this call is to provide novel and robust insights into human nutrition, with the potential of transforming the long-term health of the population by promoting the establishment of multi-disciplinary teams to address important challenges in
nutrition research. Up to £2m will fund at least three awards. The deadline for outline applications is 31 July. New fund to support ground-breaking open research Wellcome Trust has launched a new fund to support innovative approaches that enable data, code or other research outputs to be discovered, accessed and reused. The Open Research Fund will allow researchers from any discipline to do experiments at the cutting edge of open research and evaluate the benefits and risks of their approach. The awards are for new activities or to develop existing activities, open to individuals or teams from anywhere in the world, and have a value of up to £50,000 each. This call will be made annually; 2018 deadline is 7 August.
The second round of UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships will have a deadline for submission of the mandatory Expression of Interest of 4 October 2018. As institutional support is required from year 3, a QUB managed bid process is in operation, details of which were circulated on 17 July. The
deadline for submission to the managed bid is 20 August. Further details can be found in the Fellowships section, or requested from the Research Development team.
Contents Highlight Opportunities ........................................................................ 1
UK Funding calls closing before end December 2018 ........................ 2
Small grants ......................................................................................... 5
Fellowships .......................................................................................... 5
EU & Newton Funding ......................................................................... 7
Recurring funding calls ........................................................................ 8
Upcoming events ................................................................................. 9
Internal Funding Opportunities .......................................................... 9
MH&LS Research Development team contacts ............................... 10
Issue 18 – July 2018
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
NEWSLETTER FOR THE
FACULTY OF MEDICINE,
HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES
Email the Research Development team with comments or queries
Support for Researchers | Queen's University Belfast
Welcome to this month’s Funding Opportunities Newsletter, compiled using Research Professional, which gives a snapshot of
funding opportunities that may be of interest to researchers within the MHLS Faculty. The Research Professional database can
be searched for funding opportunities or news items by discipline, recent calls, sponsors, or upcoming deadlines.
Health & Experimental medicine
Cancer
Public health & Nursing
Biological/Environmental sciences
Multi-disciplinary
Health technology
Equipment/research tools/product development
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES NEWSLETTER – FACULTY OF MEDICINE, HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES
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UK Funding calls closing before end December 2018 Funder Opportunity Detail Award Closing date
Dunhill Medical Trust
Grants for academic or clinical research
Support projects aiming to understand the mechanisms of ageing, treating disease and frailty, and identifying and developing new and effective ways to improve the lives of older people.
£300,000 31/08/2018
RP Fighting Blindness
Research grants These support research projects looking at the causes, potential treatment and cure for retinitis pigmentosa. Projects may include laboratory research investigating disease mechanisms, preclinical studies in animal models and genotyping and phenotypic investigation of patient populations as a prelude to clinical trials.
£200,000 01/09/2018 (preliminary application)
Brain Tumour Charity
Quality of life awards These support projects that increase understanding of quality of life issues for those diagnosed with a brain tumour and could lead to a reduction in the burden of these issues.
£300,000 03/09/2018
Cancer Research UK
Pioneer award This supports high-risk, high-reward research projects that have a clear relevance to cancer, and enables the exploration of novel ideas which may lead to new discoveries or approaches.
£200,000 05/09/2018
Royal Society
Wolfson fellowship This supports senior-career researchers recruited or retained to a UK university or research institution in fields identified as a strategic priority for the host department or organisation. Applicant must be nominated by VC, institute director etc.
£150,000 to cover salary, expenses + 4 year PhD
02/09/2018 (forecast)
MRC
Clinician scientist fellowship This supports medically and other clinically qualified professionals who have gained a higher research degree to lead their own research plans and establish their own research team, and to make the transition to independent investigator.
Not specified
06/09/2018
DOH inc. NIHR
Health services and delivery research programme, standard researcher-led call – any research area
These supports research on questions (18/73) or evidence synthesis research (18/74) proposed directly by researchers that will lead to improvements in health services to benefit the NHS and patients.
Not specified
06/09/2018
DOH inc. NIHR
Health services and delivery research programme – mental health themed call: 18/75
This supports research that promotes good mental health and prevents or treats mental ill health across the whole life course.
No limit 06/09/2018
Cancer Research UK
Brain tumour awards These allow multidisciplinary teams to coalesce around key basic and translational questions in brain tumour research.
£10,000,000 06/09/2018
MRC
Scaling-up of evidence-based interventions at the population level for the prevention or management of hypertension and diabetes
This supports research associated with the scale-up of interventions for the prevention, or detection and management of hypertension and diabetes in low and middle-income countries.
Not specified
10/09/2018
DOH inc. NIHR
Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme commissioned calls: 18/90, 18/91, 18/92
This programme aims to produce rigorous and relevant evidence on the quality, access and organisation of health services. Commissioned calls - 18/90 Integrated Mental Health and Physical Health and Care Services for health economies; 18/91 Rural health and care workforce; 18/92 Evaluating approaches to health and care services commissioning and provision with the third sector in the UK
Not specified
13/09/2018
BBSRC
Food & nutrition research for health in the developing world: bioavailability & nutrient content
A call for interdisciplinary, collaborative research proposals to address developing world challenges in nutrition and nutrition-related health. This is part of the Global Challenges Research Fund which requires projects to meet Official Development Assistance criteria.
£2,000,000 11/09/2018
Prostate Cancer UK
Research innovation awards These support bold, innovative fundamental and clinical research that has a real potential to impact the way prostate cancer is diagnosed, treated and prevented.
No limit 14/09/2018 (forecast - 2018 round open July)
Kidney Research UK
COJohn Feehally – Stoneygate research awards
These support projects that will advance knowledge of kidney disease and refine current treatments or lead to future advances.
£150,000 15/09/2018 (forecast)
The Healthcare Improvement Studies (THIS) Institute
Senior fellowships An opportunity for an established researcher of international standing in a senior academic role to undertake a visionary, field-changing sabbatical, unencumbered by routine duties. As QUB can nominate only one candidate, a bid management process is in operation, details of which were circulated on 5 July. Contact Dr Cian McCrudden for information.
£100,000 to cover back-fill, research and/or sabbatical costs.
18/09/2018
Cancer Research UK
Experimental medicine programme awards
Support investigator-led studies addressing translational questions in association with a clinical trial aiming to optimise patient benefit.
£1-5 million 20/09/2018
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Funder Opportunity Detail Award Closing date
Cancer Research UK
Early detection primer award Supports researchers to develop early, novel and outside-the-box ideas and collaborations to build and make progress in the early detection field.
£100,000 20/09/2018
Crohn’s and Colitis UK
Research awards Support medical research on inflammatory bowel disease, its social and psychological impact and into improving health services for IBD patients.
£120,000 22/09/2018 (forecast)
Cancer Research UK
Early detection programme awards
Support long-term, integrated and renewable programmes of exceptional science to transform how and when early cancers and pre-cancerous states are detected.
£2,500,000 25/09/2018
BBSRC Industrial Partnership Awards (IPA)
IPAs are academic-led, responsive mode grants that have significant industrial involvement and industry partner(s) contributes in cash at least equivalent to 10% of the project costs.
25/09/2018
DOH inc. NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme - 18/42 - Cystic fibrosis
The funder is interested in proposals for the evaluation of interventions to improve the management of CF and its complications.
No limit 26/09/2018
NERC
Innovation projects Provide funding to increase and accelerate the uptake and impact of research council-funded research outputs by supporting translational and knowledge exchange activity that delivers direct tangible and demonstrable benefits to end-users such as private, public or third sector organisations and institutions.
£124,000 26/09/2018
Action Medical Research for Children
Project grants Support biomedical and clinical research related to child health (inc. problems affecting pregnancy, childbirth, babies, children and young people).
£200,000 27/09/2018 (forecast)
Kidney Research UK
Research project grants & Kids Kidney Research paediatric research awards
Support stand-alone research projects that will advance the knowledge of kidney disease, refine current treatments or lead to new advances.
£200,000 28/09/2018
Alzheimer's Society
Project grants, Junior fellowships & Clinician and healthcare professionals training fellowships
These support research into the cause, cure, care or prevention of any form of dementia.
£400,000 for PG; £225,000 for JF & CHPTF
28/09/2018
NERC
Access to ARCHER high performance computing services
This initiative enables researchers to access the council’s high performance computing facilities. Access is approved for the first year only, after which applicants must reapply using a continuation form for subsequent years.
Not specified
28/09/2018
MRC/NIHR
Multimorbidity in the UK population – understanding disease clustering
This supports exploratory or hypothesis-driven research that will systematically identify or explore common disease clusters, their distributions in diverse groups, multimorbidity trajectories or the underpinning mechanisms across their life course.
£600,000 09/10/2018
British Heart Foundation
Translational awards Aim to bridge the funding gap between promising innovations and the clinic with aim of accelerating advances in cardiovascular science for patient benefit.
£250,000 15/10/2018
NERC
Antarctic logistic support This provides logistic support for Antarctic fieldwork including the use of British Antarctic Survey infrastructure. Applicants may apply through all the NERC funding streams, with the principal mechanism through discovery science standard research grants and fellowship schemes.
Not specified
17/10/2018
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust, GB
Sir Jules Thorn award for biomedical research
Supports a programme in translational biomedical research that may bring benefit to patients through improved diagnosis or by assisting in the development of new therapies for important clinical problems. Must involve research on patients.
£1,700,000 31/10/2018 (preliminary application)
Motor Neurone Disease Association
Biomedical research project grants
These support research aimed at understanding the causes of MND, elucidating disease mechanisms and facilitating translation of therapeutic strategies from laboratory to clinic.
£255,000 02/11/2018
DOH inc. NIHR
Public Health Research Programme commissioned calls 18/69; 18/71
This supports research to generate evidence to inform the delivery of non-NHS interventions to improve public health; 18/69 Benefits of the provision of health and wellbeing education during Initial Teacher Training and Continual Professional Development of qualified teachers; 18/71 Sex and relationship interventions for young people with learning disabilities
Not specified
06/11/2018
DOH inc. NIHR
Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme commissioned cals in 18/86 Precision Medicine; 18/85 End of life care.
This supports studies evaluating interventions with potential to make a step-change in the promotion of health, treatment of disease and improvement of rehabilitation or long-term care. Calls have also been issued in the Health Technology Assessment & Health Services and Delivery Research programmes
Not specified
06/11/2018
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Funder Opportunity Detail Award Closing date
DOH inc. NIHR Digital technologies to improve health and care: 18/89
This supports empirical research studies that evaluate the use of digital technologies to improve health outcomes, self-management of health or delivery of health and social care.
No limit 06/11/2018
Cancer Research UK
Cancer immunology project awards
These aim to catalyse research and build the UK’s research base in cancer immunology by funding immunologists in non-cancer fields.
£300,000 07/11/2018
Cancer Research UK
Population research committee project grants
These provide support for focused research proposals in population research.
£300,000 14/11/2018
Alzheimer's Research UK
Equipment grants These provide funds for scientific equipment. £100,000 14/11/2018
MRC MRC/NIHR methodology research programme
This supports research on methods development to underpin the biomedical and health sciences as well as methods in research for developing methods and their implementation in research standards.
Not specified
14/11/2018
MRC Observational data in healthcare decision making – highlight notice
Funding supports the development of better methodologies for identifying, capturing, optimising, synthesising, interpreting and using observational data for healthcare decision making at the national level.
Not specified
14/11/2018
MRC Observational data in development of learning health systems – highlight notice
This supports the development of innovative methods for the capture and use of observational or routinely collected data in informing the development of Learning Health Systems.
Not specified
14/11/2018
MRC Methodology for stratified medicine – highlight notice
Funding supports high-quality, investigator-led, methodological research into the challenges raised by stratifying patient groups.
Not specified
14/11/2018
Cancer Research UK
Tobacco advisory group project grants
These support researchers and advocacy organisations in policy research and advocacy activities in tobacco control.
£50,000 22/11/2018
Meningitis Research Foundation
Research grants These grants support research on addressing meningitis and associated infections, improving prevention, treatment & outlook for patients, and improving the speed and accuracy of diagnosis.
£150,000 25/11/2018
Cancer Research UK
Early detection OHSU project award
This award funds new and existing collaborations in early detection between researchers in the UK and at Oregon Health and Sciences University.
£250,000 29/11/2018
Cancer Research UK
Population research catalyst award
This supports capacity building and collaboration in population health, enabling groups to unite to deliver impact beyond what they could do alone.
£5,000,000 30/11/2018
Diabetes UK Project grants These support high-quality, diabetes-related research. No limit 01/12/2018
Cancer Research UK
Prospective sample collection awards
These support the collection of samples within a clinical trial that have the potential to be of future value but for which it is not yet possible to generate specific research questions. Funding lasts up to 10 years.
Not specified
06/12/2018
Cancer Research UK
Biomarker project awards These provide funding for biomarker assay development, validation and qualification for use in the clinical setting.
£100,000 06/12/2018
Cancer Research UK
Biotherapeutic drug discovery project awards
The scheme funds translational research projects at all stages of drug discovery, from target and pathway identification and validation, through to early preclinical studies.
£300,000 06/12/2018
Cancer Research UK
Biotherapeutic drug discovery programme awards
These awards aim to increase the availability of biotherapeutic drugs for the management of cancer.
£2,500,000 06/12/2018
DOH inc. NIHR
Research methods fellowships and internships
These support the development of individuals with expertise in research methods, including medical statistics, health economics, clinical trial design, operational research and modelling. Fellowships and internships cover salary costs, relevant research and training costs for up to two years.
Not specified
13/12/2018
Cancer Research UK
Small molecule drug discovery project awards
These support research towards identification or validation of new targets, and the discovery of novel small molecule therapeutic or preventive agents.
£100,000 13/12/2018
DOH inc. NIHR
Systematic review fellowships These enable senior investigators to host systematic review fellowships to provide training and systematic review experience in a high quality environment. Fellowships cover cost of employment, research & training costs (£1,000/year), and tuition fees for master’s or short courses at EU rates, over two years.
Not specified
13/12/2018
Breast Cancer Now
Project grants These support established researchers willing to carry out research that supports improvements in the prevention, detection and treatment of all forms of breast cancer.
£230,000 22/12/2018
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Funder Opportunity Detail Award Closing date
EPSRC
Healthcare technologies discipline hopping call
The aim of this is to provide researchers, who have a permanent post in an eligible Organisation for Research Council funding, with an opportunity to spend time in a different research or user environment in order to better understand the need for and potential of research in engineering, physical sciences, mathematical sciences or ICT to have an impact in addressing health challenges.
Not specified
No closing date
Small grants Funder Opportunity Detail Award Closing date
Private Physiotherapy Educational Foundation
Individual scholarship awards
These support individual researchers to attend a conference or undertake research visits in a foreign country.
£4,000 06/08/2018
British Soc. for Geomorphology
Early-career researcher grants
These support pump-prime geomorphological research undertaken by an early-career researcher.
£5,000 30/09/2018
AOUK & I Minor research grant
This supports research in any aspect of musculoskeletal trauma, including hand, facio-maxillo-cranial, spine and veterinary trauma.
£5,000 30/09/2018
Laboratory Animals Limited
Large bursaries These enable individual scientists to attend training courses in laboratory animal science and welfare, or may support the organisation of such courses.
> £5,000 30/09/2018
Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness
Research grant development awards
These provide pump-priming funds for the development of high-quality, innovative and multidisciplinary research in medical sociology or sociology of health and illness.
£6,000 01/10/2018
Society for Reproduction and Fertility
Academic scholarship fund – academic scholarship
This scholarship enables members to develop and maintain their research programmes.
£12,500 10/10/2018
Royal Society Research grants Seed-corn funding for early-career scientists for research within the society’s remit in the life and physical sciences. The Royal Society visited QUB on 4 July, and among other things, highlighted the high success rate of applicants to this call, and encouraged more submissions from QUB.
£20,000 06/12/2018 (forecast)
Cancer Research UK Early detection OHSU spark award
Seed funding for research in collaboration with Oregon Health and Sciences University scientists to develop new partnerships and novel lines of enquiry.
£20,000 17/01/2019
Fellowships Funder Fellowship Detail Award and what’s covered Eligibility Closing date
Royal Society
University research fellowships
These fellowships enable early-career scientists to build an independent research career in their field.
Fellowships are for five years, with a potential extension of three years, and cover basic salary up to £40,030 and research costs up to £13,000 for the first year and £11,000 for consecutive years.
3-8 years 04/09/2018 (forecast)
MRC
MRC jointly-funded clinical research training fellowships
These are provided through collaborations with Royal Colleges and charities and provide support for completing a fellowship, reporting a project, presenting work or for professional networking.
Joint funding possibilities exist whereby MRC will joint fund with one of a range of health charities or one of the Royal Colleges.
No eligibility requirements
06/09/2018
MRC
Clinician scientist fellowship
This supports medically and other clinically qualified professionals who have gained a higher research degree to lead their own research team, and to make the transition to independent investigator.
Fellowships are for four to five years.
No eligibility requirements
06/09/2018
NC3Rs
Training fellowships
These support early-career researchers from any area of medical, biological or veterinary research, focusing on developing new skills. In 2018, applications incorporating systematic reviews are particularly welcome.
Two years' funding to comprise salary and £15k research costs.
<3 years 12/09/2018
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Funder Fellowship Detail Award and what’s covered Eligibility Closing date
MRC
Senior non-clinical fellowship – transition to leadership
This enables experienced non-clinical researchers to transition into research leaders.
Covers salary, support for research staff, consumables expenses, capital equipment for the research project and travel costs for up to five years.
No eligibility requirements
20/09/2018
Cancer Research UK
Clinical trial fellowship award
This supports clinicians with an interest in clinical trials and who would benefit from further training within a clinical trial unit setting. This call requires match funding from institution, so let Research Development know if you intend to apply.
Up to £50,000 per year for up to three years to cover salary, running expenses and equipment.
Must be clinically trained.
20/09/2018
Epilepsy Research UK
COMING SOON: Fellowship awards
These awards support scientific research into the causes, treatment, prevention and co-morbidities of epilepsy.
Three years' funding, worth £250,000 to cover salary, support staff and project running costs.
No apparent eligibility limitations
22/09/2018
Arthritis Research UK
Senior research fellowship
This supports medical or science graduates committed to a research career in any discipline relevant to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases.
The fellowship is awarded for five years and covers salary, technician costs, running costs and essential equipment.
6 – 12 years 27/09/2018 (forecast)
NERC
Independent research fellowships
Aim to develop scientific leadership among early-career environmental scientists, by giving them 5 years’ support for developing their research programme.
There are no funding limits. < 8 years 03/10/2018
UKRI
Future leaders fellowships
These enable early-career researchers and innovators to transition to, or establish their research or innovation independence in any area supported by UK Research and Innovation.
A comprehensive support package covers salary and research, staff and training costs; 7 years’ support available on a 4+3 model. A bid management process is in operation. Contact RD for information.
No eligibility limits, but intended for early career academics and innovators who are establishing independence
QUB managed bid deadline 20/08/2018 UKRI EoI deadline 04/10/2018
Wellcome Trust
Research career re-entry fellowships
Provide postdoctoral scientists the opportunity to re-establish their scientific careers after a continuous break from research of at least two years due to family commitments, ill health and work outside of research.
Fellowships cover salary, research expenses and other costs for four years.
Must have some postdoc experience, and have taken a break from research
09/10/2018 (preliminary application)
Wellcome Trust
Sir Henry Wellcome postdoctoral fellowships
These enable newly qualified postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to start independent research careers, working in high quality research environments.
Fellowships are worth up to £250,000 over four years.
Some limited post-PhD experience
09/10/2018 (preliminary application)
Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund
Junior research fellowships
These support individuals wanting to pursue research into haematological malignancies.
Funding covers fellow’s salary, up to £17,000 a year towards laboratory consumables and up to £1,000 for travel.
1-4 years 20/10/2018
Diabetes UK
RD Lawrence fellowship
This enables postdoctoral researchers to establish their independence in diabetes research.
Five years' funding to comprise salary and £15k research costs.
3-6 years 31/10/2018
Stroke Association
Postdoctoral fellowships
These enable postdoctoral candidates from the nursing or allied health professions to conduct an independent research project under the supervision of an established member of the stroke research community.
Fellowships are worth up to £175,000 over three years.
Open to postdocs from nursing or allied health profession background
01/11/2018 (forecast)
Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
Research prize fellowships
These are one-off awards that seek to support future leaders of biomedical research.
£200,000 over a period of up to five years.
3-10 years 03/11/2018 (forecast)
Cancer Research UK
Population research postdoctoral fellowship
This fellowship enables postdoctoral researchers to develop their careers in the field of population research.
The fellowship is awarded for three years and covers salary for the fellow and research expenses.
< 6 years 15/11/2018
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Funder Fellowship Detail Award and what’s covered Eligibility Closing date
Royal Society
Dorothy Hodgkin fellowships
These enable early-career scientists who require a flexible working pattern due to personal circumstance to take the first step into an independent career. When The Royal Society visited QUB on 4 July, and among others, specifically encouraged applicants from QUB to this scheme, as we are currently underrepresented.
Funding covers 80 per cent of the basic salary costs up to £40,030 in the first year, research costs, estates costs and indirect costs.
< 6 years 16/11/2018
DOH inc. NIHR
COMING SOON: NIHR doctoral and advanced fellowships
The next call is expected to open in October 2018. These enable individuals to become health research leaders by buying out their salary costs, meeting their training and development costs, and by contributing to research costs needed to complete an identified research project.
Depends on call applied to Depends on call applied to
05/12/2018
EU & Newton Funding Horizon 2020 Work Programmes 2018-2020 relevant to MHLS are below. Contact your EU advisor with any queries.
Horizon 2020 Work Programmes 2018-2020
View the updated list of 2019 topics here. Deadlines: 2 October 2018; 16 April 2019; 24 April 2019 Health, demographic change and wellbeing (Societal Challenge 1)
Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology, and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing (NMBP)
Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI2) – future topics Patient-centric drug development; Blockchain enabled healthcare; Microenvironment imposed signatures – immune mediated diseases; Safety and interrogating human immune-biology; Synaptopathy drug discovery; Digital transformation of clinical trial endpoints; Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) accelerator programme
Food security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy (Societal Challenge 2)
Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials (Societal Challenge 5)
Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowships deadline on 12 September 2018 Innovative Training Networks deadline on 15 January 2019
European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant deadline on 30 August 2018 Starting Grant deadline expected October 2018; Consolidator Grant deadline expected February 2019
Bio-based Industries (BBI) Public-Private Partnerships, deadline on 6 September 2018 The topics 2018 are released in the Annual work plan 2018 and consortia are invited to assemble and develop concepts.
Please note that moving forward, dedicated support for international funding opportunities under the Newton Fund will be
provided by Dr Lydia Lepécuchel (Pharmacy, Biological Sciences and IGFS); and Patricia McCrory (MDBS and N&M).
Nicola Kernaghan and Mary Harte will continue to support the GCRF DfE and institutional level international activities
Call Newton Fund Partner Country
UK Delivery Partner
In Country Partner
Call Open Call Closes
Newton Bhabha PhD Placement Programme
India British Council 4 Jun 2018 4 Aug 2018
PhD Placements and Supervisor mobility grants China-UK
China British Council 4 Jun 2018 20 Sep 2018
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Recurring funding calls
The table below summarises some of the upcoming deadlines for recurring funding calls from some key funders. More information on award values, duration and eligibility can be found via the links provided.
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BBSRC
Responsive mode applications 25/09/2018 Jan 2019 New investigator Scheme 25/09/2018 Jan 2019 Stand-alone LINK programme 25/09/2018 Jan 2019 Industrial partnership awards 25/09/2018 Jan 2019
EPSRC
Healthcare Technologies - Call for Investigator-led Research Projects
Open-ended Open-ended
Healthcare technologies discipline hopping call
Open-ended Open-ended
ESRC Research grants Open-ended Open-ended New investigator grants Open-ended Open-ended
The Leverhulme Trust
Research project grants No deadline for Outline Applications
No deadline for Outline Applications
MRC
Molecular & Cellular Medicine Board (multiple opportunities)
05/09/2018 08/01/2019
Infections and Immunity - Research Boards (multiple opportunities)
19/09/2018 09/01/2019
Population & Systems Medicine (multiple opportunities)
26/09/2018 16/01/2019
Neurosciences & Mental Health (multiple opportunities)
03/10/2018 23/01/2019
Methodology research 14/11/2018 19/06/2019
NERC
*Standard grants ~16/01/2019 July 2019 Large grants 06/11/2018
(for full proposals)
March 2019 (for preliminary applications)
Urgency grants Open-ended Open-ended
The Royal Society
University Research Fellowship Summer 2018 Unknown
The Wellcome Trust
Investigator Awards in Science 12/11/2018 March 2019 Collaborative Awards in Science Preliminary
application deadline 20/08/2018
Preliminary application deadline 19/22/2018
Innovator Awards Open-ended Open-ended Seed Awards in Science 02/10/2018 Feb 2019
*NERC Demand Management criteria limit Queen’s to submitting one standard grant application per round. Consequently, there is an internal
bid management process, whereby Expressions of Interest (available from Dr Mani Narayanan) are considered by an internal NERC Managed
Bid panel ~ 10 weeks prior to NERC’s deadline. The panel will select one EoI to go forward for full proposal development. The bid management
process for the Jan 2019 deadline will open in August, with a deadline for return in late September.
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Upcoming events
Save the date: Networking event for personalised, digital health innovations in Horizon 2020,
on 11 September 2018 in Belfast:
Cross-sector networking and partnering, in preparation for the 2019 Health H2020 topics.
Health-NCP-Net 2.0 is organising a free of charge Brokerage Event on 3-4 September 2018 in Oslo which you can attend to network and meet potential project partners for the upcoming 2019 Health calls. Please contact us for more details.
Save the date: Appetite for Sight A Faculty event to discuss the impact of nutrition on eye
health, on 11 October 2018 in Riddel Hall - for QUB researchers, industry, policy makers and
clinicians.
Internal Funding Opportunities The Research Grant Enabler Fund supports the
development and competitiveness of research funding
applications to a major funder - Research Council or other
strategically important UK-based funding sources. Available
to QUB academic or research staff, applicants can avail of
up to £3,000 per year. Guidance notes and application
forms are available here.
Queen’s University Academic Staff Conference Fund
provides funding for academic members of staff travelling
to international conferences to deliver oral presentations.
Application form is available here.
The Impact Case Study Fund is intended to support the
development and evidencing of engagement and impact in
order to optimise impact case studies for return to the next
REF exercise. Guidance and application forms are available.
Internal support for EU funding applications
Our EU Networking Fund can cover costs to attend or
organise partner meetings.
Our Support fund for Coordinators can cover the costs of an
internal application manager.
Leveraged Studentship Scheme
The aim of the Leveraged Studentship Scheme is to drive a
change in the structure of our research income portfolio
and, in particular, to support our research leaders, large-
scale, strategic applications and PhD student cohorts. The
policy for consideration for a leveraged studentship has
changed recently. Allocations of studentships will only be
made for –
1) Institutional bids e.g. single, managed bids of significant size and scale.
2) A limited range of prestigious funded Fellowships (ERC, some RCUK, Royal Society and Wellcome Trust).
3) Applications where leverage support is a clear mandatory requirement from the funder(s).
Applications for leveraged studentships are being considered for 2019/20 onwards. Application form is available here.
MRC PROXIMITY to DISCOVERY: Industry Engagement Fund - Round 3 The P2D: Industry Engagement Fund (P2D:IEF) supports universities in building relationships with industry partners and improving understanding between academia and industry. The QUB MRC P2D Travel Fund can be used to support Early Stage Industry Engagement Activities e.g. visits to companies to discuss areas of mutual interest with a view to developing an academic-industry collaboration. Applications should be submitted at least 1 month in advance of the planned travel and all activities must take place before the fund closes on 31 August 2018. QUB academics, research or professional staff are eligible to apply. For further information and application guidance please contact Dr. Marie-Louise Cairns in the Business Alliance Team.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES NEWSLETTER – FACULTY OF MEDICINE, HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES
P a g e | 10 July 2018
The MRC P2D Postdoctoral Industrial Placement Fund (PIP) aims to support
greater understanding of industry research amongst postdoctoral researchers.
Applications to this scheme are only permitted for activity that is aligned to MRC
science areas. Whilst applications involving existing university collaborative
partners are welcome, these will need to demonstrate why funding is required to
further develop the relationship. You are eligible to apply if you are a member of Queen’s health sciences research
staff. It is expected that costs would not exceed £2,000 per applicant. This is an open call, and applications will be
reviewed on an ad-hoc basis, but should be submitted at least one month in advance of the planned travel. For
further information and application guidance please contact Dr. Marie-Louise Cairns.
MH&LS Research Development team contacts Bernie Boyle | Research Development Manager | [email protected] | 3549
Dr. Mani Narayanan | Research Development Manager | [email protected] | 2597
Dr. Cian McCrudden | Research Development Officer | [email protected] | 1574
Patricia McCrory | EU & International Research Development Manager | [email protected] | MDBS; Nursing & Midwifery
Dr. Lydia Lepécuchel | EU & International Research Development Manager | [email protected] | Pharmacy; BS; IGFS
