Where’s the Money?
Schemes for Collaborative Research
Amelia Wakeford
Research Development Officer for HAHP
15 January 2015
Types of Schemes
Responsive
Strategic
• Bottom – Up / Researcher-led
• Top Down / Funder-driven
• Submit in any research area and on
any topic within the funder’s remit
• Directive calls on topics identified by
the funder (eg in response to a
societal challenge or a challenge for
the future research community)
• Often - Open Call (rolling deadline)
• Usually deadline led (often short
turnaround)
• Research what types of projects have
been funded and what athey look
like
• Research Funded projects PLUS
development of the scheme
Funders
UK
Overseas
• Research Councils
• UK Charities
• EU Horizon 2020
• O/S Charities
Funders
UK
• Research Councils
• UK Charities
RCUK
AHRC
ESRC
Leverhulme
Wellcome Trust (Society&Ethics/Medical Humanities)
AHRC - Responsive
Schemes
AHRC Research Grant – standard route
-
AHRC Research Grant – early career route
Considerations
Contribution Income rating:    (80% of Full Economic Cost fEC)
Allows international co-investigators (may not pay for all their costs)
Does not permit PhD Project Studentships
Societal Impact / Knowledge Exchange
Balance grant management experience against the value of funding you request.
Resources
AHRC Funding Guide – essential reading
RCUK Gateway to Research - funded project abstracts written in RC language
Sussex successful bid library
AHRC newsletter
AHRC Beyond Borders – international blog and newsletter
AHRC Strategy 2013-2018
ESRC - Responsive
Schemes
ESRC Research Grant
-
Considerations
Contribution Income rating:    (pays 80% of the Full Economic Cost)
Allows international co-investigators (may not pay for all their costs)
Do not permit PhD Project Studentships
Societal Impact
Knowledge Exchange
Balance grant management experience against the value of funding you request.
Resources
ESRC Funding Guide
RCUK Gateway to Research
How to write a good research grant proposal
AHRC / ESRC Joint statement on Subject Coverage
ESRC newsletter
ESRC Impact toolkit
ESRC Delivery plan 2011-2015
Leverhulme - Responsive
Schemes
Project Grant Programme Grant Research Centres ( International Networks )
Considerations
- Contribution Income rating:  (do not pay investigator salaries or contribute to
overheads but can claim QR charity funding from UK gov)
- Provide a limited amount of replacement teaching
- Charities can be applicants - May allow international co-investigators
- Do permit PhD Project Studentships
- Do not pay for some activities eg Hosting a Conference
- Scholarly Impact
- Two stage application process
Resources
Leverhulme Guidance for Applicants
Leverhulme Approach to funding and Assessment Criteria
Awarded Projects
Case studies
Mailing List and Newsletters
Wellcome Trust Medical Humanities
Schemes
Collaborative Awards
Considerations
- Contribution Income rating:  (do not pay investigator salaries or contribute to
overheads but can claim QR charity funding from UK gov)
- UK Charities and some overseas co-I’s eligible to apply
- May pay limited amount of replacement teaching
- Do permit PhD Project Studentships
- Do not pay for some activities eg Hosting a Conference
- Often a two stage application process
Medical Humanities Remit
Funding Rules
Pre-application workshops
Funded Projects
Blogs and Newsfeeds
Strategy and Vision
Resources
Wellcome Trust
Society & Ethics
Schemes
Collaborative Awards
Considerations
- Contribution Income rating:  (do not pay investigator salaries or contribute to
overheads but can claim QR charity funding from UK gov)
- UK Charities and some overseas co-I’s eligible to apply
- May pay limited amount of replacement teaching
- Do permit PhD Project Studentships
- Do not pay for some activities eg Hosting a Conference
- Often a two stage application process
Society and Ethics Remit
Funding Rules
Pre-application workshops
Funded Projects
Blogs and Newsfeeds
Strategy and Vision
Resources
AHRC Themes
AHRC Theme Website
Theme overview / Advisory Group / Current Funding
Opportunities / Current Awards / Past Activities
Theme Resources / Community / Tips
Care for the Future: Thinking Forward
through the Past
• http://careforthefuture.exeter.ac.uk/
Digital Transformations in the Arts and
Humanities
• Big Data
• Advisory Board: Tim Hitchcock
• Theme Leaflet (for case studies)
Science in Culture
Translating Cultures
• http://translatingcultures.org.uk/
• Advisory Board: Steve Burman
• Always check that your project is within the remit of a call – consult the AHRC theme
team – call language can be confusing / misleading.
• Look out for Sandpits/Workshops/Theme Events
• Do you know anyone on the advisory board?
• RCUK Gateway to Research - funded project abstracts written in RC language
Other AHRC Initiatives
Connected Communities
A joint programme with ESRC to
understand the changing nature of
communities in their historical & cultural
contexts and the role of communities in
sustaining and enhancing our quality of life
Cultural Value Project AHRC pages
• A project commissioned by AHRC to
investigate how we think about the
value of arts and culture to individuals
and society.
• Has issued its own calls occasionally
Cultural Value Project Blog
Open World Research Initiative
• Funding initiative for research in
modern languages.
• Currently reviewing outline bids
• Large Programme (up to £4 million)
RCUK Cross Council Programmes
Digital economy
Global uncertainties; security for all in a
changing world
Energy
Living with environmental change (LWEC)
Global Food Security
Lifelong health and wellbeing
Development Awards
Schemes to enable researchers to develop a novel idea to a position where they could
be competitive to apply for a larger award
Responsive
Strategic
AHRC Research Networking Grant
Research Councils:
British Academy Small Grant
Look out for calls entitled things like:
development awards / exploratory
awards / innovation awards
Sussex Research
Research Opportunities Fund
Research Development Fund
Wellcome Trust
Medical Humanities Seed Award
Society and Ethics Seed Award
Sandpits / workshop calls
AHRC Research Grant - EXAMPLES
1. Searched Gateway to Research RCUK for
project details such as who is involved /
project size / disciplines involved /
start/end dates / beneficiaries and impact –
all in RCUK language
2. Google the Project website:
http://magnacarta.cmp.uea.ac.uk/
£719k over 3 years. 4 historians / 1
archaeologist/historian/ 1 computer scientist /
3 postdocs (1 computing / 2 history)
Application Support
• Amelia Wakeford – Research Development
Officer
• Christina Miariti – Research Impact Officer
• Isla Morris – Governance Officer