FW: UK Centre for Bioscience: Funding available

The UK Centre for Bioscience is currently accepting bids for our Departmental
Teaching Enhancement Scheme which offers up to £15,000 to bioscience
schools and departments to develop and implement some aspect of practice
that will lead to an improved learning experience for their students. Deadline
for expressions of interest: January 15th 2010. Deadline for full proposal: 7th
April 2010.

In addition we are currently holding round 12 of our Teaching Development
Fund which provides support of up to £4000 to individuals to encourage the
development, establishment or validation of innovative learning, teaching and
assessment materials or methods. Application deadline: 29th January 2010.

Both calls are open to those working in Higher Education Bisocience Teaching
and Learning in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales.

For more information on both funding calls see our website
www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/

Best wishes,

Julie

Dr. Julie Peacock

FW: Higher Education Academy - Funding Opportunities October 2009

Latest Funding Opportunities from The Higher Education Academy

Below you will find links to the latest funding from across the Higher Education Sector which we hope will be of interest to you.

1) Call for Syntheses - Enhancing Learning and Teaching through the use of Technology: Evidence-based Practice
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/elt_syntheses_oct09

2) Evidence-based Practice Seminar Series 2010: Calls for expressions of interest
- Assessment and Feedback
- Employability and Employee Feedback
- Professional Learning and Teaching Practice
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/evidencebasedpracticeseminarsOct2010

3) Art Design Media Subject Centre Project Proposals 2010/11
- Education for Sustainable Development
- Student Engagement
- Quality Enhancement and Student Assessment
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/adm_projects_nov09

4) History Teaching Development Grants
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/historytdgoct2009

5) Academy Scotland Travel Fund
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/aboutus/scotland/events/travel_fund

6) ESCalate Education Subject Centre - Themed funding: Teacher Educators for the 21st Century
http://escalate.ac.uk/grants/type?ID=8

7) ESCalate Education Subject Centre - Themed funding: Student Well-being
http://escalate.ac.uk/grants/type?ID=9

8) Engineering Mini-Projects
http://www.engsc.ac.uk/us/fundopps/miniprojects.asp

9) Psychology Mini-Projects
http://www.psychology.heacademy.ac.uk/s.php?p=93

10) Marketing Education - Teaching and Learning Grants 2009/10
Subject Centre for Business Management, Accountancy and Finance Marketing Education SIG / Academy of Marketing
http://www.academyofmarketing.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=14

Online Services team

Find out more about the Higher Education Academy by visiting our website
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk

FW: ADM-HEA Project Funding Announcement

The Art Design Media Subject Centre (ADM-HEA) is pleased to invite funding proposals for projects of 12 months duration, which will run from March 2010 to March 2011. There are three key themes for applications this year, which align with ADM-HEA’s current strategy:
 
Education for sustainable development
This strand aims to assist the development of curricula and pedagogy that will provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge to live and work sustainably.
 
Student engagement
Relates to ways in which the sector involves learners in all aspects of their higher education experience at course, department and institutional level. These activities range from student involvement in curriculum design and assessment, through to contributions to departmental and institutional policy through membership of faculty boards, engagement in institutional quality processes and involvement in university and college governing bodies.
 
Quality enhancement and student assessment
In our disciplinary area, this strand may relate, in particular, to issues emerging from and responses to, the National Student Survey (NSS) data. Equally, it could examine ways that courses, departments and institutions collect information on the student learning experience and use this to effect change and enhance quality. We are also keen to encourage work that explores student assessment in art, design and media and the feedback available to students to enhance their learning experiences.
 
Applications must be submitted by Monday, 30 November, 2009. For full details visit: http://www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/adm-hea-funding-opportunities.

Alison Crowe
Projects Manager
ADM-HEA Subject Centre

FW: Funding Opportunities from the Higher Education Academy July 2009

Funding Opportunities newsletter from the Higher Education Academy:

1) UK Centre for Bioscience - Individual Grants Round 11 http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/bioscience_individual_grants11

2) Health Sciences and Practice - Call for mini-projects http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/0609_HSAP_mini_projects

3) MEDEV - Call for mini-projects
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/0609_medev_mini_projects

4) Information and Computer Sciences - General Development Fund 2009/10
http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/development-fund/general.php

5) UK Centre for Legal Education (UKCLE)
Project Development Fund - http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/interact/pdf.html
Funding for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/interact/nations.html

6) Social Policy and Social Work Subject Centre (SWAP) - http://www.swap.ac.uk/getinvolved/funding.html

7) JISC - Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/learning_teaching_innovation_july09

Online Services team

JISC GRANT 4/08 LEARNING AND TEACHING INNOVATION GRANT ROUND 4

JISC GRANT 4/08 LEARNING AND TEACHING INNOVATION GRANT ROUND 4

The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) invites institutions to =
submit funding proposals for innovative projects in the e-learning =
domain. Projects and activities that fit with the vision, outcomes and =
principles of the JISC e-Learning programme and support innovative =
approaches to learning and teaching, identify areas of activity suitable =
for further investment and enhance the overall educational experience of =
students throughout the sector by identifying and solving common =
problems that are not covered by existing or planned JISC programmes.

Work should commence by 1 November 2009 and be complete by 30 October =
2010.=20

Funding of up to =A375,000 is available including VAT and travel and =
subsistence.=20

The deadline for proposals is 12.00 noon BST on Monday 20th July 2009.=20

Further information can be found at =
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/05/circular=
408.aspx

FW: Funding opportunity (UK HE only)

The Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies is pleased to invite proposals for our latest round of project funding.

Applications are welcomed for the funding of projects designed to:

• encourage a culture in which innovative developments in learning, teaching and assessment are valued and acknowledged at a national level;
• promote good practice in the development and evaluation of innovative methods of learning, teaching and assessment;
• disseminate within the wider community innovative methods or materials originally developed for use within a single institution.

in subject disciplines the Subject Centre covers:

• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Theology
• History of Science, Technology and Medicine
• Philosophy of Science

The Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies is setting aside £15,000 for projects in this tranche; the maximum funding for any single proposal will be £3,000.  Additional funding may be available for major collaborative initiatives - contact the Subject Centre for details.  Support is also available for those who would like to submit a proposal.

To find out more:

·         Visit the website: http://prs.heacademy.ac.uk/view.html/PrsFundingOps/9

·         Contact the Subject Centre: email enquiries@prs.heacademy.ac.uk, tel. 0113 343 4184

Application deadline: 12 noon, Friday 26 June 2009

 

JISC Grant Funding Call 03/09: Rapid Innovation Grants

JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for grants to fund technical rapid innovation projects addressing priority areas.

Proposals are sought under the following priority areas:

• Mashups of open data
• Aggregating tags and feeds
• Semantic web/ linked data
• Data search
• Visualisation
• Personalisation
• Mobile Technologies
• Lightweight Shared Infrastructure Services
• User Interface Design 

Funding of between £15,000 - £40,000 for 6 month projects for up to 30 projects is available

The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12 noon on Wednesday 22 April 2009. 

Eligibility

Proposals may be submitted by HE institutions funded via HEFCE, SFC, HEFCW and DEL Northern Ireland, and by FE institutions funded via SFC, DCELLS Wales and DEL Northern Ireland. FE institutions in England that teach HE to more than 400 FTEs are also eligible to bid provided proposals demonstrate how the work supports the HE in FE agenda. 

Funding is available for projects starting in early-mid June 2009 for 6 months. All projects must  be complete by 30 November 2009.

Further information can be found in the full Call http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/03/309ricall.aspx