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Founded by William Cullerne Bown
Flood management: Defra 13 January 2016
must plug evidence gaps – p4
Global Challenges Former adviser to
Gates offers his do’s and don’ts – p6
Iran Science policy parables – p23
Newton Fund set to
double by 2021
Governance board to decide on extra countries in February
The Newton Fund for research projects between the UK by Cristina Gallardo cgnews@ResearchResearch.com
and developing countries is to roughly double in size
by the end of this parliament. One country whose participation looks certain is
A briefing note sent by the Department for Business, Kenya. The circular says that the country has agreed to
Innovation and Skills and seen by Research Fortnight join on a trilateral basis with South Africa, with its first
says that the Newton Fund will increase from £75 mil- bids being considered in 2017-18. A source close to
lion a year to £150m a year by 2021. The increase is the fund says that Kenya would start by doing a small
expected to be gradual at first, followed by a more sig- amount of work in collaboration with the British Council.
nificant jump in 2020-21. This would take the total At its February meeting the board will also set the
cost of the fund to around £735m, rather than the ini- contributions of partner countries. The aim is to provide
tially planned £375m. firm figures for 2016-17 and provisional ones for the fol-
“Following its successful launch 18 months ago, the lowing two years. A source close to government, who
UK government is significantly increasing the funding asked not to be named, says that these decisions are
for the Newton Fund to enable the UK to build deeper likely to be influenced by the maturity of the relation-
and wider scientific partnerships with countries in ships of UK organisations—such as Research Councils
support of their economic development and social UK, Innovate UK, the national academies and the British
welfare,” the circular says. Council—with their counterparts in partner countries.
A spokesman from BIS confirmed that the fund would Pat Ng, international grants manager at the British
be increased but would not confirm by how much until Academy, welcomes the larger fund. “The Newton
after an official announcement. Such an announcement Fund is like a big machine; it takes a while to start it
was expected during science minister Jo Johnson’s visit up, but once you’ve got that momentum, you can get
to India in December, but instead Johnson merely said so much further,” he says. “The British Academy would
that the fund would run until 2021, rather than 2019. welcome the opportunity to strengthen our relation-
It is possible that the announcement has been ships with the countries we are already working with,
delayed due to ongoing conversations around the because once those relationships have started and
design of the Global Challenges Research Fund, embedded you can really go on to do some very good
which was announced in the spending review on projects. But we are also keen to explore the option of
25 November 2015. The two funds are likely to be working with some new countries.”
closely linked, but BIS has said that they will be treat- Gerry Bloom—a research fellow at the Institute of
ed as two separate funding streams. Development Studies and principal investigator at a
Another reason for the hold-up could be that the China-based centre on antimicrobial resistance sup-
list of partner countries, which will pay the same ported by the Newton Fund—says that the Chinese
amount into the fund as the UK, is not yet finalised. government is putting a lot of money on the table.
The Newton Fund’s governance board is due to meet “The test of the effectiveness of the
in February, when it is expected to decide on whether fund will be on whether the funding
the fund will invite more countries or increase engage- agencies become very good at work- Every new opportunity
ment with its existing 15 participants. The rules of the ing with each other, and can jointly for research funding
fund say that partner countries must be on the OECD’s identify priorities and fund research from every sponsor in
Official Development Assistance list, have a fairly that is relevant to both countries,” the UK, EU, US & beyond
developed research and higher education system and he says. “It will work well as long Every discipline
be able to provide match-funding. Political stability is as the UK invests enough effort in
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also seen as an important factor. building those links.”
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Big Oil blues “There’s a certain amount of jealousy and
a certain amount of anxiety about whether
they might be better.”
When asked whether scientists see engineers
as second rate, Prince Phillip suggests to
The campaign to persuade the Wellcome Trust to Today programme guest editor and former BP
chief John Browne that this could be down to
divest from fossil fuels is hitting the wrong target the green-eyed monster. Radio 4, 2/1/16.
“To scientists, this is of greater value than
Over the next 12 months The Guardian newpaper’s Keep it in the Ground an Olympic gold medal.”
campaign will step up its efforts to name and shame universities, the Ryoji Noyori, former president of the Japanese
Wellcome Trust and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation into giving research institute Riken, expresses his
excitement about a Riken team discovering
up their investments in fossil fuel companies. The campaign is attract- one of four chemical elements that had not
ing cross-disciplinary support, with signatories including the economist previously been observed. Nature, 4/1/16.
Thomas Picketty and the editors of The Lancet and the BMJ. Prince Charles
“It’s clear that European Union member-
is also thought to be supportive. ship is neither a necessary or sufficient
So far, Wellcome director Jeremy Farrar has engaged with his critics. condition for good economic growth—
He has looked for common ground with the campaign, for example on the domestic policy is far more important.”
The head of public policy at the Institute of
scientific consensus about what needs to be done to slow down danger- Economic Affairs, Ryan Bourne, is found to
ous global warming. But on the critical question of divestment, Farrar is be part of a pro-Brexit minority in a survey of
declining to change the trust’s position. 100 economists. Financial Times, 3/1/16.
Under the circumstances, that is the sensible thing to do. With oil trad- “Reputation is a funny thing. Scandal can
ing at $32 a barrel, energy companies are making nothing like the profits destroy it overnight...But reputation can
of old. If oil prices stay low, that may well accelerate a shift to alterna- also slip away, unnoticed, as the world’s
attention shifts elsewhere.”
tive—and potentially more lucrative—forms of energy. What no one wants The Economist argues that the Nobel prizes
is a stampede of exiting investors to spook the markets and affect energy may need a serious shake-up to stay rel-
supplies with consequences that cannot be predicted. evant. The Economist, 2/1/16.
At the same time, in common with those universities that are also not “If we’re any good at what we do, we pre-
divesting, Farrar and his colleagues recognise the threat from climate sent science in a full human context.”
change, but understand that a solution needs open lines of communica- Deborah Blum, director of the Knight Science
Journalism Program at the Massachusetts
tion to the top levels of Big Oil. Giving up these investments will deprive Institute of Technology, says journalists
them of such a voice. must remember that science is not inhuman
The deeper problem with the divestment campaign is that it is aiming or dispassionate. Guardian, 30/12/15.
at a relatively easy target. The size of Wellcome’s fossil fuel holdings is “He’s drawn back from bloodletting,
more than £350 million. This pales in comparison with some of its weight- without setting out any unifying political
ier investments. As of 30 September 2015 the trust had £2.4 billion in strategy. Further conflict seems
guaranteed.”
hedge funds and £4.8bn in private equity. These are popular forms of Jeremy Corbyn’s reshuffle shows he hasn’t
investment because their performance typically beats that of publicly decided whether to unite the party on the
quoted companies. But the problem is that these investments are, for the issues its members and MPs agree on or
leave the two factions to fight to the death,
most part, harder to track. They could, for all we know, be investing in writes former Labour MP John Denham. New
activities that do more harm than good. This needs investigating. Statesman’s The Staggers blog, 6/1/16.
Fossil fuel companies are a problem for sure, but those traded on stock
exchanges are at least transparent. Shares can be bought and sold on an
open market; accounts are published. When mistakes happen or when
decade
laws are broken, questions can be asked at annual general meetings and
scrutinised by government, parliament, regulatory bodies and the media. “It’s a group of quite
In contrast, hedge funds and private equity holdings are more opaque; remarkable egos. But we
and the profit motive is the most important consideration in how they have many shared concerns.”
work. They operate within the law; but have no need, nor desire, to sign
up to sustainable codes of behaviour. Malcolm Grant, chairman of the Russell
Group, says that getting the group to agree
Keep it in the Ground must now chase these bigger and more secre- on what should happen after the 2008
tive funds, which may well be funding environmentally unsustainable Research Assessment Exercise is tricky.
business activities. Without this necessary scrutiny of hedge funds and
Research Fortnight, 21 December 2005
private equity, the much-desired transition to sustainable development
will remain little more than a pipe dream.Research Fortnight, 13 January 2016 what’s going on 3
what’s going on
Wales to get its first Catapult
Chancellor George Osborne announced the creation of the Compound Semiconductor
Applications Catapult on 7 January. The £50-million Catapult centre will have its headquarters
in Wales, making it the second Catapult centre to be based outside England. The government
said that the global market value for compound semiconductors—used in Wi-Fi communications,
high-efficiency LED lighting and health diagnostics—could reach £125 billion by 2020.
REF review gets underway
British Academy president Nicholas Stern is to lead a review of the Research Excellence
Framework that will consider alternative models of research assessment. The steering group is
made up of eight academics and Gareth Davies, director-general for knowledge and innovation
at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The review is expected to report in
summer 2016 and will supersede the consultation on the REF that the Higher Education
Funding Council for England had been due to launch towards the end of 2015.
BBC ignores culture of social science, academy says
The Academy of Social Sciences has said that the BBC must broaden its definition of science if
it is to cover health, public finance and migration more accurately. In its response to the BBC
Trust’s review of the organisation’s use of statistics, the academy says that without a sufficient
backdrop of social science, the BBC will not be able to emphasise the accuracy of the data it uses.
Government must consider impact of research on teaching
The UK government lacks an understanding of how academics’ research obligations conflict
with their teaching requirements, Higher Education Policy Institute president Bahram
Bekhradnia has said. Writing in Hepi’s response to the consultation on the green paper on
higher education, Bekhradnia says that government must consider the impact of increased
research activity on teaching. He adds that it is “astonishing” that the green paper doesn’t refer
to the impact of tuition fees on research students and academic careers.
Former Newsnight editor to head Nuffield Foundation
Tim Gardam, principal of St Anne’s College at the University of Oxford, will take over from Josh
Hillman as chief executive of the Nuffield Foundation on 1 September. Before Oxford, Gardam
worked in broadcasting for 25 years, during which time he edited Panorama and Newsnight.
GO Science programme funding falls
The Government Office for Science’s 2014-15 programme funding shrank by almost a fifth
compared with the previous year, falling to £1.4 million, the body’s annual report has said. GO
Science put the reduction down to “the improved ability to obtain expert science advice at little
or no cost”, as well as the fact that a number of activities were delivered in-house. The report
also said that a decision on the office’s next foresight project has been deferred.
St Andrews to rehouse marine research facility
A permanent home for the University of St Andrews’ Scottish Oceans Institute is to be
constructed to replace the outdated Gatty Marine facility on the Fife Coast. The university said
that the £10-million facility would have a “smart aquarium” and a public outreach centre. The
university is raising funds for the premises and will apply for planning permission early this year.4 news Research Fortnight, 13 January 2016 news Scientists call for concerted effort on flood prevention Environment researchers say that much more work is by James Field jfnews@ResearchResearch.com needed to provide government with the complex evi- dence it needs, following severe floods across the UK. that academics should do more to engage with others “We understand a lot of the physics but the landscape campaigning on issues relating to flooding, such as local is alive and always changing,” says Hannah Cloke, a landowners. “Those who live in these places and work hydrologist at the University of Reading. “It’s difficult the land—their intuition carries a lot of weight,” he says. to understand how water moves from where it falls.” However, scientists’ best efforts could be stymied by There has been much debate about how floods could budget cuts at the Department for Environment, Food and have been prevented after three major storms caused Rural Affairs, which could make it hard for the depart- an estimated £5 billion of damage in Cumbria, Greater ment to make use of research; a 15 per cent reduction in Manchester, Yorkshire, Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, Defra’s resource spending was announced in November’s and counties Down and Tyrone in Northern Ireland. spending review. “Cuts to the agency are short-sighted,” One widely discussed idea is to replant uplands with Cloke says, “because the next time a flood comes along trees to increase the rate of water absorption. Alan you won’t have access to the best evidence.” Jenkins, deputy director of the Centre for Ecology and Cloke says that both Defra and the Environment Hydrology, says that this might help local areas but there Agency do have processes that allow them to take evi- is little evidence to show that it would have wider ben- dence on board properly, but Nick Reynard, science area efits. “We simply don’t have enough answers,” he says, lead for natural hazards at the CEH, says that academics adding that his centre is launching a review of reforesta- should take some of the responsibility. “We need to bet- tion studies to help address this knowledge gap. ter understand what they want, and tailor what we do to Chris Huntingford, a climate modeller at the CEH, answering scientific questions while making it relevant says that the best way to iron out uncertainties in flood- for the agency and for Defra,” he says. management policy would be a “true UK-wide effort” by Defra refused Research Fortnight’s requests for inter- universities, laboratories and the Met Office to under- views with its independent chief scientific adviser, Ian stand which methods will offset the most rainfall. He adds Boyd, and with floods minister Rory Stewart. Ethics of gene editing to dominate the year ahead The ethical debate on the use of gene-editing techniques by Anna McKie amnews@ResearchResearch.com is likely to trump the science, academics have said. The controversial technique will dominate the bio- Mark Caulfield, chief scientist at the 100,000 Genomes logical research agenda this year, beginning with Project, agrees. “There are a lot of ethical aspects to be assessment of the application to the Human Fertilisation deliberated and studied before employing the technol- and Embryology Authority from scientists at the Francis ogy on humans—if at all.” Crick Institute to use the CRISPR-Cas9 technique in their The use of health data is also likely to make headlines research. The HFEA is meeting later in January to discuss in 2016. At the end of January, the UK’s national data the proposal. In March a decision is expected on whether guardian Fiona Caldicott is set to announce the outcome gene-editing technologies should be considered under of her review into developing guidelines for the protec- regulations that govern genetically modified organisms tion of personal data and patient consent. Life-sciences in the European Union. Researchers will watch both out- minister George Freeman says that he and health sec- comes keenly. retary Jeremy Hunt intend to proceed with plans that But much will depend on the way that the biosecu- would allow medical records and health information to rity and ethical considerations are handled, says Mark be used more often and more easily to support research. Downs, chief executive of the Royal Society of Biology. Declan Mulkeen, chief science officer at the Medical “There must be a really good dialogue between scientists Research Council, says that the council expects and the public, and with social scientists too,” he says. increased access to health data to be one of the biggest Such debates will ultimately affect policy and could form changes for health researchers in 2016. “We hope to a template for deciding on actions on other issues such know most of the answers before we firm up budgetary as climate change, he says. plans for health informatics and so on,” he says.
Research Fortnight, 13 January 2016 news 5 Social scientists look to prove their worth in the big policy debates of 2016 The New Year offers social scientists the opportunity by Cristina Gallardo cgnews@ResearchResearch.com to demonstrate the importance of their work by pro- viding evidence to policymakers amid debates around says: “There are significant gaps in empirical research in membership of the European Union, the refugee crisis, education and in a lot of public finance areas, which we immigration and national security. are looking to fill.” Roger Goodman—chairman of the council of the The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is Academy of Social Sciences and head of the Social expected to prioritise funding for research on environmen- Sciences Division at the University of Oxford—picks tal change and urban transformations in 2016. It is also the UK’s referendum on EU membership as the research likely to promote work that makes good use of big data. topic of 2016. “The social sciences can introduce some The announcement of the winner of its Centre for Doctoral real and robust evidence,” he says. “It will be a very dif- Training for emerging forms of data is due in September. ficult and sometimes very emotional debate.” But social scientists must also keep a close eye on policy Another hot topic for academics is likely to be secu- issues that affect researchers, says James Wilsdon, direc- rity studies. Paul Taylor, director of the Centre for tor of policy, impact and engagement at the University of Research and Evidence on Security Threats at Lancaster Sheffield. The implementations of the recommendations University, says that extremist ideologies, protective of the Nurse review and a potential reform of the Research security, risk assessment and online behaviour will all Excellence Framework are just two such areas. see increased attention. This year the centre, which Josh Hillman, acting director of the Nuffield launched last October, will hire about 20 researchers and Foundation—which this year plans to distribute £6 million PhD students and open two funding calls. in grants—agrees, saying that he is concerned about The Institute of Fiscal Studies will be assessing ine- cuts to the ESRC’s budget. “If the social sciences were to quality in the UK, devolved Scottish funding, schools receive a weaker settlement we would not be able to pick and the sugar tax. The institute’s director Paul Johnson up the slack for that,” he says. Academics unfazed by slump in oil prices Petroleum scientists and engineers have said they are by James Field jfnews@ResearchResearch.com certain that they are offering the oil industry what it needs as oil prices continue to fall. Environment Research Council’s Centre for Doctoral On 6 January, the cost of oil dropped to a 12-year Training in Oil and Gas, says that well-trained postdocs low of $32 a barrel after months of decline. Newly cau- are increasingly in demand. “They need people who can tious oil companies are now laying off staff and curbing hit the ground running with training in environmental research spending. impact and regulation,” he says. NERC, he notes, has “It is a threat to our research partnerships,” says Nick recognised this need and in December agreed to fund Schofield, senior lecturer in igneous and petroleum the centre for a further year, extending its life to 2021. geology at the University of Aberdeen, “but the coun- John Redfern, chair of petroleum geoscience at the terargument I make to companies is that now is the best University of Manchester, says that the research inter- time to carry out technical work. Then, when prices rise ests of oil companies have changed. “During the times and work becomes more profitable, we will have the of high oil prices, companies were apt to jump into knowledge to proceed.” new licences without undertaking the most rigorous The university has a long and close relationship with regional studies,” he says. Now, they need to undertake the oil industry, but Schofield admits that this close- more extensive analyses. “It’s about pushing the inter- ness can make it difficult to ask for money. “You phone pretation of data beyond that achieved so far: the new a colleague in industry one week and the next week thinking and ideas that universities are all about.” they’ve lost their job,” he says. In such circumstanc- Schofield says that he’d like to see companies funding es, he says, it’s best not to chase the cash. Instead, joint projects, to make the money go that little bit further. Schofield says he lets companies know what work is But he adds that he is confident that the current period of being carried out and how they can get involved again belt-tightening will not have too much of an effect. “We’ve when things turn around. seen these cycles before,” he says. “People I know were Although industry-funded scholarships are on doing this work in the 1990s, when oil was $7 a barrel, the decline, John Underhill, director of the Natural and companies were still paying for work then.”
6 news Research Fortnight, 13 January 2016
i n t e r v i e w a b d a l l a h d a a r
Grand advice
Cristina Gallardo asks Abdallah Daar, the former adviser to Bill Gates on grand
challenges, what the UK government should consider when creating its own fund.
You’ve worked on grand challenges programmes for A project that takes all of these three into account is more
more than a decade. What have you learned? likely to have impact.
It’s a very powerful approach. It’s exciting and efficient,
and leads to ideas that nobody had thought of before. How did you address criticism from researchers
You see impact quite early on. Global health has been working in a more traditional way?
transformed by these programmes. In the early days, we were criticised by some research-
ers who failed to get funding or who did not understand
How did you first get involved? what we were trying to do. You can’t do something big
In 2002, my colleague Peter Singer and I published a and transformative and not expect some criticism. But
paper in Nature Genetics identifying the top 10 biotech- that dies down as you show results. Some people said
nology challenges for improving health in the developing that the Canadian government should not spend aid
world. Bill Gates was about to launch a grand challenges money on this kind of work, but the answer to that is
programme into health R&D and he approached us. We that this is a very small part of the aid budget, which in
defined a grand challenge as a specific critical barrier the long term can lead to a very big impact and return. It
that, if removed, would help solve an important health took people time to understand that.
problem in the developing world, with a high likelihood
of global impact through widespread implementation. The UK is about to launch its own Global Challenges
Research Fund—how should it ensure it doesn’t
You then helped set up the Grand Challenges Canada overlap too much with others?
programme. What difficulties did you face? Each country should identify its own priorities. But every
You need to understand that this is slightly riskier than year there is a big grand challenges meeting and there
the traditional way of funding research and innovation. is an in-built affinity among funders working on grand
There is no guarantee of success. You are innovating challenges.
rapidly so you have to learn fast and be able to change
direction very quickly if needed. Another thing to take How do you think the fund should be governed?
into account is not to dilute your brand too much. Things I would say that not less than 50 per cent of the scientific
can get very exciting and you might want to fund many advisory board should be from low and middle-income
different things, but you need to stay focused and keep countries as defined by World Bank criteria. The rep-
the translation costs low. resentation in the governing board depends on other
constraints, because you also want industry, funders
CV Abdallah Daar
How did the Gates Foundation and and government. But you should aim to have at least two
* 2009-present Chairman of
the Scientific Advisory Board
the Canadian programmes differ?
For Grand Challenges Canada, we
members from the developing world.
of Grand Challenges Canada.
decided that 85 per cent of the prin- What advice do you have for the UK team?
* 2009-2015 Chief science
and ethics officer of Grand cipal investigators that we funded Grand challenges is just a process, a platform. You need
Challenges Canada. should be based in developing to identify the priorities separately, build consensus
* 2001-present Professor
of public health sciences
countries. The majority of research-
ers funded by Gates were in the
among those priorities, and then use the grand chal-
lenges approach to make an impact. What is important is
and surgery, University of
Toronto
developed world, and they were usu- to build consensus—if you are going to hand over money
ally teams from big laboratories that to an agency or a research council you need to have some
* 1988-2000 Professor of
surgery, Sultan Qaboos were more focused on basic sciences consensus among all the people involved about what
University, Oman and infectious diseases. We identi- needs to be done.
* 1985-1988 Founding direc-
tor, Emirates Institute for
fied priorities in very neglected areas
such as global mental health. We also Is there anything you would advise the UK not to do?
Medical Research, United
Arab Emirates
introduced what we called integrated In government programmes there is often a rush to award
innovation: a combination of science the funding, but I would tell the UK not to rush too much
* 1983 PhD in immunol-
ogy, Nuffield Department of and technological innovation, social once the money is committed to the research councils.
Surgery, University of Oxford innovation and business innovation. More to say? Email comment@ResearchResearch.comfunding opportunities
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1171231
Grants for UK applicants www.ResearchProfessional.com Institute of Physics Born medal and
are worth up to £180,000 Online subscribers can view full details of any funding opportunity by prize 160145
simply searching for the Web id number as free text in a funding search. Institute of Physics Bragg medal
each [36]. and prize 1164750
Institute of Physics early-career
n o t t o be Funding search awards 160158
p h o t o c o pie D Free text: 1234567 x Search Orthopaedic Research UK general
and translational research funding
For subscriptions call +44 20 7216 6500 awards 11855728 funding opportunities Research Fortnight, 13 January 2016
uk Space technology grants Research partnership £4 million to fund two or three proposals.
Web id: 1187964
The Centre for Earth Observation Instrumen-
highlights tation and Space Technology, on behalf of
The Nexus Network invites applications
for its research partnership grants. These
Email: daniel.emmerson@epsrc.ac.uk
the UK Space Agency and under the national Deadline: 3 February 2016 [22]
aim to foster collaborations between
New opportunities from UK-based funders.
space technology programme, invites sub- researchers from different scientific dis-
Apples and pears quality orbital and small launcher research propos- ciplines and between researchers and Security threats research
als. This call aims to develop the growth of stakeholders in business, policy and civil The Centre for Research and Evidence on
The Agriculture and Horticulture Devel-
the UK space sector by funding research that society, in order to improve understand- Security Threats invites proposals for its
opment Board, via its horticultural divi-
will contribute to the introduction of sub- ing of the nexus of food, energy, water and call on research for understanding, miti-
sion, invites proposals to tender for the gating and countering security threats.
orbital flight and satellite launch operations the wider environment. Grants are worth
improvement of quality in apples and Funding supports innovative and for-
in the UK. Grants are typically worth up to up to £150,000 each over 12 months.
pears. The tenderer will develop ways ward-looking economic, behavioural and
£250,000 over six months. Web id: 1188024
to improve the quality of commercial
Web id: 1188325 Contact: Cian O'Donovan social science research that contributes to
apples and pears, both at harvest and Contact: Doug Liddle understanding of contemporary security
Email: c.o-donovan@sussex.ac.uk
during storage. The total budget is worth Email: doug@in-space.co.uk threats, or research that enhances the
Deadline: 31 January 2016 [15]
£200,000 over five years. Deadline: 29 January 2016 [7] UK's capacity to detect and mitigate
Web id: 1187875
Email: rachel.lockley@ahdb.org.uk Hand therapy grants such threats. The total budget is worth
Deadline: 27 January 2016 [1]
Sports medicine awards The British Association of Hand Therapists up to £1.25 million at 100 per cent full
The British Association for Sport and invites applications for its research grant. economic cost.
Exercise Medicine invites applications for Web id: 1187927
Research online tender the following opportunities:
This supports one large piece of research
Contact: Nicola Ronan
or several smaller projects, including local
Skills Development Scotland invites ten- •fellowship and doctoral-level research Email: commissioning@crestresearch.
research projects or audits, about hand
ders for its research online tool and library in sport and exercise medicine bursary, ac.uk
or upper limb therapy practice. Grants
service subscription. The tenderer will worth up to £20,000.Web id: 1187846 Deadline: 5 February 2016 [24]
are worth up to £20,000 over two years.
maintain and develop SDS's Research •research bursaries.Web id: 1185679 Web id: 1187981
Online tool to provide a more effective Email: amanda.harwood@basem.co.uk Contact: Leanne Miller Midwifery award
channel for the dissemination of labour Deadline: 31 January 2016 [8] Email: baht.cec@gmail.com The Iolanthe Midwifery Trust invites appli-
market research and to subscribe SDS to Deadline: 1 February 2016 [16] cations for its Jean Davies award. This
an online library service on a fixed price Drug discovery workshop supports midwives working to address the
basis. The total budget is worth up to
£350,000 over 41 months.
The British Council, via the Newton Fund, Endodontics research prize impact of social inequalities on the well-
the Brazil National Council of Technological The British Endodontic Society invites being of pregnant women, new mothers
Web id: 1188049 and their babies. The award is worth up
and Scientific Development (CNPq) and the submissions for the Harty prize – student
Deadline: 28 January 2016 [2] to £5,000 per year.
National Council of Brazilian State Funding essay prize in endodontics. This recog-
Agencies (CONFAP), invite applications for nises an essay related to endodontics that Web id: 1188312
EPSRC access to data faclity attendance at the researcher links work- considers how to assess the restorability Email: info@iolanthe.org
The Engineering and Physical Sciences shop on drug discovery and nanomedicine, of a tooth prior to root canal treatment, Deadline: 5 February 2016 [25]
Research Council invites applications for to be held from 29 to 30 March 2016 in and what intra- and post-operative steps
the following pilot calls: Porto Alegre, Brazil. should be taken to improve its chances EPSRC circular economy
•access to the Research Data Facil- Web id: 1188218 of long-term survival. The prize is worth The Engineering and Physical Sciences
ity for UK researchers. Applicants may Contact: Adriana R Pohlmann £1,000. Research Council invites expressions of
request the resource for up to three years. Email: ppgnanofarma@ufrgs.br Web id: 1187971 interest for its call on systems change –
Web id: 1188157 Deadline: 31 January 2016 [10] Contact: Alyn Morgan towards a circular economy. This supports
•access to the Research Data Facility Email: asst.honsecretary@ projects on modelling and understanding
for open EPSRC access. Applicants may UK-Ukraine collaboration 1 britishendodonticsociety.org.uk whole systems approaches to the circular
request the resource for up to three years. The British Council in Ukraine, via its Deadline: 1 February 2016 [17] economy, within the context of UK manu-
Web id: 1188159 internationalising higher education facturing. The total budget is worth up to
Email: katherine.freeman@epsrc.ac.uk programme, invites applications for its Lung disease research £5 million for a number of projects, with a
Deadline: 29 January 2016 [3] UK-Ukraine mobility and partnership maximum duration of three years.
The British Lung Foundation invites appli-
exploratory visit grants. These enable cations for the following opportunities: Web id: 1188042
Medical imaging/neuroscience UK and Ukrainian HEIs to collaborate •mesothelioma research funding Email: robert.felstead@epsrc.ac.uk
The Royal Society of Edinburgh and the on specific areas, and complement and awards, worth up to £200,000 each over Deadline: 11 February 2016 [26]
Ministry of Science and Technology in build on various policy-development and three years. Web id: 1187897
Taiwan invite applications for their joint capacity-building activities by funding vis- •Scottish Government Chief Scien- Economic and social research
projects. Funding enables researchers its between the two countries. Grants are tist Office research grants, worth up to The Competition and Markets authority
from Scotland and Taiwan to collaborate worth up to £2,400 each to fund two visits. £300,000 each. Web id: 1187874 invites applications for its tender for a
on research related to sensors and imag- Web id: 1188153 Email: ian.jarrold@blf.org.uk framework agreement for the provision
ing and their applications, including Email: ua_ihe@britishcouncil.org.ua Deadline: 1 February 2016 [18] of economic and social research services.
medical areas, and neuroscience. Grants Deadline: 31 January 2016 [11] This supports the provision of specialist
are worth up to £6,000 per year each for DFID South Sudan health consultancy advice relating to economic
a maximum period of two years for UK Endocrinology award The Department for International Devel- and social research. The total budget is
applicants, with matched funding from The European Society of Endocrinology opment invites tenders to manage phase worth up to £4 million over four years.
MoST available for Taiwanese applicants. invites nominations for its clinical endo- two of the South Sudan health pool fund. Web id: 1187876
Web id: 1188106 crinology trust award. This recognises The tenderer will manage a health pro- Email: colin.oakley@cma.gsi.gov.uk
Email: international@royalsoced.org.uk research that addresses aspects of endo- gramme which aims to increase access Deadline: 12 February 2016 [27]
Deadline: 29 January 2016 [5] crinology at the forefront of clinical prac- to quality health services, in particular by
tice. The prize is worth €2,500 (£1,868). children, pregnant women and other vul- UK-Turkey housing workshop
ScotGov oil & gas development Web id: 1188171 nerable communities in South Sudan. The The British Council, via the Newton Fund's
The Scottish Government invites tenders Email: info@eoro-endo.org fund is worth approximately £85 million. researcher links programme, invites appli-
for its call on unconventional oil and Deadline: 31 January 2016 [13] Web id: 1188242 cations for attendance at its workshop on
gas development – understanding and Contact: Tony McCluskey building information modelling and col-
monitoring induced seismic activity. The Primatology research grants Email: a-mccluskey@dfid.gov.uk laboration on retrofit for resilient housing
tenderer will conduct research to better The Primate Society of Great Britain invites Deadline: 1 February 2016 [20] and sustainability. Funding enables UK and
understand the levels of induced seismic applications for its general research grant Turkish early-career researchers to attend
activity that could be associated with awards. These assist researchers working EPSRC energy demand the workshop, to be held from 7 to 10 April
unconventional oil and gas activities in any area of primatology, except for The Engineering and Physical Sciences 2016 in Gaziantep and Istanbul, Turkey, in
in Scotland, and better understand the those already covered by the captive Research Council, as part of the RCUK order to establish long-lasting research col-
robust regulatory and non-regulatory care and conservation grants. Grants are Energy Programme, invites applications laboration between the two countries. Grants
actions that can be taken to mitigate worth £750 each. for its call on manufacturing the future: cover all travel and accommodation costs.
any noticeable effects on communities. Web id: 1187989 reducing industrial energy demand. This Web id: 1188297
Web id: 1188013 Contact: Rachel Kendal supports multidisciplinary collaborative Contact: John Counsell
Contact: Colin MacBean Email: rwp@psgb.org research in order to reduce industrial Email: jcounsell@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Deadline: 29 January 2016 [6] Deadline: 31 January 2016 [14] energy demand. The total budget is worth Deadline: 15 February 2016 [28]Research Fortnight, 13 January 2016 funding opportunities 9
UK-Ukraine collaboration 2 Web id: 1179302 Innovate UK coating tech
The British Council in Ukraine, via its inter- Email: e.donnelly@qub.ac.uk Innovate UK invites registrations for its
nationalising higher education programme, Deadline: 29 February 2016 [34] competition on surface engineering and
invites applications for its UK-Ukraine mobil- coating technologies for high-value man-
ity and partnership grants for one and two UK-Malaysia dengue research ufacturing. Funding supports technical
years. These enable UK and Ukrainian HEIs The British Council, via the Newton- feasibility studies that stimulate innova-
to collaborate on specific areas, and comple- Ungu Omar Fund, and the Malaysian tive new concepts and applications in sur-
ISSN 1358-1198 ment and build on various policy-develop- PlaTCOM Ventures, via the high impact face engineering and coatings, including
Published every two weeks with ment and capacity-building activities by programme 2, invite proposals for their the creation and evaluation of innovative
breaks at Christmas, Easter and in funding visits between the two countries. dengue tech challenge. Funding supports and accessible real-time process control
the summer. The next edition will Grants are worth up to £12,000 each. collaborative projects that bring together technology; process informatics; surface
be published on 27 January. Web id: 1188156 researchers from Malaysia and the UK to or coating characterisation techniques;
Letters to Email: ua_ihe@britishcouncil.org.ua focus on commercialisation of dengue- and integration of surface engineering
Research Fortnight Deadline: 15 February 2016 [29] related research and products in Malaysia. and coating manufacturing technology
Unit 111, 134-146 Curtain Road, Grants for UK applicants are worth up with digital techniques, technology and
London EC2A 3AR UK-Turkey railway workshop to £180,000 each. Grants for Malaysian design. Each project may receive up to
news@researchresearch.com The British Council, via the Newton Fund, applicants are worth up to MYR1.2 million £150,000 over 12 months.
Enquiries to invites applications for attendance at (£187,200) each. Web id: 1188036
info@researchresearch.com its workshop on knowledge exchange Web id: 1188293 Email: support@innovateuk.gov.uk
Tel +44 20 7216 6500 on remote conditioning monitoring on Email: siewhui.liew@britishcouncil. Deadline: 9 March 2016 [41]
Fax +44 20 7216 6501 railway. Funding enables early-career org.my
Deadline: 1 March 2016 [36]
Editor Ehsan Masood UK and Turkish researchers to attend the
workshop, to be held from 22 to 24 March uk
Associate Editor Colin Macilwain RAEng enterprise fellowship
Comment and Analysis Editor
2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. Grants cover all
travel and accommodation costs. The Royal Academy of Engineering invites
other
John Whitfield Web id: 1188299 applications for its Royal Commission for Renewed opportunities from funders based
News Editors Contact: Mayorkinos Papaelias the Exhibition of 1851 enterprise fel- in the UK.
Rebecca Hill, Research Fortnight Email: m.papaelias@bham.ac.uk lowship. This recognises creativity and
Laura Greenhalgh, Research Europe Deadline: 16 February 2016 [30] innovation amongst recent engineering MRC health systems
Reporters graduates based in the UK. Each award is
James Field, Cristina Gallardo, The Medical Research Council, the Depart-
Innovate UK future retail worth £50,000.
ment for International Development, the
Eloise Johnston, Lindsay Web id: 1187661
McKenzie, Anna McKie, Craig Innovate UK, through the IC tomorrow Economic and Social Research Council
programme, invites proposals for its future Contact: Angus Baker and the Wellcome Trust invite applica-
Nicholson, Amanda Stringfellow
retail competition. This encourages inno- Email: enterprise@raeng.org.uk tions for the third call under its health
Chief Sub Editor Kris Pedder Deadline: 1 March 2016 [37]
vation around future retail, across themes systems research initiative. This supports
Sub Editor Martha Henriques of food waste reduction, virtual fitting, research that generates evidence on how
Data Analyst Gretchen Ransow seamless shopping and enhancing in- International collaboration to strengthen health systems and improve
Head of Funding Content store and market experiences. Five busi- The Royal Society, via the Newton Fund, health outcomes in low- and middle-
Maya Berger nesses may receive up to £35,000 each. invites applications for the Newton mobil- income countries, informs the delivery
Funding Operations Manager Web id: 1188136 ity grants. These enable international of evidence-based interventions or struc-
Yael Moscou Email: support@innovateuk.gov.uk researchers to undertake short-term visits tural changes, and provides evidence that
Funding Content Managers Deadline: 23 February 2016 [31] to the UK and develop networks, research is of direct relevance to decision-makers
Charlotte van Hek, Mikael Järvelin, projects and research partnerships with and users in the field. The total budget is
Sanja Vlaisavljevic UK-Italy science exchange UK scientists in order to develop their worth £5 million.
The Royal Society and the Consiglio skills and knowledge. Grants are worth up Web id: 1182792
Editorial Researchers
Claire Braun, Sofia Capel, Ricki Nazionale delle Ricerche invite applica- to £12,000 each over two years. Email: mandy.brown@headoffice.mrc.
Enghoff, Marion Galley, Louise tions for their international exchanges Web id: 1188329 ac.uk
Jensen, Lotte Krause, Iqbal award. This stimulates new collaborations Email: newtoninternationalexchanges@ Deadline: 28 January 2016 [42]
Makboul, Sam Marberg, Monika between UK and Italian researchers within royalsociety.org
Pallenberg, Marcia Rato, Mirella all areas of life and physical sciences, Deadline: 2 March 2016 [38] EPSRC access to Archer
Rosenström, Dalia Saris, Simon
Svendsen including engineering, but excluding The Engineering and Physical Sciences
clinical medicine. Each award is worth up NERC translational research Research Council, via its resource allo-
Production Manager to £12,000 for up to two years. The Natural Environment Research Coun- cation panel, invites proposals for the
Katherine Lester
Web id: 1188205 cil invites proposals for its environmental following calls:
Deputy Production Manager Email: international.exchanges@ science impact programme awards. These •access to ARCHER. Users may request
Rebecca Blease royalsociety.org enable research organisations to col- at least 1 million allocation units of com-
Technical Director Steve Potter Deadline: 23 February 2016 [32] laborate with business, policy bodies puting resource over one year.
Publisher William Cullerne Bown and other actors that contribute to the Web id: 1175993
Sales Director Nicky Cooper NERC/BBSRC agriculture economic development specific to their •top-up proposals for the ARCHER
The Natural Environment Research Coun- location, in order to deliver significant resource, with a maximum project dura-
Sales Managers
Jon Thornton, Alison Warder cil and the Biotechnology and Biological regional impact from NERC environmental tion of two years. Web id: 1176031
Sciences Research Council, under their science. The total budget is worth up to Email: archerrap@epsrc.ac.uk
Subscriptions sustainable agriculture research and £5 million over five years. Deadline: 29 January 2016 [43]
+44 20 7216 6500 or email innovation club initiative, invite applica- Web id: 1188155
info@researchresearch.com tions to participate in a sandpit. This is a Contact: Lynne Porter Paediatrics award
Advertising London two-day interactive strategic workshop. Email: lyn@nerc.ac.uk The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child
Grants are worth up to £200,000 each. Deadline: 3 March 2016 [39] Health, in collaboration with the British
Trishita Shah
+44 20 7216 6528 or email Web id: 1188186 Academy of Childhood Disability, invites
advertise@researchresearch.com Contact: Anne Priest Optometry awards applications for the Paul Polani research
Email: annpri@nerc.ac.uk The College of Optometrists invites appli- award. This supports projects on paedi-
Published by Research. Copyright Deadline: 26 February 2016 [33] cations for its clinical research fellow- atric neurodisability. The award is worth
© Research Research Ltd 2016. up to £7,500.
ships. These support staff in hospital
A ll rig h t s reser v ed Teacher education settings by allowing them to consoli- Web id: 1172501
Reproducing Research Fortnight by The Centre for Cross Border Studies date their research skills, supporting Email: kelly.robinson@rcpch.ac.uk
photocopying, electronic or other invites applications for its Standing active research projects in optometry Deadline: 29 January 2016 [45]
means in any language without the and facilitating the future acquisition of
permission of the publisher is illegal. Conference on Teacher Education North
and South seed funding. This supports research funding. Grants are worth up to Congenital heart disease
Please recycle after use. collaborative research projects and pro- £30,000 each. The British Cardiovascular Society affiliate
fessional activities in teacher education Web id: 1187878 the British Congenital Cardiac Association
N OT TO B E P HOTO C O P I E D in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Email: researchteam@ invites applications for the Madeleine
Ireland. Funding is worth up to £6,000 college-optometrists.org Steel travel fellowship. This enables UK
per project. Deadline: 4 March 2016 [40] doctors or allied medical professionals10 funding opportunities Research Fortnight, 13 January 2016
working on congenital heart disease to or intermediate researchers. The fellow- •postdoctoral fellowships, worth up to Web id: 212351
travel to a centre in North America to gain ship is worth up to £300,000. £32,500 each. Web id: 210007 Email: postgraduate@dardni.gov.uk
further experience, learn new techniques Web id: 145968 Email: fellowships@ Deadline: 16 February 2016 [79]
or undertake research. The fellowship is Email: standards@rcpe.ac.uk rothschildfoundation.eu
worth £10,000. Deadline: 1 February 2016 [61] Deadline: 11 February 2016 [70] NERC environmental tech
Web id: 1165203 The Natural Environment Research Coun-
Contact: Mike Burch Gastroenterology awards HIV research awards cil invites applications for its technol-
Email: bcca@bcs.com Core and Bowel & Cancer Research invite The British HIV Association invites appli- ogy proof of concept programme. This
Deadline: 31 January 2016 [48] applications for their joint diverticular cations for its research awards. These supports the development of new and
research development award. This sup- support research on the improvement of innovative technologies for environ-
Mathematics visitors ports projects ranging from basic and clinical care and management of people mental science. The total budget is worth
The Isaac Newton Institute for Math- translational science to research for living with HIV in the UK, including pro- £2 million.
ematical Sciences invites proposals for patient benefit related to diverticular dis- jects that focus on finding a cure. Awards Web id: 1175360
its visitor programme. This aims to bring ease. The total budget is worth £80,000. are worth up to £30,000 each. Contact: Lucy Hopewell
together mathematical scientists from Web id: 1173627 Web id: 253156 Email: tpoc@nerc.ac.uk
UK universities and leading experts from Contact: Alice Kington Email: bhiva@bhiva.org Deadline: 17 February 2016 [81]
overseas for research on specialised top- Email: research@corecharity.org.uk Deadline: 12 February 2016 [73]
ics in all branches of the mathematical Deadline: 3 February 2016 [62] RAEng engineering award
sciences. Around £40,000 per month is Endangered species The Royal Academy of Engineering invites
available. Stroke projects The People's Trust for Endangered Species nominations for the Colin Campbell Mitch-
Web id: 211834 The Stroke Association invites applica- invites applications for its conservation ell award for engineers. This recognises an
Contact: John Toland tions for its project grants. These support insight grants. These support projects on individual or a team of up to six engineers
Email: jft26@newton.ac.uk the entire spectrum of stroke research, endangered species that aim to find critical for contributions to the advancement
Deadline: 31 January 2016 [50] from prevention and risk factors through scientific evidence to facilitate conserva- of any field of engineering within the
to treatment and rehabilitation in an tion, answer key conservation questions, preceding four years. The prize is worth
Progressive palsy research acute setting and longer term in the com- and implement key local action that will up to £6,000 for a team.
The Progressive Supranuclear Palsy munity. Grants are worth up to £210,000 result in significant positive impacts for Web id: 1177183
Association invites applications for its each over three years. endangered species. Grants are worth up Deadline: 17 February 2016 [82]
research grants. These support research Web id: 260896 to £20,000 each over two years.
into early and accurate diagnosis, aetiol- Email: research@stroke.org.uk Web id: 1165284 ScotGov commercialisation
ogy and pathogenesis, and clinical and Deadline: 3 February 2016 [64] Email: grants@ptes.org The Scottish Government's Scottish Enter-
social impacts of progressive supranu- Deadline: 12 February 2016 [74] prise invites applications for its high-
clear palsy. The total budget is £500,000. Parkinson's disease growth spinout programme. This supports
Web id: 1165209 The Cure Parkinson's Trust invites appli- NIHR research centres the pre-commercialisation of new tech-
Email: psp@pspassociation.org.uk cations for its research funding. This The National Institute for Health Research nologies emerging from Scotland's uni-
Deadline: 31 January 2016 [51] supports laboratory or clinical research invites applications for its biomedical versities, research institutes and NHS
projects that have the potential to research centres competition. Funding boards by enabling researchers to take
Iraq studies grants advance knowledge that might lead to supports NHS-university partnerships in their ideas and inventions from the lab to
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq a cure for Parkinson's disease, or that England that have a substantial portfolio the global marketplace. The programme
invites applications for its research and represent a substantial advance in treat- of world-class biomedical research across covers 100 per cent of the direct project
conference grants. These support projects ment. Grants are worth up to £250,000. either a range of clinical or research areas, costs, including salaries, consumables,
and conferences that focus on the lands Web id: 1162652 or in a specific clinical or research area. market assessment, patent costs, equip-
and peoples of Iraq in any field of the arts, Contact: Helen Matthews The total budget is £800 million. ment, subcontracting and travel.
humanities and social sciences. Grants are Email: helen@cureparkinsons.org.uk Web id: 1162031 Web id: 1166897
worth up to £4,000 each. Deadline: 4 February 2016 [65] Email: katie.cook@nihr.ac.uk Email: hgsp@scotent.co.uk
Web id: 212986 Deadline: 15 February 2016 [76] Deadline: 17 February 2016 [83]
Email: bisi@britac.ac.uk Agriculture bursaries
Deadline: 1 February 2016 [52] The Farmers Club invites applications for its Physical sciences fellowships Science/engineering fellows
agricultural educator awards. These enable The English-Speaking Union invites The Royal Commission for the Exhibi-
Lung research early-career researchers employed in agri- applications for the Lindemann Trust tion of 1851 invites applications for
The British Lung Foundation invites pre- cultural education to widen and develop fellowships. These enable postdoctoral its research fellowships in science or
liminary applications for the following their own technical expertise through scientists in both the pure and applied engineering. These enable early-career
opportunities: study activities either inside or outside physical sciences to carry out research in scientists or engineers to conduct an
•Mesothelioma UK research grant, the UK. The total budget is worth £25,000. the US. Fellowships are worth US$40,000 innovative research project of their own
worth up to £150,000 over three years. Web id: 1174168 (£27,500) each. instigation. Each fellowship is worth
Web id: 1183020 Email: generaloffice@thefarmersclub. Web id: 258125 £32,000 for the first year and £33,500
•Sarcoidosis Charity research grant, com Email: william.stileman@esu.org for the second and third years.
worth up to £120,000 over three years. Deadline: 8 February 2016 [66] Deadline: 15 February 2016 [77] Web id: 209176
Web id: 1184560 Contact: Nigel Williams
Email: ian.jarrold@blf.org.uk International partnerships UK-Russia exchanges Email: royalcom1851@imperial.ac.uk
Deadline: 1 February 2016 [53] The British Academy invites applications The Royal Society and the Russian Foun- Deadline: 18 February 2016 [84]
for its international partnership and mobil- dation for Basic Research invite applica-
Healthcare infection research ity scheme. This supports the development tions for the cost-share programme of Bone research
The Healthcare Infection Society invites of partnerships between the UK and other their international exchanges scheme. The Bone Research Society invites appli-
applications for its small research grants. areas of the world where research excel- This stimulates new collaborations within cations for the Barbara Mawer travelling
These support small-scale projects on the lence would be strengthened by new, the natural sciences between scientists in fellowship. This enables new investiga-
subject of healthcare associated infec- innovative initiatives and links. Grants are the UK and Russia. Funding is worth up to tors to spend time with another research
tion, to be carried out in the UK or Ireland. worth up to £30,000 each over three years. £12,000 for the UK team. group in order to learn a new technique
Grants are worth up to £10,000 each. Web id: 1165189 Web id: 1177532 related to bone diseases, or otherwise
Web id: 1164637 Email: partnerships@britac.ac.uk Email: international.exchanges@ benefit from a specific expertise that is
Contact: Sandra Smith Deadline: 10 February 2016 [69] royalsociety.org not available at their host institution.
Email: grants@his.org.uk Deadline: 15 February 2016 [78] The total budget is worth up to £3,000.
Deadline: 1 February 2016 [58] Jewish fellowships Web id: 253049
The Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Agriculture studentships Email: info@boneresearchsociety.org
Mental disorder research Europe invites applications for the fol- The Department of Agriculture and Rural Deadline: 19 February 2016 [85]
The Royal College of Physicians of Edin- lowing fellowships: Development of Northern Ireland invites
burgh invites applications for the John, •doctoral fellowships, worth up to applications for its postgraduate student- Social sciences research
Margaret, Alfred and Stewart Sim fel- £48,000 each over three years. ships. These enable students to conduct The Independent Social Research Founda-
lowship. This supports research into Web id: 1177306 research leading to a PhD qualification tion invites applications for its mid-career
the causes or treatment of depression, •doctoral fellowships in archival at a university in the UK or the Republic fellowships. These support original inter-
with the aim of fostering mental health research, worth up to £48,000 each over of Ireland. Each studentship provides disciplinary research across the range of
research and the academic careers of early three years. Web id: 257129 tuition fees and a grant worth £14,142. social sciences. Grants are worth up toYou can also read
