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Fellowship vs Research Grant: Understanding the Difference

Learn about the difference between fellowships and research grants, and explore various funding opportunities in the geosciences and other fields. Discover career development options and how to apply.

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Fellowship vs Research Grant: Understanding the Difference

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  1. Research Career Opportunities Geosciences Anne Sofie Laegran a.s.laegran@ed.ac.uk Janet Ball janet.ball@ed.ac.uk

  2. What is the difference between a fellowship and a research grant? • Fellowships are about the person • Grants are about the research project

  3. Fellowships • Investment in your researcher career • Clearly defined programme of study as opposed to one single project • Some continuation of PhD – others new • Dissemination and publication • Career development and training

  4. ESRC Postdocs • Social Science • 1 year, 20-30% success rate, no deadline • New: Apply within 3 years of completed PhD • British Academy Postdocs • Humanities,Social Science – within 3 year of PHD • 3 years, 5% success rate, 15 October • Leverhulme Early Career • All fields, ‘between the gaps’ – under 35 y.o. • 2 years, 8% success rate, Mid March • School has to commit 50%

  5. Other schemes • Nuffield New Career Development • ‘Advancement of social well-being’ • Collaboration between senior and junior • ESRC Fellowships - 2-3 years (also for tenured staff) • Career development at any stage • Research and networking or Consolidate and synthesise • Royal Society of Edinburgh • Need 2-6 years postdoc experience • BP Trust Research Fellowships (Geological Sciences) • Scottish Executive Personal Research Fellowships (any field but benefit to Scotland) • Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland (aging population)

  6. NERC Fellowships – postdoctoral and advanced • environmental science research – freshwater, Earth, atmospheric, marine, terrestrial, Earth observation, polar • particularly encourage applications to work across environmental science and engineering and social and/or economic research • Deadline passed for this year • http://www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/available/fellowships/researchsubjects.asp

  7. EPSRC Fellowships - • Postdoctoral – recent PhD, establish independent research career - mathematical sciences, theoretical computer science, life science interface, theoretical physics and engineering. • Career acceleration fellowships- Up to 5 years of funding for talented researchers 3-10 years of postdoctoral experience. • Leadership fellowships - Up to 5 years of funding, must have potential to develop into future research leaders/permanent academic post. • Deadline passed for this year • http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/ResearchFunding/Opportunities/Fellowships/default.htm • Daphne Jackson Fellowships • aimed at enabling scientists to return to professions following a career break owing to family commitments.The Fellow re-trains in the context of a guided research project, carried out on a flexible, part-time basis at a convenient University • http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/ResearchFunding/Opportunities/Fellowships/default.htm

  8. The Royal Society • supports scientists from postdoctoral level to senior professorships and also offers grants for a variety of purposes ranging from conference travel to the modernisation of laboratories.Runs a series of schemes to enhance UK science base, fosters collaboration between UK based and overseas scientists. Fellowships enable talented young scientists to build independent careers by providing salaries, research expenses and a range of other non-financial support. Fellowships include: • University Research Fellowships • Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships • Industry Fellowships • Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships • Fellowships to the UK from Asia • Fellowships to the UK from USA • Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Awards • Research Professorships provide long-term support for world-class scientists, allowing them to focus on research and collaboration.

  9. The main sponsors of research grants • Economic and Social sciences: ESRC • Arts and Humanities: AHRC • Natural and Environmental Sciences: NERC • Biotechnology and Biological sciences - BBSRC • Engineering and physical sciences: EPSRC • ‘Advancement of social well-being’: Nuffield Foundation • Natural Sciences: Royal Society • Interdisciplinary, ‘between the gaps’: Leverhulme Trust

  10. Principal/Co-Applicant versusResearch Assistant • Some schemes require the applicant to be a tenured member of staff • Others won’t cover the salary of the applicant • Most allow for a named researcher to be employed on the grant • Researcher Co-Investigator - (BBSRC, NERC and EPSRC only)

  11. ESRC Schemes • Small Grants – <£100 000 – ca 1 year basic • Standard Grants - <1.5 mill – (normally 2-3 years) • First Grants – for established staff

  12. AHRC Schemes • Applicants have to be on contract outliving the research project • Possible to be named researcher

  13. NERC Research Grants • environmental science research – freshwater, Earth, atmospheric, marine, terrestrial, Earth observation, polar • New Investigators Competition - closing date 1 February • Standard Research Grants - closing dates 1 July and 1 December • Consortium Grants - closing dates 1 July & 1 December • Partnership Research Grants - closing dates 1 July & 1 December • Small Research Grants- closing date 1 September • Urgency Applications - no closing date • Research Councils and MOD Joint Grants Scheme - these can be standard, consortium or partnership grants.

  14. Leverhulme Research Project • Applicant may ask for teaching replacement up to 33% • Appointment of research assistants

  15. The Royal Society • Research grants offer up to £15,000 for equipment to support promising research in any discipline within the Society's remit. • The Paul Instrument Fund enables the design, construction and maintenance of novel physical instruments needed for research in the physical sciences. • The Dudley Stamp Memorial Fund provides grants for young, postgraduate students engaged in full or part-time geography related research. • History of science - aims to promote scholarship and encourage research into the history of science and provides a number of different grant schemes. • International Grants enables high calibre UK scientists to initiate collaborations, exchange ideas, develop new skills and experience from the world's leading researchers • http://www.royalsociety.ac.uk/page.asp?id=1112

  16. What makes a good application? • Read guidelines and follow them! • Convince specialists and engage non-specialists • Methodology, methodology, methodology • Fellowships: Clear plans for skill development • Contact referees in advance • Justification of Resources

  17. Can I apply for several schemes? • Yes! Use the same idea… • …but read guidelines and tailor each application to the scheme!!! • Same idea may also be developed into a research grant proposal…

  18. Support available • Help selecting the right scheme: Anne Sofie Laegran (Humanities and Social Sciences) • Examples of successful applications www.eri.ed.ac.uk/hss • Help costing up your application: Janet Ball • Application needs School approval: Alison Stirling and Sue Mclachlan

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