Please see the latest European and International research funding information, event and opportunity updates.<\/p>\n
News<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Colleagues are invited to attend a series of research funding proposal writing sessions.\u00a0 These sessions are designed to give you quiet time and space to work on your research funding proposal.\u00a0 The time will be largely for you to write quietly. A Research Funding Development Team colleague will be available to answer questions.\u00a0The sessions will be two-hour writing sessions.\u00a0 Please click here to see more detail and book your place:\u00a0 Research Funding Development: Quiet Time for Writing (ncl.ac.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Events<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Join us for an exciting information and engagement day on 5th<\/sup> June 2024<\/strong> in the Stephenson Building with\u00a0Zale Johnson,\u00a0National Contact Point (NCP) and Global Innovation Lead<\/strong>\u00a0– Security<\/strong>, to learn and discuss Horizon Europe collaborative research and innovation opportunities. Zale will deliver a range of informative and engaging sessions on how to participate in Horizon Europe funding, particularly Pillar II calls. Sessions will cover:<\/p>\n For a full breakdown of the sessions please see this registration form<\/a>. You are welcome to join them all or be selective. For queries, please contact jarlath.mckenna@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The aim of the event is to build a platform for everyone to share ideas and find suitable partners for future consortia on the Civil security for society calls in Cluster 3. This online matchmaking event will be focused on the research and innovation community based in Europe.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Horizon Europe\u00a0<\/a>is the EU\u2019s key funding programme for research and innovation with a\u00a0budget of \u20ac95.5 billion. UK organisations can participate in Horizon Europe calls for proposals on the same terms as institutions from other Associated Countries, including leading consortia. Please join the drop-in sessions with the EU & International Research Funding Development team via Zoom to discuss any Horizon Europe questions you may have. This could be on a specific upcoming call or a general enquiry about opportunities to engage with the programme. The Zoom sessions will take place on a fortnightly<\/em> basis each Friday 12:00-13:00, next on<\/strong> 31st<\/sup> May 2024<\/strong>. Zoom link: https:\/\/newcastleuniversity.zoom.us\/j\/86796737745?from=addon<\/a> (meeting ID: 867 9673 7745).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n European related funding<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The aim of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships are to enhance the creative and innovative potential of postdoctoral researchers with new skillsets acquired through advanced training as well as international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships support researchers with a doctoral degree and a maximum of 8 years of post-graduate experience. The mobility of researchers is a key requirement in all MSCA schemes. There are 2 types of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships. The\u00a0European Postdoctoral Fellowships<\/em>\u00a0support a stay of up to 24 months in any European host institution. The\u00a0Global Postdoctoral Fellowships<\/em>\u00a0include an \u201coutgoing phase\u201d of 12 to 24 months to a host institution in a non-European country, followed by a mandatory \u201creturn phase\u201d of 12 months at a host institution based in an EU Member State or a\u00a0Horizon Europe<\/em>\u00a0Associated Country. The call is now open and is scheduled to close on 11 September 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n We strongly encourage you to reach out to potential strong overseas postdoctoral level candidates<\/u><\/strong> in your networks about the possibility to be hosted at Newcastle University. The Research Funding Development team will provide support to the candidate in developing their application. Please let <\/em>sarah.urquhart@newcastle.ac.uk<\/em><\/a> know if you have a candidate in mind for hosting at Newcastle University, ideally by 12 June 2024<\/u>. <\/em>Please see attached document \u2018MSCA-PF Proposal Development Support\u2019 for more information on the Newcastle process and key dates.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Advanced Grants provide support for established, leading principal investigators who want long-term funding to pursue a ground-breaking, high risk project. Advanced Grants may be awarded up to \u20ac2.5M for a period of 5 years, with an additional \u20ac 1 million available to cover eligible \u201cstart-up\u201d costs and\/or the purchase of major equipment, access to large facilities or other major experimental and field work costs. The call is opening 29 May 2024 with submission deadline 29 August 2024<\/strong>. Please contact the EU & International Research Funding Development team if applying as soon as possible, but ideally no later than 01 July 2024<\/u>. Please see attached \u2018ERC AdG Nutshell note\u2019 for key information and a timeline for Research Funding Development team support.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Innovative Health Initiative European Partnership has published\u00a0draft topic texts<\/a>\u00a0for its next call for proposals, which is planned to be launched in a few months. The detailed draft topic texts are shared to give potential applicants additional time to build consortia and draft proposals. All information is indicative and subject to change. IHI call 8 topics (two-stage call):<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare (EUPAHW) is a seven-year European Partnership launched under Horizon Europe in January 2024. The Partnership aims to boost research and facilitate cooperation in order to control infectious diseases of animals and promote animal welfare. EUPAHW has launched its first transnational call for proposals with a focus on ‘Supporting the Future of Animal Health and Welfare’. The purpose of the call is to support the health and welfare of terrestrial and aquatic animals through research and innovation and the advancement of fundamental and socio-economic science. Deadline 8 July 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The European Commission has published an updated WIDERA 2023-2025 WP<\/a> with the following new calls\/topics included:<\/p>\n The\u00a0recording of the WIDERA info day\u00a0from 22 April is available online. During the info day, speakers from the European Commission presented the new call topics and explained the benefits of the proposed actions. Follow this\u00a0link to watch any of the different sessions from the info day<\/a>\u00a0and this\u00a0link to access the presentations<\/a>\u00a0from the event.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The MSCA is inviting applications for a number of calls through the recently revised 2023-25 Work Programme, with further calls anticipated to open later in the year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are a number of forthcoming funding calls within the Horizon Europe 2024 work programme \u2013 click the links below to see individual call topics on the EU Funding and Tenders portal and please get in touch with the EU & International Research Funding Development team for support if applying.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Cluster 3: Civil security for society<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n CERV programme: <\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Health<\/u><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n COST Actions provide researchers from all sectors with funding for a broad range of networking and collaboration activities and opportunities within a network. COST does not provide funding for research itself, but for a broad range of networking and collaboration activities and opportunities, including meetings, workshops, conferences, training schools, short-term scientific missions (STSM), and dissemination activities. COST Actions are bottom-up and can be on any topic, however they must fulfill certain criteria in order to be approved, such as including researchers from at least seven COST Member countries, half of whom come from the\u00a0Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITC)<\/a>. Deadline 23 October 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The objective of this call is to foster international cooperation in MSCA in Horizon Europe, through a dedicated support action to complement and ensure coordination between existing promotion channels at local level, and ensure consistency with formal R&I policy dialogues at the following two levels:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Deadline 4th<\/sup> September<\/strong>. For further call information and to apply on the EU Portal, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 15: NEW:<\/strong> MSCA Feedback to Policy Call<\/strong><\/p>\n Under this call, the European Commission will award up to \u20ac2 million to map and assess thematic links between MSCA projects and their contribution to several EU policy priorities. It will also gather feedback from MSCA\u2019s research and innovation community on how to maximise the programme\u2019s impact.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Deadline 3rd<\/sup> September.<\/strong> For further call information and to apply om the EU Portal, click here<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Official development assistance (ODA) related funding<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The ISPF Research Collaborations grants provide small scale seed funding for collaborations between the UK and the participating ISPF countries\/territories in each call to: initiate new research and innovation collaborations; develop existing collaborations; encourage these collaborations to work with non-academic organisations and individuals; establish local hubs for UK- partner country\/territory activity in a particular area. Countries initially joining this call include Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Thailand and Turkey. Up to \u00a380k available (\u00a3100k fEC). Deadline 09 July 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The aim of the Africa-UK Physics Partnership Programme is to stimulate collaboration between UK and Africa based physicists. The programme will build and sustain a skilled and talented cohort of early career researchers to explore where physics can contribute to the challenges of climate change, sustainable energy and the growth of fundamental physics in eligible countries. The programme will develop equitable partnerships between Africa and UK based researchers. It will address identified challenges and barriers associated with undertaking physics research in sub-Saharan Africa, and will facilitate the sharing of skills, knowledge and expertise, vital for capacity building and research careers. Call to open 9 July, with workshop in Kenya 10-12 July and proposal deadline 17 September 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n General international<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Funding to collaborate with a Canadian Alliance Missions critical minerals research project to develop partnerships to address key critical minerals research priorities around optimising efficiency and minimising environmental impact across critical minerals value chains. Projects can be up to \u00a3240,000 (fEC) over 24 months. Online networking workshop on 10 June 2024 with deadline 3 October 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The funding is to provide opportunities for early career researchers from both countries and a wide spectrum of disciplines and backgrounds to develop new collaborations which will benefit their future professional development. The UK project lead is expected to develop equitable partnerships with researchers based in Brazil who should be on the application as project co-lead (international) to stimulate new research collaboration that can deliver mutual and tangible benefits. Project can be up to \u00a320k over 3-6 months. Opening 06 June with deadline 20 August 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This partnership programme aims to support internationally competitive collaborative research projects between Japan and the UK focusing on semiconductor research. Research projects should address one or more of the following four priority areas of joint interest for both Japan and the UK: i) low power hardware for artificial intelligence (AI) systems; ii) power devices or radio frequency (RF) devices; iii) security by design; iv) semiconductor photonics. UK budget can be up to \u00a31.33M over 41 months. Intent to apply due by 18 June<\/strong> with deadline 18 July 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n This programme provides UK-based researchers, active in any discipline within the humanities or the social sciences, with the opportunity to develop and lead international and interdisciplinary research projects related to the theme of \n
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