Funding opportunities, individual & collaborative October 28, 2015 (list is not exhaustive) **If you know of other grants to add to the list, please email Danielle dthomas.dd@gmail.com, and she will add and distribute Deadline Amount/# yrs Award & Organization Format of Proposal Details Nov 11, 2015 1 st year 2 page proposal 100,000USD Delivery & Use of Financial Services Data Grand Challenges Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/explorenew-ways-measure-delivery-and-use-digitalfinancial-services-data-round-16 http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org /sites/default/files/additionalmaterials/round_16_rules_and _Guidelines.pdf GCE initiatives available every year different topics Jan 15 2016 Aug 5 2016 25-50,000GBP 6-12 months Seed Awards in Humanities and Social Science http://www.wellcome.ac.uk//funding/humanities- and-social-science/funding-schemes/seed- Awards/index.htm See sample app: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk//st ellent/groups/corporatesite/@ msh_grants/documents/web_ document/wtp059820.pdf Applicants must be based in an institution or organisation the UK, the Republic of Ireland or a low-to-middle-income country. Prelim App: Jan 2016 Invitation, Full App: Mar-Apr 2016 (2 rounds, Jan & July) Prelim App: Jan 22 2016 Invitation, Full App: Mar 20 2016 1-1.5 mill GBP Over 5 years 100-200,000GBP per year Max 5 years Collaborative Awards in Humanities and Social Science http://www.wellcome.ac.uk//funding/humanities- and-social-science/funding-schemes/collaborative- Awards/index.htm > Applicants should normally have a track record of collaboration, although we are keen to speak with new and emerging groups about potential proposals as well. Investigator Awards in Humanities and Social Science http://www.wellcome.ac.uk//funding/humanities- and-social-science/funding-schemes/investigator- Awards/index.htm Sample, full app: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk//st ellent/groups/corporatesite/@ msh_grants/documents/web_ document/wtp059816.pdf Stage 1: Preliminary application Please use WT Grant Tracker to complete your preliminary application. Proposals will be considered from applicants who meet our eligibility criteria and have outstanding track records in their fields, relative to their career stages. Teams will normally consist of two to six principal applicants. They may come from the same disciplinary background or from any combination of disciplines, and must be working on questions relevant to the Trust s Humanities and Social Scienceremit. You must be based in the UK, Republic of Ireland or a low- or middle-income country:
(2 rounds: Jan and July) Stage 1: Letter of Intent, Feb 15, 2016-20,000CAD towards full App prep Invitation: Formal App Nov 1st New call: December 2015 (typical deadline, February?) 4-7 years Max 500000/yr 2.5 mill total 10,000GBP/year 1 year 3 years 5-10,000GBP 1 year Partnership Grants SSHRC (Canada) > collaboration with PI at Canadian university http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/fundingfinancement/programsprogrammes/partnership_grantssubventions_partenariat-eng.aspx COLLABORATION: Canadian researcher International Partnership & Mobility Grants > in collaboration with UK researcher http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/intl/internatio nal_partnership_and_mobility.cfm Small Grants http://www.wellcome.ac.uk//funding/humanitiesand-social-science/funding-schemes/smallgrants/index.htm Full app: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk//st ellent/groups/corporatesite/@ msh_grants/documents/web_ document/wtp059821.pdf One-year awards may be viewed as pump priming grants suited to initiate new collaborative partnerships where, for example, a research meeting or visit(s) is held in order to build collaborations and develop research questions and hypotheses. Three-year awards will develop research further, and involve a more extensive programme of collaboration and exchange. Applicants must be based in, or travelling to, the UK or the Republic of Ireland or a low-to-middle-income country. The normal maximum that can be applied for is 5,000. If you intend to use the grant to hold an international meeting, or attract international speakers, up to 10,000 may be requested. Awards can provide a contribution towards research expenses, such as transport, accommodation, subsistence and photocopying costs. They may include the costs of overseas visits. Modest personal support or salary expenses may also be requested but must be carefully justified. Support may not include university fees. Costs for conferences and meetings may include the travel
and accommodation of keynote speakers, catering, conference pack publication and any reasonably justified associated expenses. International co- PI: max 30% of total project budget > 350,000GBP to 1 mill Research Grants Economic and Social Research Council > collaboration with UK researcher > international researcher must register with Je-S http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding/fundingopportunities/research-grants/ individuals or research teams to undertake anything from a standard research project through to a large-scale survey and other infrastructure or methodological development Guide: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding/ guidance-for-applicants/howto-write-a-good-research-grantproposal/writing-a-goodproposal-part-1/ International Co-Investigator should go to the Je-S website (https://jes.rcuk.ac.uk/jes2webloginsite /Login.aspx) and select Create Account. They will need to complete their details until they reach the Research Organisation screen. If the International Research Organisation is not listed, the International Co-Investigator should contact the Je-S helpdesk either by email (jeshelp@rcuk.ac.uk) or telephone (+44 (0) 1793 444164) and provide details of the project with which they wish to be associated (reference number, title, PI). The Je-S Helpdesk will then register the International CoInvestigator, allowing the PI to add them to the proposal. Standard: 50,000 1 mill GBP Max 5 years Early Career: 50-250,000GBP Max 5 years Research Grants > collaboration Art and Humanities Research Council > standard route researchgrantsstandardroute/ > early career route researchgrantsearlycareers/ to enable arts and humanities researchers to establish or enhance effective working relationships with fellow researchers - both within and beyond the arts and humanities and within and beyond the UK - practitioners and the wide range of individuals and organisations who may benefit from their research The collaboration may involve a single institution or a combination of institutions and may involve people from the same or from different research areas, including collaboration between disciplines within the arts and humanities, or between an arts and humanities discipline and another subject area. In such collaborations, the arts and/or humanities element of the project should lead the research questions, methods, etc. It may involve researchers collaborating with researchers overseas
or with colleagues within other sectors. The collaboration proposed should be appropriate and necessary to the specific needs of the research project. 30,000GBP + 15,000 2 years Research Networking Arts & Humanities Research Council researchnetworking/ to facilitate interactions between researchers and stakeholders through, for example, a short-term series of workshops, seminars, networking activities or other events. The aim of these activities is to stimulate new debate across boundaries, for example, disciplinary, conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and/or international. Highlight Notice: encourages applications that explore innovative areas of cross-disciplinary enquiry across the remits of the AHRC and other Research Councils. The highlight notice will close at midnight on 31 July 2015. http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/funding/opportunit ies/researchnetworksenquiryhighlightnoti ce/ -Outline Apps -Invitation to Detailed App (Sept1, Dec1, Mar1) Up to 500,000GBP for 5 years Research Project Grant Leverhulme Trust >innovative and original research projects of high quality and potential, the choice of theme and the design of the research lying entirely with the applicant >The Trust favours applications that surmount traditional disciplinary academic boundaries and involve a willingness to take appropriate degrees of risk in setting research objectives. **ALSO SEE: Leverhulme Trust Research Programme grants https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/ research_programmes/ (page not currently available) Outline Application, online SEE: Help Notes -no deadline, ~3 months for review https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/fundin g/our-approach-grant-making The scheme is also open to institutions or organisations of similar standing in countries where the provision of research funding is seriously limited. RPG Help Notes: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/sites/defau lt/files/help_notes/rpg-helpnotes- 2015a.pdf For questions about Outline Applications, please contact Matt Dillnutt on 020 7042 9873 or email mdillnutt@leverhulme.ac.uk. For questions about Detailed Applications, please contact Nicola Thorp on 020 7042 9872 or email nthorp@leverhulme.ac.uk
-Initial Application -Invitation to Full App 30,000GBP- 1 millgbp Global Innovation Fund DFID: Dept for Int l Development See: https://www.gov.uk/international-developmentfunding/global-innovation-fund Three types of funding: Pilot Test Scale See: http://www.globalinnovation.fund/, -reviews quarter or semi-annual basis Unspecified Unsolicited Concept Notes IDRC: International Dev t Research Centre (Canada) See: http://www.idrc.ca/en/funding/howtoapply/pages /default.aspx Research Collaboration Marketplace DANIDA (Denmark) > connects Ghanaian researchers to Danish ones for funding purposes http://dfcentre.com/research/calls-forapplications/research-collaboration-marketplace-7/ 800 word concept note 1. What is the problem for which you are seeking funding? 2. Why is it important? 3. What are the main objectives for your proposed activity? 4. How will your objectives be achieved? 5. What are the expected outputs? 6. What is the proposed timeline? 7. What is the approximate budget? 8. How can we contact you? 1) IDRC strategic plan to see if project falls within scope: http://www.idrc.ca/en/aboutus/gov ernance/pages/ourstrategicplan.aspx 2) Consult research officer of relevant program for more details: http://www.idrc.ca/en/programs/pag es/default.aspx General sites: http://www.aau.org/content/funding-opportunitiesschorlaships-and-training-notices http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding/funding-opportunities/ (UK) http://www.wellcome.ac.uk//funding/humanities-and-social-science/index.htm
https://erc.europa.eu/funding-and-grants/apply-funding/non-european-researchers (EU) http://www.idrc.ca/en/funding/pages/default.aspx (Canada) http://www.gatesfoundation.org/how-we-work/general-information/grant-opportunities https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding.html https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/grant-funding https://www.gov.uk/international-development-funding (UK) http://www.sida.se/english/ (Sweden) https://www.usaid.gov/partnerships (USA) http://www.usadf.gov/countrypage.html (USA, not in Ghana) http://www.fordfoundation.org/grants/types-of-grants https://www.cigionline.org/careers http://www.africadesk.ac.uk/pages/funding/research-funding-awards