COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

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1 COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES This document is a collection of funding opportunities for researchers, including information that also features in the weekly School newsletter. It is updated monthly and available online through RESEARCH COUNCILS... 3 RCUK Joint Funding Opportunities... 3 CONICYT Chilean led research with the UK... 3 EPSRC Funding Opportunities... 3 Joint Israel UK Research in Cyber Security... 3 Industrial Biotechnology Catalyst... 4 Software for the Future II... 4 International Research in Security (IRIS)... 5 EPSRC Fellowships... 5 EPSRC First Grant... 5 EPSRC Overseas Travel Grant (OTG)... 5 BBSRC Funding Opportunities... 6 NSF/BIO BBSRC Lead Agency Pilot Opportunity... 6 BBSRC s Anniversary Future Leader Fellowships... 6 BBSRC Data exploration creating new insight and value... 6 CHARITY ORGANISATIONS... 7 Royal Society... 7 India UK Scientific Seminars... 7 Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award... 7 International Exchanges Scheme... 7 Brian Mercer Award for Innovation... 7 Other Charities... 8 Stand Up to Cancer Fellowships... 8 LMS Computer Science Small Grants Scheme GOVERNMENT... 8 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships... 8 DSTL s Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE)... 9 CDE Innovation Network Call: Information processing and sensemaking... 9 EUROPEAN COMMISSION HORIZON European Research Council (ERC) calls Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) calls

2 FET OPEN Novel Ideas for Radically New Technologies FET PROACTIVE Towards Exascale High Performance Computing Please contact the research support office if you are planning to develop and write a research proposal: researchsupportcsm@manchester.ac.uk. There is information about support for grant writing, submission and successful examples at and through EPS. The EPS blog The Word contains features News, Events and comment relevant to Postgraduate Researchers, Research Staff and Supervisors or PIs. 2

3 RESEARCH COUNCILS RCUK Joint Funding Opportunities CONICYT Chilean led research with the UK A new Newton Fund exists for UK science and innovation collaborations with Emerging Powers, including Chile. The following CONICYT (the Chilean research council)/ RCUK opportunities must be led by Chilean partners but involve UK researchers. CONICYT academic mobility grant Aim: to support scientific networking between British and Chilean researchers, and so to contribute to the development of Chilean human resources in specific areas relevant to national development. Can cover: training internships for Chileans in the UK, academic workshops in Chile, academic visits in both directions and for access to equipment in the UK. Amount of funding: Maximum grant is around 18,000 ($CLP ). Eligible fields: all How to apply: The application must be made to CONICYT by Chilean researchers/research groups, but must include the participation of British researchers. Closing Date: 29 16:00hrs (Chilean time) Further information: de apoyo a la formacionde redes internacionales entre centros de investigacion 2014/ (contact Sarah Chatwin for English version). CONICYT joint research grant Aim: to strengthen collaboration between teams of researchers in Chile and the UK with the aim of achieving global standard scientific research, and contributing to the development of Chilean human resources in areas relevant to national development. Can cover: The funding may be used for salaries for project participants, travel and living expenses for internships in the UK for Chilean researchers, travel and living expenses for visits to Chile for British researchers, equipment, consultancy, seminars etc. Amount of funding: The maximum grant is around 55,000 ($CLP ) per year for three years. Eligible fields: all How to apply/eligibility: The application must be made to CONICYT by Chilean researchers/research groups, but must include the participation of British researchers with a grant from the Research Councils. Closing Date: 5 July 2014 at 16.00hrs (Chilean time). Further information: de apoyo al desarrollo deproyectos internacionales de investigacion convocatoria 2014/ (contact Sarah Chatwin for English version). EPSRC Funding Opportunities Joint Israel UK Research in Cyber Security Israel s National Cyber Bureau (INCB) and Ministry of Science, Technology and Space (MOST), UK s Cabinet Office (CO) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) are encouraging joint research activities in cyber security across the UK and Israel. Proposals from new 3

4 or established partnerships are welcome for new projects in any area relevant to cyber security, in particular: Smart authentication and identity management Governance and regulation of cyber security Privacy assurance and perceptions Mobile and Cloud security Human aspects of security or usable security Cyber resilient systems Funding requests from each country are expected in the region of 200k ± 10k Projects should last between 25 and 30 months; starting in Spring 2015 and ending no later than December Closing Date: 24 June Industrial Biotechnology Catalyst The Industrial Biotechnology Catalyst supports businesses and researchers in developing innovative solutions to challenges in industrial biotechnology and bioenergy. A fund of 45M fund for 2014/2015 (from EPSRC, BBSRC and the TSB) is available for major integrated research and development projects that develop biological processes, or a combination of biological and chemical approaches, in: production of fine and speciality chemicals and natural products (for example fragrances, flavours, pharmaceutical intermediates) production of commodity, platform and intermediate chemicals and materials (for example plastics, resins and textiles) production of liquid and gaseous biofuels production of peptides and proteins (for example enzymes, antibiotics, recombinant biologics) novel or improved upstream or downstream processes to reduce costs or improve efficiency. There are 5 types of award ranging from up to 250k to 10M: 1. early stage: translation: academic led, 3 5 yrs, 2 5M 2. early stage: feasibility studies: business or academic led, 1yr, up to 250k 3. industrial research; late stage: business led 4. pre experimental feasibility studies: business led 5. late stage: experimental development: business led Registration deadline: noon, 7 Closing date: noon, 17 st%20 %20Competition%20flyer Software for the Future II Up to 4M of funding is available from EPSRC for projects focused on the development of software that is used in computational science and engineering. This call covers the development of novel code, the development of new functionality for existing codes and the development and reengineering of existing codes. Strategic drivers are: developing code for emerging hardware 4

5 architectures; developing researchers with key software engineering skills and software sustainability. Intent to submit deadline (compulsory): 4pm 28 International Research in Security (IRIS) EPSRC is inviting proposals from UK academics for projects which will support visiting Fellows from India, Israel or Japan to carry out cyber security research in, and build collaborative links with, the UK. Closing date: 28 Aug EPSRC Fellowships EPSRC Fellowships are available across the early and established career stages. For ICT, fellowships are currently open to following priority areas: Many Core Architectures and Concurrency in Distributed and Embedded Systems Towards an Intelligent Information Infrastructure (TI3) Photonics for Future Systems New and emerging areas in ICT Working Together The next ICT prioritisation panel at which new fellowship proposals will be considered will be in early December Proposals should be submitted a minimum of 4 months before the panel meeting to allow sufficient time for processing and peer review. No closing date for the submission of applications. EPSRC First Grant The EPSRC First Grants scheme is one of the mechanisms that provide support for new academics at the start of their careers. The grants are capped at 125,000 (calculated at 100 per cent full economic costs with EPSRC contributing at 80 per cent fec) and a maximum duration of 2 years. To be eligible for a first grant, you must have been appointed to your first academic lecturing appointment in a UK university within the previous 36 months or still be within the probation period associated with your new appointment. This applies to the date that EPSRC registers your proposal, not to the date when a funding decision is made. No closing date for the submission of applications. EPSRC Overseas Travel Grant (OTG) The Overseas travel grants (OTG) provide funding for international travel and subsistence. You can use them to visit recognised centres outside the UK to study new techniques and to travel from the UK to start or develop international collaborations. Centres to be visited may be overseas universities or industrial organisations. In addition to travel and subsistence, the principal investigator can request funds to cover their salary and indirect costs. Estates Costs cannot be claimed if the period overseas exceeds six months duration. Funding is NOT available through this scheme solely to support conference attendance. Consumables and equipment (e.g. laptops) are not covered under this scheme. No closing date for the submission of applications. 5

6 BBSRC Funding Opportunities NSF/BIO BBSRC Lead Agency Pilot Opportunity Good for bio informatics UK US collaborative projects are being invited in the areas of intersection between the USA s NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences (NSF/BIO) and BBSRC as follows: BBSRC Strategic Research Priorities, Responsive Mode Data Driven Bioscience Systems Approaches to the Biosciences Synthetic Biology (September 2015 submissions only) NSF/BIO Solicitations Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Solicitation NSF Division of Biological Infrastructure Solicitation NSF The pilot will be open for Autumn 2014 and Autumn 2015 submissions. Intention to submit: 4pm 30 Closing date: 4pm 24 Sep 2014 BBSRC s Anniversary Future Leader Fellowships The Future Leader Fellowship is a new programme for Early Career Researchers (incl. final yr PhD students and PDRAs) with no more than five years research experience who wish to undertake independent research and gain leadership skills. It is expected that 8 15 fellowships will be awarded for 3 years each and at a value of up to 250k. Closing date: 26 Jun future leader fellowship.aspx BBSRC Data exploration creating new insight and value The Technology Strategy Board is to invest up to 4.5M in collaborative research and development that addresses the technical challenges and business opportunities presented by the huge growth in data. This competition focuses on innovations in the data exploration techniques of analytics, modelling and visualisation to generate new insight and value from large amounts of complex data. The scope must be with BBSRC remit. Examples would be software to enhance data analysis, integration and exploitation by the bioscience R&D community, particularly where it will address bioscience challenges such as global food security, helping the UK become a low carbon economy and driving advances in fundamental bioscience underpinning health and quality of life. Proposals must be collaborative and business led and include at least one small or medium sized enterprise (SME). They should last six months to two years most projects will be expected to start from the 'proof of concept' maturity level and to work towards the 'demonstrator' level. Value and Duration: Projects to range in size from total costs of 100k to 500k, although we may consider projects outside this range, and they should last between six and 24 months. Closing date for applications: 31 July research/tsb competitions/data exploration.aspx 6

7 CHARITY ORGANISATIONS Royal Society India UK Scientific Seminars This scheme is for mid career scientists who want to organise a small three day scientific seminar between groups of scientists from India and the UK (20 attendees max; max. 12,000). The scheme provides funding to cover the cost international airfares for up to 5 scientists, local travel costs for attendees, accommodation for all external attendees for up to 4 nights, hire of meeting rooms and audio visual equipment and all meals whilst the meeting is taking place. Closing date: 10 Jun ukseminars/?utm_source=adestra&utm_medium= &utm_campaign=royal%2520society%2520scientists %2520Newsletter%2520April% &utm_content=Royal%2520Society%2520Scientists%2520Newslett er%2520april% &utm_term=royal%2520society%2520scientists%2520newsletter%2520april% Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award The scheme provides universities with additional support to enable them to recruit or retain respected scientists of outstanding achievement and potential to the UK. It provides a salary enhancement which is paid by the university in addition to the basic salary. The scheme covers all areas of the life and physical sciences, including engineering, but excluding clinical medicine. The focus of the award is a salary enhancement, usually in the range of 10,000 to 30,000 per annum. Closing date for applications: July research merit/ International Exchanges Scheme This scheme is for scientists in the UK who want to stimulate new collaborations with leading scientists overseas through either a one off visit or bilateral travel. This scheme is not intended to support continued research between a UK applicant and co applicant who was a former colleague or PhD student or to support other existing or recent collaborations between the applicant and coapplicant. Rather, the scheme is intended to stimulate new collaborations between scientists in the UK and overseas. Closing date for 2014/R2 applications: 1 July 2014 Closing date for 2014/R3 applications: 28 October 2014 Closing date for 2014 France (CNRS) cost share round: 1 July 2014 Closing date for 2014 China (NSFC) cost share round: 21 October 2014 Closing date for 2014 Ireland (RIA) cost share round: 28 October 2014 Closing date for 2014 Taiwan (NSC) cost share round: 28 October exchanges/ Brian Mercer Award for Innovation For scientists who wish to investigate the feasibility of commercialising an aspect of their research, the Royal Society Brian Mercer Feasibility Award is available (up to 30k for up to 12 months no closing date). 7

8 Other Charities Stand Up to Cancer Fellowships The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), on behalf of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and Cancer Research UK, is accepting applications for SU2C Cancer Research UK Translational Research Fellowships that will offer up to $315,000 each in research funding. The grants provides 4 yrs of research fellowship support (from Feb 2015) to the most talented and promising US and UK early career investigators (with less than 2 yrs post doc experience), who have completed their PhD or clinical training and demonstrate clear potential to become leaders in their fields. Research projects must be translational in nature and address critical problems in cancers with the potential to deliver patient benefit. Fellows funded through this initiative will gain translational research training in top US and UK research institutions, allowing them to develop their own ideas and preparing them to establish and lead their own research groups, towards becoming outstanding leaders in their own fields. Proposals must include plans to promote new significant transatlantic collaborations and active exchange of knowledge and expertise between the US and UK. Applicants must identify one qualified host laboratory and mentor, both in the US and UK. The work must be performed in two phases, one in the US and one in the UK. Mentors should be established leaders in cancer research with a track record of success in mentoring postdoctoral or clinical research fellows. Closing date: 28 July 2014, noon (ET) media/stand up to cancer/stand up to cancer researchfunding opportunities.aspx#cruk LMS Computer Science Small Grants Scheme 7 The London Mathematical Society (LMS) supports short visits for collaborative research at the interface of Mathematics and Computer Science. Up to 500 is available either for grant holder visits to another institution within the UK or abroad, or by a named mathematician from within the UK or abroad to the home base of the grant holder. The applicant should be a mathematician based in the UK and non LMS members will need to ask an LMS member to support the application. Please note that applications will not be considered between mid April and mid November. Closing date: 15 November science small grants scheme 7 GOVERNMENT Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) is Europe s leading programme helping businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity through better use of the expertise and technology that reside within the UK knowledge base. KTP is a UK wide programme run and managed on behalf of 13 government funding organisations by the Technology Strategy Board. Each Partnership is part funded by the government with the balance of the project costs coming from the company 8

9 partner. Each Partnership employs one or more high calibre associates (recent graduates) for a project lasting six months to three years, transferring and embedding new knowledge and skills that the company is seeking into the business. The associate manages and delivers the project. Associates are jointly supervised by a senior member of the business and an academic or technical specialist from the knowledge base partner. The University of Manchester is a participant KTP knowledge base and through contact with a range of organisations, we better understand their challenges, business requirements and operations. If you have a project that you think may be suitable for KTP, please contact University s Knowledge Exchange team for more information and advice. (ke@manchester.ac.uk) Knowledge Transfer Partnerships have a two stage application process involving submission of an Expression of Interest and then followed by full application. There is an open deadline for the submission of your expression of interest. DSTL s Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) CDE Innovation Network Call: Information processing and sensemaking Good for Text Mining and MLO This CDE themed competition is looking for solutions to the challenges arising from the future intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) environment. Traditional, well modelled, structured information sources are supported by a growing amount of unstructured, less well defined sources. The addition of non traditional data sources, which have different error variables and scales, creates the following challenges in sensemaking: data association and correlation of both unstructured and structured data uncertainty propagation and management across multiple data representations automated hypothesis generation automated learning to understand complex relationships autonomous model generation techniques that cope with large scale data. Current government information processing and sensemaking is a human intensive process with a high cognitive burden. This process does not easily scale. Through this CDE themed competition, we are seeking projects to demonstrate solutions as prototype software. They must be designed, from the outset, to cope with large scale data and must run at near operational speeds. Dstl owns or has access to a number of computer environments that process operationally relevant data. We aim to use the solutions developed through this competition on these environments to allow rapid pull through into operational use. Deliverables must include executable source code, ideally as components in open source frameworks, e.g. Ozone Widget Framework, so they can rapidly be evaluated. Dstl will provide successful bidders with access to a large scale data set for testing solutions and provide a licence to an integrated analytical toolkit for network and geospatial analysis. We are seeking projects of technology readiness level (TRL) 3 5 for 12 month duration. Solutions will be expected to be developed to a maturity that will allow them to take part in a live information processing experiment in September

10 This competition will launch at the CDE Innovation Network event on Thursday 22 (London). Registration required. Closing date: 5pm 26 June EUROPEAN COMMISSION HORIZON 2020 The two year work programmes detailing the specific areas that will be funded by Horizon 2020 can be found online at the Participant Portal, which is also the entry point for electronic administration of all EU funded research and innovation projects and hosts the services for managing proposals and projects throughout their lifecycle. If you are interested in learning more about Horizon 2020 funding opportunities, then visit European Commission s Participant Portal at European Research Council (ERC) calls The European Research Council (ERC) funding schemes are open to top researchers of any nationality or age who wish to carry out their frontier research in the 28 EU Member States or associated countries. There are three ERC core funding schemes and two additional schemes. The deadlines for these ERC calls are as below: Starting Grants: University reviews for 2014 proposals complete stg.html Consolidator Grants: University reviews for 2014 proposals complete cog.html Advanced Grants: 21 October 2014 Proof of Concept: 01 Apr 2014 and 01 Oct poc.html Synergy Grants: no call in schemes Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) calls FET OPEN Novel Ideas for Radically New Technologies The challenge is to make Europe the best place in the world for collaborative research on future and emerging technologies that will renew the basis for future European competitiveness and growth, and that will make a difference for society in the decades to come. Proposals shall address one of the following topics: 1. FET Observatory: identifying new opportunities and directions for interdisciplinary research towards new and visionary technology of any kind, combining evidence from FET. 2. FET Communication: collecting, aggregating and disseminating information from the entire range of FET projects and activities, and using an appropriate mix of channels and formats. 3. FET Exchange: structuring an emerging FET relevant topic and the interdisciplinary communities around it. 4. FET Conference: supporting the organisation of the third European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition 5. FET Prizes: Identifying suitable areas in which prizes and competitions can boost FET research and increase its impact. 10

11 6. FET Impact: Assessing the direct and indirect impacts of the FET programme on the science and technology landscape and its perception by individuals and society. Further information about the call available at: fetopen html Closing date for applications: 30 September 2014, 5:00pm (Brussels local time) FET PROACTIVE Towards Exascale High Performance Computing This call includes two topics: 1. FETHPC : HPC Ecosystem Development. 2. FET FETHPC : HPC Core Technologies, Programming Environments and Algorithms for Extreme Parallelism and Extreme Data Applications. Further information about the call available at: fethpc 2014.html#tab1 Closing date for applications: 25 November 2014, 5:00pm (Brussels local time) 11