Małgorzata Czerwiec UK Research Office malgorzata.czerwiec@bbsrc.ac.uk Swindon, 18 February 2015
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30% of total Horizon 2020 budget Overall objective: to strengthen the excellence of European research New research and ideas are drivers of competition Attract and retain high potential individuals Fund the most talented and creative researchers Develop and maintain world-class research infrastructures
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.. Ensure excellent and innovative research training as well as attractive career and knowledge-exchange opportunities through cross-border and cross-sector mobility of researchers to best prepare them to face current and future societal challenges. Contributing to wider EU policies: Europe 2020 http://ec.europa.eu/eu2020/index_en.htm Innovation Union http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovationunion/index_en.cfm Youth on the Move http://ec.europa.eu/youthonthemove/
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Operates in a bottom-up basis Open to all research and innovation domains from basic research to market take-up Mobility (cross-border and cross-sector) is a key requirement Aim to develop new knowledge / enhance skills of people behind research and innovation Strong participation across sectors; multidisciplinary aspects of research encouraged Dissemination and public engagement through public outreach activities Gender balance equal opportunities but also gender dimension in the research content Total budget: 6.2bn (compared with 4.7bn in FP7)
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Early Stage Researcher (ESR) Less than four years of research experience and No doctoral degree Experienced Researcher (ER) At least four years of research experience or A doctoral degree Academic sector Nonacademic sector Includes universities (public and private), higher education institutions (public and private), non-profit research institutions (public and private), research foundations, research institutions associated to foundations, international European interest organisations Includes any socio-economic actor not included in the academic sector
Applications on-line through the ECAS Participant Portal Apply to specific discipline panel Chemistry (CHE) Evaluation Panels Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) Economic Sciences (ECO) Information Science and Engineering (ENG) Environment and Geosciences (ENV) Life Sciences (LIF) Mathematics (MAT) Physics (PHY) No predefined budget allocation among the panels. Budget distributed based on number of eligible proposals in each panel
EU contribution based on unit costs calculated on the basis of the researcher-months Two broad categories of unit costs: researcher and institutional Allowances for the researcher (living, mobility and family allowance) Unit costs for research, training and networking Unit costs for management and indirect costs Country coefficients applicable only to living allowances in ITN and IF NIGHT: uses eligibility, award criteria and funding of the H2020 Coordination & Support actions
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Excellence Impact Implementation Scored on a scale of 0-5 50% 30% 20% Weighting 1 2 3 Priority in case of ex aequo Overall threshold of 70% applies to total score Proposals ranked within panels by overall score Proposals funded in ranking order Evaluation summary reports provided No restrictions on re-application but applicants discouraged from making references to previous evaluation results
Aim to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative researchers, able to face current and future challenges and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit Key policy aspects Triple i dimension international, interdisciplinary, intersectoral Knowledge triangle research, education, innovation Employability and Entrepreneurship Exchange of Best Practice amongst participating organisations 2007-2013 2014-2020 Initial Innovative Training Networks Non-academic sector participation Contributing to EU Europe 2020 Policy
Collaborative work in multidisciplinary, international consortia (academic + non-academic) Proposing competitively selected joint research training/doctoral programme for Early-Stage Researchers Recruit researchers across the consortium each researcher has an Individual Research Project Advanced research and transferable skills training e.g. communication, research management, societal outreach, entrepreneurship, IP Exposure to non-academic sector (secondments) Networking events
European Training Networks (ETN) Min. 3 beneficiaries Min. 3 MS/AC countries Up to 540 ESR months Apply to one of eight scientific panels European Industrial Doctorates (EID) Min. 1 academic and 1 non-academic beneficiary Min. 2 MS/AC countries Up to 180 ESR months (up to 540, if 3 or more beneficiaries) European Joint Doctorates (EJD) Min. 3 academic beneficiaries Min. 3 MS/AC countries Up to 540 ESR months Common features: Only Early Stage Researchers (ESR) recruited Maximum project length = 48 months Maximum ESR contract length = 36 months Collaboration between academic and non-academic sector essential Participation of third countries possible
1465 participations from UK submitted 160 were successful Success rate (evaluated proposals) ETN EID EJD 9,4% 18,8% 15,4% Success rate: 10.9%
Evaluated proposals Retain List Threshold Reserve List Threshold Success Rate LIF 93.2 92 9.2% ENG 92.6 92 9.6% PHY 93.8 92.4 8.8% CHE 91.6 91 10.3% ENV 91 90.6 9.5% SOC 94.8 93.2 9.2% MAT 90 87.4 6.3% ECO 95 84.2 9.1% EID 87 86 18.8% EJD 85.2 83.8 15.4% Average 10.62%
Aim to enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers wishing to diversify their individual competence in terms of skill acquisition at multi- or interdisciplinary level through advanced training, international and intersectoral mobility Supports Experienced Researchers only Opportunities to acquire new knowledge and work on research in or outside Europe Specific support for return and reintegration of researchers to Europe who have previously worked here Supports career restart for individuals with high potential who have been out of active research
European Fellowships 12-24 months From any country to MS/AC Host country is subject to the MSCA mobility rule Separate multi-disciplinary panels for Career re-start and Reintegration (Reintegration Fellowship only) mobility to Europe, researcher must have been previously active in Europe for at least 5 consecutive years Global Fellowships 12-24 months plus 12 month return phase Secondment from MS/AC to third country Mandatory 12 month return phase in Europe (not subject to mobility rule) Mobility rule for the Career re-start and Reintegration panels researchers shall not have resided or carried out their main activity in the country of their host organisation for more than 3 years in the 5 years immediately prior to the relevant deadline Career Restart applicants must not have been research active in the 12 months preceding the deadline.
Completely bottom up any excellent research project in any research / innovation field Calibre of researcher important No age or career stage restrictions Researcher and host institution work together on application Grant beneficiary is the host institution Grants can exceptionally be portable and flexible Expectation of full-time research fellowship but can incl. some supervision, teaching etc. Requests for part-time working may be possible during grant negotiation / life-time of grant
Training-through-research at the host institution of Fellow s choice, with named Supervisor Realistic and well-defined objectives in terms of research project and career advancement, incl. a Career Development Plan Develop and significantly widen the competences of the researcher, incl. multi-interdisciplinary expertise, inter-sectoral experience and transferable skills Optional secondment (should significantly add to the impact of the research project) of up to 3-6 months Public engagement activities
Optional intersectoral secondment that should significantly add to the impact of the research project Must take place in a MS/AC Must occur during the fellowship Secondment phase can be a single period or divided into shorter mobility periods For a fellowship > 18 months, secondment phase may be up to 6 months For a fellowship 18 months, secondment phase may be up to 3 month
All proposals European Fellowships Standard 5334 1749 Career Restart 425 119 Reintegration 466 58 Global Fellowships 1047 152 TOTAL 7472 2078
Indicative budget 80M Publication date 6 January 2015 Call deadline 28 April 2015 (17:00 Brussels time) Evaluation of proposals June 2015 Evaluation Outcome September 2015 Signing of Grant Agreement November 2015
Aim to promote international and inter-sector collaboration through research and innovation staff exchanges, and sharing of knowledge and ideas from research to market (and vice-versa) for the advancement of science and development of innovation Should involve institutions from the academic and non-academic sectors (particularly SMEs) based in MS/AC and/or third countries Development of partnerships in the form of joint research and innovation activities between the participants Knowledge sharing via international and/or inter-sector mobility through two way secondments of staff with built-in return mechanism no recruitment of new staff! Exchanges between MS/AC only: secondments must be inter-sectoral Exchanges between MS/AC and third countries: secondments can be same sector and/or intersectoral
Participants must be from at least three different countries, at least two of which are MS/AC If all participants in same sector one participant country must be a third country Secondment period 1-12 months (does not need to be continuous) Projects up to 4 years and max 540 exchange visit months Typical activities in RISE:
Beneficiaries (Participants level 1) Signatory to the Grant Agreement Responsible for the execution of the project Are established in MS/AC Partner organisations (Participants level 2) Do not sign the Grant Agreement Must include a letter of commitment in the proposal Are established in a Third Country (TC)
Early-Stage Researchers (ESR), Experienced Researchers (ER) + managerial, technical, administrative staff supporting the research and innovation activities of the project Have been actively engaged in or linked to research and/or innovation activities at the sending institution for at least 6 months (full-time equivalent) prior to the first period of secondment After the secondment period(s), the exchanged staff members should be reintegrated again into the sending organisation
RISE RISE At least 3 independent participants in 3 different countries At least 2 participants from 2 different MS/AC If all in MS/AC: at least 1 academic and 1 nonacademic MS/AC MS/AC MS/AC Non- Academic MS/AC Academic TC MS/AC
MS/AC 1 MS/AC 2 MS/AC 3 Academic Non-Academic
MS/AC 1 MS/AC 2 TC Secondments from TC to MS/AC subject to H2020 funding rules! If funded by TC describe in proposal!
Secondments that must be described in the proposal: MS/AC 1 Academic MS/AC 2 Non-Academic MS/AC TC TC MS/AC Eligibility for funding depends on the TC Secondments that must not be described in the proposal: All other possibilities, such as: MS/AC 1 Academic MS/AC 2 Academic MS/AC 1 Non-Academic MS/AC 2 Non-Academic MS/AC 1 Academic MS/AC 1 Non-Academic
Scheme Researcher unit cost [person/month] Staff member unit cost Top-up allowance person/month Institutional unit cost [person/month] Research, training and networking costs Management and overheads RISE 2000 1800 700 Funding based fully on unit costs, multiplied by requested person months spent on secondments Automated calculation of budget when secondment months filled into application Institutional costs can be moved between beneficiaries and redistributed to partners (needs to be agreed in the Consortium Agreement) No detailed financial reporting but need to report on completed secondment months
1463 Non-Academic 30% Academic 70% 625 A-List Success rate: 43% Non Academic 437 -> 187 123 participations from UK submitted 57 were successful Academic 1026 -> 438 Success rate: 46.3% Source: European Commission
Source: European Commission
Evaluated proposals Retain List Threshold Reserve List Threshold Success Rate Chemistry 82.6 76.2 50% Economic Sciences 70.6 70 33.3% Information Science and Engineering Environment and Geosciences 78.6 75.6 40.7% 78.4 75.8 45.8% Life Sciences 78.2 76.4 45.5% Mathematics 76.4 n/a 25% Physics 81.4 79 32% Social Sciences and Humanities 77.2 75.2 47.6% Average 42%
UK Co-ordinator Project Title Budget BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY Shaping Smarter Consumer Behaviour and Food Choice 499,500 UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX Higher Education Internationalisation and Mobility: Inclusion, Equalities and Innovations 207,000 UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Cultural Narratives of Crisis and Renewal 1,044,000 21 proposlas/10 ratained/2 reserve list
Objective: stimulate regional, national or international programmes to foster excellence in researchers' training, mobility and career development Scope: international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary research training, as well as transnational and cross-sector mobility of researchers, in line with Charter & Code and with EU principles for Innovative Doctoral Training Excepted impact: - exploit synergies between EU actions and those at regional, national, and international level - leverage funding and combat fragmentation - increase working / employment conditions of researchers
Doctoral programmes Budget available: 30 million Budget requested: 107 million Finland 1 Malta 1 Luxembourg 2 Austria 3 Poland 3 Sweden 3 Germany 4 Italy 5 Netherlands 5 United Kingdom 6 Spain 7 France 10 Total 50 Fellowship programmes Austria 1 Czech Republic 1 Denmark 1 Estonia 1 Israel 1 Budget available: Netherlands 50 million 1 Budget requested: Portugal 166 million 1 Sweden 1 Belgium 2 Poland 2 Switzerland 2 Ireland 3 Germany 4 United Kingdom 4 France 7 Italy 7 Spain 12 IEIO 2 Total 53 Austria 1 Czech Republic 1 Denmark 1 Estonia 1 Israel 1 Netherlands 1 Portugal 1 Sweden 1 Belgium 2 Poland 2 Switzerland 2 Ireland 3 Germany 4 United Kingdom 4 France 7 Italy 7 Results will be available in March 2015 Spain 12 IEIO 2 Total 53 Source: European Commission
EU contribution to living allowance for contracts with full social security: Early stage researchers (ESR): 1855 per person-month Experienced researchers (ER): 2625 per person-month EU contribution to management costs: 325 per person-month Minimum amounts for monthly living + mobility allowances: ESR: 2597 ER: 3675 Other cost items may be funded through other resources (including ESIF funds) 3675 < Example (Fellowship programme ER) Cost item Living allowance Mobility allowance Examples of programme costs [ per person-month] EU contribution [ per personmonth] e.g. 4800 2625 e.g. 500 Research costs e.g. 500 Management costs Indirect costs e.g. 600 e.g. 600 325 Total e.g. 7000 2950
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Małgorzata Czerwiec UK Research Office malgorzata.czerwiec@bbsrc.ac.uk Swindon, 18 February 2015
The ERC shall provide attractive and flexible funding to enable talented and creative individual researchers and their teams to pursue the most promising avenues at the frontier of science.. scientific excellence shall be the sole criterion on which ERC grants are awarded. The ERC shall operate on a bottomup basis without predetermined priorities. Horizon 2020 proposal text
The ERC seeks to fund the best frontier research proposals submitted by excellent researchers, with excellence as the single peer review criterion. Will fund projects led by a Principal Investigator, if necessary supported by a team (no need for pan-european collaboration). Will operate on a bottom-up basis, without pre-determined research priorities. 25 panels in 3 domains which proposals can be submitted to: Physical Sciences and Engineering Life Sciences Social Sciences and Humanities Total ERC budget: 11.6bn (compared with 7.5bn in FP7)
Excellent, innovative and investigator-initiated research projects can be basic or applied research, in any field of research Flexible projects to promote substantial advances in frontier research such as: questions at or beyond the frontiers of knowledge without regard for established disciplinary boundaries could be: interdisciplinary proposals crossing the boundaries between different research fields pioneering proposals addressing new and emerging fields of research proposals introducing unconventional, innovative approaches and scientific inventions
ERC allocated around 12.7 billion for Horizon 2020 (compares to the allocation of 7.5 billion for FP7). Highest amount of funding to go to the Starting Grants and Consolidator Grants schemes. But due to the progressive increases in the annual ERC budget until 2013, budget allocations won t exceed 2013 levels until 2016 calls. 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Starting Grants 2-7 years postdoc Up to 1.5-2m for 5 years Consolidator Grants 7 12 years postdoc Up to 2-2.75m for 5 years Advanced Grants Leading researchers Up to 3-3.5m for 5 years Synergy Grants 2 4 PIs Up to 15m for 6 years Proof of Concept ERC grant holders 150k for up to 18 months Horizon 2020 general funding rate of 100% direct + 25% indirect costs applies
Call identifier Publication date Deadline Call budget, M (estimated number of grants) ERC-2014-AdG 17 June 2014 21 October 2014 450 (200) ERC-2015-StG 7 October 2014 3 February 2015 430 (330) ERC-2015-CoG 13 November 2014 12 March 2015 585 (330) ERC-2015-AdG 10 February 2015 2 June 2015 630 (280) ERC-2015-PoC 7 November 2014 5 February 2015 28 May 2015 1 October 2015 20 (130)
Eligibility for StG and CoG calls now measured from 1 January of call year, not call publication date No maximum limit for extensions to eligibility window for StG and CoG calls Extensions to eligibility now available for illness of relative (child, spouse, parent, sibling) Slight increase to PoC budget from EUR 15m to EUR 20m; also 3 rather than 2 deadlines (Feb 2015 / May 2015 / Oct 2015) No pre-allocated budget split between 3 domains New rule on multiple apps: may submit proposals to different ERC frontier grant calls in same WP, but only 1 st eligible one will be evaluated. CoG now only requires 40% commitment from PI
54 Central to the grant and review criteria Must have the potential to be a future independent research leader in their own right Has the power to assemble a research group of team members & freedom to chose the research topic Expected to lead their team and be fully engaged in the running of the grant Can be of any age, nationality or current location
55 Can be any type of legal entity Must be based in the territory of an EU Member State or Associated Country The PI does not have to be based there at the time of application Has the infrastructure and capacity to carry out frontier research project Must not constrain the PI to the research strategy of the institution Normally employs the PI
56 Must provide appropriate conditions for the PI to direct independently the research and manage the ERC funding Not assessed as a separate criterion during Peer Review Is the applicant legal entity Signs a Supporting Statement as part of application If funded signs up to the Grant Agreement If funded, signs a Supplementary Agreement with the PI Host institution should not really be changed during review process but researchers can move once funded
57 PI has freedom to choose appropriate team members (the ERC s term) Constitution of individual research team is flexible (senior research staff, post-docs, PhDs, non academic staff, etc ) PI's host institution normally the only institution; could have team members from other institutions in the same or different countries (institutions will sign Grant Agreement) Team members can be of any age, nationality & country of residence Team members do not need to be independent Resubmission rules do not apply to team members REMEMBER: Individual research team headed by a single PI (including any team members at other institutions) so NOT a traditional network or research consortium
Starting Grants and Consolidator Grants The ERC panel will evaluate the PI s intellectual capacity, creativity and commitment. This includes: ability to propose and conduct ground-breaking research and achievements going beyond the state-of-the-art. abundant evidence of creative independent thinking. the ERC grant would contribute significantly to the establishment and/or further consolidation of the PI's independence. commitment to the project (minimum 50% of the PI s total working time for StG, 40% for CoG).
Starting Grants Who is a competitive candidate? Must be able to show potential for excellence and evidence of maturity: expectation for at least one important publication without the participation of the PhD supervisor promising track record of early achievements appropriate to field and career stage, including: significant publications (as main author) in major international peer-reviewed journals and/or monographs invited presentations, granted patents, awards, prizes etc good leadership potential and must convince the ERC panel that the PI will be able to lead an ambitious frontier research project
Consolidator Grants Who is a competitive candidate? Must be able to show potential for excellence and evidence of maturity: it is expected that applicants will have produced at least several important publications without the participation of their PhD supervisor promising track record of early achievements appropriate to field and career stage, including: significant publications (as main author) in major international peer-reviewed major scientific journals and/or monographs invited presentations, granted patents, awards, prizes etc good leadership potential and must convince the ERC panel that you will be able to lead an ambitious frontier research project
Advanced Grants The ERC panel will evaluate the PI s intellectual capacity, creativity and commitment and their track record should be characterised by: groundbreaking research & achievements going beyond the state-of-the-art abundant evidence of creative independent thinking sound leadership in the training and advancement of young scientists commitment to the project (minimum 30% of the PI s total working time)
Advanced Grants Who is a competitive candidate? Must be able to show potential for excellence and evidence of maturity: No eligibility requirement of a PhD, but the PI must have an excellent track record of research achievements in the last 10 years: - 10 publications (as senior author) in major international peer-reviewed major scientific journals - or 3 major research monographs promising track record of early achievements appropriate to field and career stage, including: invited presentations, granted patents, awards, prizes, led expeditions, etc good leadership potential and must convince the ERC panel that you will be able to lead an ambitious frontier research project
Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants ERC operates a single-stage submission and two-stage evaluation process: Step 1: panel evaluates 5-page Extended Synopsis, CV and track record sections Step 2: panel evaluates 15-page full proposal description (in conjunction with the sections above) An interview with the PI forms part of the step 2 evaluation for Starting and Consolidator Grants (not for Advanced Grants). PI must choose the panel, based on the keywords and panel descriptors in the Guide for Applicants. Panel consists of up to 15 leading researchers. For interdisciplinary proposals: can choose primary and secondary panel.
Applicant Logs into PPSS (pre-registration required) Completes Full Proposal Chooses Primary Panel (and Secondary Panel if needed) Presses SUBMIT before the deadline! STEP 2 - Evaluation STEP 1 - Evaluation Eligibility check Independent, remote reviews by panel members (of part B1 only) Panel meetings and ranking Independent, remote reviews by panel members and other referees of full proposal (parts B1 and B2) Interviews of PIs (StG & CoG only), panel meetings and ranking Proposals retained for stage 2, or rejected Proposals selected
65 First Stage A 20% (through to Stage 2) B 45% (don t get through, can t apply in 2016) C 35% (don t get through, can t apply in 2016 OR 2015) Second Stage (% given out of those that pass stage 1) A and on funding list 40% A and on reserve list 5% (no resubmission restrictions) A and not on funding / reserve list 20% (no resubmission restrictions) B 35% (can t apply in 2015)
SH1 Markets, Individuals and Institutions: Economics, finance and management SH2 The Social World, Diversity, Institutions and Values: Sociology, political science, law, communication, education SH3 Environment, Space and Population: Sustainability science, demography, geography, regional studies and planning, science and technology studies SH4 The Human Mind and Its Complexity: Cognitive science, psychology, linguistics, philosophy of mind, education SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production: Literature, philology, cultural studies, anthropology, arts, philosophy SH6 The Study of the Human Past: Archaeology and history
Principal Investigator Intellectual capacity, creativity and commitment Research Project Ground-breaking nature & potential impact of research project Scientific Approach
69 Part A Administrative and Summary Forms (completed directly onto system) 1. General information (including abstract) 2. Administrative data of participating organisations (one form per institution) 3. Budget (summary financial information) 4. Ethics Part B1 Proposal Details (template from Participant Portal, submitted as.pdf) Cover page & proposal summary Extended Synopsis (5 pages) Curriculum Vitae including Funding ID (2 pages excluding funding ID) Track Record (2 pages) Part B2 Research Proposal (template from PPSS, submitted as.pdf) Section 2 - Research Proposal (15 pages, excluding ethical issues table and annex) a) State-of-the-art and objectives b) Methodology c) Resources (including project costs) Annexes Commitment of the Host Institution (template from PPSS, submitted as.pdf) Ethical Issues Annex (if applicable) (see Information for Applicants for guidance )
70 Step 1 (Part B1 of proposal) A. is of sufficient quality to pass to Step 2 of the evaluation; B. is of high quality but not sufficient to pass to Step 2 of the evaluation; and C. is not of sufficient quality to pass to Step 2 of the evaluation. Applicants scoring B or C told the ranking range of their proposal out of those evaluated by the panel Step 2 (full proposal) A. fully meets the ERC's excellence criterion and is recommended for funding if sufficient funds are available; and B. meets some but not all elements of the ERC's excellence criterion and will not be funded. Panels may review the level of the requested budget and suggest adjustments Applicants told the ranking range of their proposal out of the proposals evaluated by the panel
Direct costs: up to 100% of eligible costs Indirect costs: Flat rate of 25% (of eligible direct costs) Overall level of grant offered determined by peer review panels Direct eligible costs are those which support all the research, management, training and dissemination activities necessary for the conduct of the project such as Personnel, Equipment, Consumables, Travel and Subsistence & Publication Costs How are eligible costs defined? Actual Incurred by the beneficiary during the project Determined according to hosts usual accounting and management principles Used solely for project objectives Recorded in accounts Exclusive of non-eligible costs
328 proposals selected for funding from a total of 3272 submitted. Overall success rate around 10%, compared to around 9% in 2013 and the UK success rate is also around 10%. The numbers by research domain are: Physical Sciences and Engineering (PE): 1490 submitted (262 by UK institutions), 143 funded (26 UK) Life Sciences (LS): 1037 submitted (153 by UK institutions), 124 funded (14 UK) Social Sciences and Humanities (SH): 745 submitted (151 by UK institutions), 61 funded (15 UK) UK was awarded the second highest number of grants per country, with 55 grants awarded to different UK institutions This is 17% of all grants awarded in this call. More from UK expected to be funded on reserve list
A total of 2283 proposals were evaluated in response to the 2014 Advanced Grant call (ERC-2014-AdG). Physical Sciences & Engineering (Panels: PE1 PE10): 1199 (0.8% decrease) Life Sciences (Panels: LS1 LS9): 705 (11.5% decrease) Social Sciences & Humanities (Panels: SH1 SH6): 479 (8.9% decrease) Compared to 2408 evaluated in 2013 (5% decrease)
http://erc.europa.eu/statistics-0
StG: An iconology of the textile in art and architecture StG: Design Principles in Late-Gothic Vault Construction AdG: Early Modern European Drama and the Cultural Net AdG: Music in London, 1800-1851 SyG: Domestic Devotions: The Place of Piety in the Renaissance Italian Home
42 SSH case studies, including ERC grants www.leru.org/files/publications/ssh_brochure_ 2014_showcase.pdf
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