FW: R&D Networking event - Finding partners for FP7 projects

Successful R&D in Europe: 4th European Networking Event

8-9 March 2012

Düsseldorf Airport, Germany

 

Enterprise Europe Network invites SME’s, researchers and entrepreneurs to an international event to find new R&D partners for FP7 projects. . The Successful R&D in Europe - European Networking Event will offer attendees the opportunity to make new contacts and form new partnerships for European funding proposals.

 

The networking event will be structured in parallel brokerage sessions focussing on five topics:

 

• Information and Communication Technologies
• Energy
• Nanotechnology and Production Technologies
• Life Science/Health
• People (focus on ITN/ IAPP)

 

For more information on the event please click here.                                   

 

The event will see keynote speeches from European Commission representatives Dr. Rudolf W. Strohmeier, Deputy Director-General of DG Research and Innovation and Dr. Joanna Drake, Director for SMEs and Entrepreneurship at DG Enterprise and Industry.

 

Participants are invited to give short a presentation on their capabilities and opportunities for collaboration. 

 

The organisers are hoping to see UK Universities at this valuable event.

FW: [Universityleaders] European Commission Call for Proposals

I am writing to inform you that the European Commission has launched its latest call for proposals under what is known as the 7th EU Research and Technological Framework Programme 2007 - 2013, between known by the acronym FP7.

The call for proposals under this prorgamme that was published on July 19th last supports research in a range of different areas including in the fields of agriculture, food, fisheries, biotechnology, nano-technology, environmental sciences, climate change issues, health, transport , security and space.

Organisations from research, educational and private sector companies can participate within these funding programmes. There must be a minimum of three partners participating within any of these specific programmes to be successful.

I would urge your university or research centre to look very carefully at this latest calls for proposals.

The relevant information can be found at http//ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/home or at http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html

Always feel free to contact the local European Commission delegation office in your country for further information.


Kind Regards. 


DAVID HARMON 
European Commission 
Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN 
Research, Innovation and Science 
BERL 10/400, B-1049 Brussels 
Phone: +32 2 29 50321 
Fax:    +32 2 29 81499 
E-mail: david.harmon@ec.europa.eu

 

 

 

FW: HEA travel fund

 

HEA UK travel fund

The HEA’s new UK travel fund will enable staff and students in UK higher education to exchange and disseminate good practice in learning, teaching and assessment and engage with their peers. The funding may be used to help the applicant(s) attend conferences, network meetings and special interest groups that are being run in the UK. Please note that funding may not be used for events that are being held outside the UK. The application should demonstrate that:

 

• the event is related to at least one of the HEA’s current seven priority themes: assessment, education for sustainable development, employability, internationalisation, flexible learning, retention and success, reward and recognition of teaching;

 

• the activity would have a positive impact in the sector e.g. including the nature of the engagement proposed by the applicant, scope and purpose of the event;

 

• the event would give opportunities for professional development or capacity building for the applicant(s);

 

• the application should offer value for money.

 

This is an open call running throughout the academic year 2011-12. Please consult the application document for more information.

 

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/travel-fund?utm_source=Academy_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=academy-update-oct11&utm_content=emailNews5

 

 

FW: HEA Departmental Teaching Development Grants - Call for Reviewers

The Higher Education Academy has an open call for Departmental bids in the second phase of its Teaching Development Grant scheme to stimulate evidence-based research and encourage innovations in learning and teaching that have the potential for sector-wide impact.

A total of Ł300,000 of funding will be available for projects seeking a maximum award of Ł30,000. Successful bids will demonstrate team impact across the department, longitudinal impact and will include evaluation and dissemination criteria.

The themes for this round of funding are:

Employability and Internationalisation.

Closing date for Departmental bids is October 23rd 2011.

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding There will also be a further call for individual projects open in the new year (details on the web-site).

FW: Higher Education Academy funding news - Teaching Develpoment Grants

Teaching Development Grants

The Higher Education Academy is offering bid-based development grant funding to stimulate evidence-based research and encourage innovations in learning and teaching that have the potential for sector-wide impact.

Over the next year there will be a total of £1.5 million of funding available for individual grants, departmental grants and collaborative grants.

Phase One

The first phase begins with an open call for individual grant scheme bids. There is a total of £315,000 available in this phase with a maximum of £7,000 per project.
£28,000 is ring fenced for new academic staff (anyone with less than five years experience in a full time permanent post). A further £28,000 is ring fenced for HEA Fellows who have never had a teaching development grant before.

Bids are invited from anyone responsible for the student learning experience who is working in higher education institutions in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or England that subscribe to the Higher Education Academy. The themes for this call are:
- internationalisation
- employability.

Closing date for phase one bids is 15 June 2011.

All bids will be reviewed by two independent peer reviewers and graded against the underlying principles below.
- Student engagement - e.g. developing resources with or for students, students involved with reviewing outputs use.
- Benefit of output beyond own HEI.

For full details, including how to apply, visit http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships

Applications are now being accepted for the Leverhulme Trust  Early Career Fellowship 2011 round: http://leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/ECF/ECF.cfm

 

Early Career Fellowships aim to provide career development opportunities for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers but with a proven record of research. It is anticipated that a Fellowship will lead to a more permanent academic position. Applications are welcomed in any discipline, and approximately 70 Fellowships will be available in 2011.

 

Applications are invited from those with a doctorate who had their doctoral viva not more than 5 years from the application closing date. Hence those who had their viva before 10 March 2006 are not eligible unless they have since had a career break.

 

Applications must be submitted online by the closing date of 4.00pm on 10 March 2011.