Introduction to EU and EPSRC Grants

1. Introduction to EU and EPSRC Grants A brief overview

2. Presentation contents… • EU funding – PF6, PF7… • Marie Curie • Other Grants & EPSRC • Conclusion

3. EU funding Marie Curie Other Grants Conclusion The European Union has consistently supported research… Mainly throughFramework Programme for Research and Technological Development since 1984 -) Current EU initiative - Framework Programme 7 (FP 7) -) FP 6 was applicable from 2002 till 2006 (budget € 17b) -) FP1 starting in 1984 followed by FP2/3/4/5, … [www.wikipedia.org]

4. EU funding Marie Curie Other Grants Conclusion - FP 7 initiated from 2007 for a 7 year period (until 2013) - To fund and promote European research and technological development - Total budget - € 50b - A key theme being ICT - The approx. € 10b ICT budget:

5. EU funding Marie Curie Other Grants Conclusion - Conclusion: - a lot of money is in FP 7, to be used for ICT research - more information on FP 7 can be found online: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/research/index_en.htm http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html - Focus for remainder of Presentation: - Postgraduate (PhD) relevant funding opportunities

6. EU funding Marie Curie Other Grants Conclusion Marie Curie programme is a very popular funding scheme available for PhD and Post-Docs to support training and mobility of researchers • EU citizens or citizens of certain EU partner states can apply for research ‘exchange’ positions • The Programme aims to develop research skills and training capacity, by building on industrial and academic expertise within Europe and across the world, through staff exchanges, secondments, postgraduate and postdoctoral fellowships. • The Marie Curie award in FP7 is under the Specific Programme ‘People’ • Recently Women in particular have been supported by the scheme

7. EU funding Marie Curie Other Grants Conclusion Marie Curie scheme operates under 12 different modes: [source: http://old.euresearch.ch/de/1339.htm]

8. EU funding Marie Curie Other Grants Conclusion • Research Training Network -provide training and research experience for researchers of any age or nationality by giving them the opportunity to spend between three months to three years in another country as part of an international high-quality research project. The networks contribute to the transfer of knowledge through the promotion of multidisciplinary research. The schemes also support the interaction and exchange of all research staff working on the project. Additional Information and guidance can be found on: http://cordis.europa.eu/mariecurie-actions/rtn/home.html Information for fellowship vacancies in the scheme: http://cordis.europa.eu/mc-opportunities/index.cfm?fuseaction=dataForm.doSearch http://ec.europa.eu/eracareers/index_en.cfm • Conferences and Training Courses -Scientific conferences and courses are effective ways of learning, exchanging information and planning future projects. Marie Curie funding is available to help universities, research centres and businesses in the EU or Associated States organise conferences and training courses and to allow early-stage and more experienced researchers to take part. Additional Information and guidance can be found on: http://cordis.europa.eu/mariecurie-actions/scf/home.html Information for fellowship vacancies in the scheme: http://cordis.europa.eu/mc-opportunities/index.cfm?fuseaction=dataForm.doSearchEvt

9. EU fundingMarie Curie Other Grants Conclusion EPSRC -Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is a British Research Council that provides government funding for grants to undertake research and postgraduate degrees in engineering and the physical sciences (including mathematics, Artificial Intelligence and computer science), mainly to universities in the United Kingdom. [source: wikipedia.org] www.epsrc.ac.uk/ResearchFunding/Opportunities/default.htm - summarises Funding opportunities -) Out of 15 departments receiving EPSRC support – CS. 3rd from bottom of list -) CS. has 2 EPSRC grants -) CS. In Nottingham has 37 EPSRC grants worth over £20m [source: epsrc.ac.uk] [sources: www.google.co.uk, cordis.europa.eu & www2.warwick.ac.uk]

10. EU fundingMarie Curie Other Grants Conclusion Next to EPSRC, there are other funding sources available: • Fulbright Commission -UK / USA educational exchange, offering Fellowships and postgraduate awards to UK or EU citizens resident in the UK to study, lecture or pursue research in the United States(www.fulbrigh.co.uk) • Association of Commonwealth Universities -Provision of scholarships and fellowships, increasing staff and student mobility(www.acu.ac.uk) • Canon Foundation -Fellowships for Masters and PhD students for European & Japanese individuals(www.canonfoundation.org) • Humboldt Research Fellowships -For early stage researchers from abroad (with PhDs) to carry out research in Germany(www.humboldt-foundation.de) [sources: www.google.co.uk, cordis.europa.eu & www2.warwick.ac.uk]

11. EU fundingMarie Curie Other Grants Conclusion Some useful resources: European Research Council (ERC) European Institute of Technology (EIT) European Research Advisory Board (EURAB) UK Research Office -http://www.ukro.ac.uk Marie Curie - http://www.ukro.ac.uk/mariecurie/marie_curie_actions/index.htm Marie Curie Actions - http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/indexhtm_en.html Community Research and Development Information Service - http://cordis.europa.eu PD course: “Research Funding from Europe: Current Opportunities and Future Prospects” http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=6676

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