Research Funding Jack Caswell (Assistant Head of Research Awards) Pat Ng (International Manager)

1. The British Academy Research Funding Jack Caswell (Assistant Head of Research Awards) Pat Ng (International Manager)

2. About the Academy: Roles • A Fellowship • A Funding Body • A Forum for Debate and Engagement

3. About the Academy: Values • Excellence • Independence • Diversity

4. Strategic Objectives 2016-2020 • Championing the Humanities and Social Sciences • Advancing Excellent Research • Shaping Policy and Public Understanding • Delivering Global Leadership

5. Prospering Wisely

6. Our subject areas • The Humanities • The Social Sciences Other societies and Research Councils • The Royal Society • The Royal Academy of Engineering • The Academy of Medical Sciences • The Royal Society of Edinburgh • ESRC – social sciences • AHRC – arts and humanities

7. Focus of research funding • Postdoctoral Research • Support at particular key career path moments • Largely response-mode funding scheme • Individuals • International engagement • Communication of scholarly findings

8. Research Awards & Int’l Schemes • Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) • BA Rising Star Engagement Awards (BARSEAs) • Mid-Career Fellowships (MCF) • Senior Research Fellowships (SRF) • BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants (SG) • Newton Advanced Fellowships (AF) • International Partnership & Mobility (IPM); and Newton Mobility Grants (NG) • Newton International Fellowships (NIF)

9. Next Call Deadlines • Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) – October 2016 • Mid-Career Fellowships (MCF) – September 2016 • Senior Research Fellowships (SRF) – November 2016 • BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants (SG) – *Open Now, deadline 11 May 2016* • Newton Advanced Fellowships (AF); and Newton Mobility Grants (NG) – Rd 2 September 2016 • International Partnership & Mobility (IPM) – late 2016/2017 • Newton International Fellowships (NIF) - 2017

10. Postdoctoral Fellowships • currently offering up to 45 awards each year • tenable for three years • experience of independent research • introduction to teaching • career development • output and dissemination

11. Postdoctoral Fellowships Eligibility • Any EEA national • Anyone of any nationality with UK doctorate • Doctorate awarded between April 2014 and April 2017 • Agreed support from UK university as host

12. Postdoctoral Fellowships • Annual competition • 2-stage application process • Deadline for outline applications planned for October 2016 • Shortlist announced before February • Final awards announced in May • Awards to be taken up from Sep 2017 • High priority scheme

13. Postdoctoral Fellowships

14. Mid-Career Fellowships (1 year) • Mid-career (research and communication) • 2-stage selection process: outline stage deadline planned for September 2016 • Success rate under 10%, 35 awards expected • Awards for 6-12 months: research leave, FEC basis • Emphasis on: • Strength of research proposal • Communication to a broad audience

15. Mid-Career Fellowships

16. BA/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships 7 awards each year, tenable for one year • to complete major programme of research • relief from teaching and administration • Non-FEC, sponsored by Leverhulme Trust • Deadline for applications planned for November 2016; decisions announced in following March • Awards tenable from autumn 2017

17. BA/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships

18. BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants • Very popular scheme, funded from public funds, Leverhulme Trust and around twenty other funding sources • Awards up to £10k, tenable for up to 24 months • Commonly used for pilot studies, small-scale projects • Worldwide in scope, international partners • High priority in Academy portfolio • Wide outreach: around 100 HEIs in last financial year

19. BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants • Two rounds of competition per year • Next round planned to open in September 2016 • Awards for research to start between 1 April 2017 and 31 August 2017

20. BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants: Other Funding Partners • Honor Frost Foundation • Journal of Moral Education Trust • Modern Humanities Research Association • Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain • Sino-British Fellowship Trust • Sir Ernest Cassel Trust • Sir John Cass’s Foundation • Society for the Advancement of Management Studies

21. BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants

22. Academy Research Projects and Special Research Projects • Recognition of c. 50 long-term infrastructural projects • Datasets of fundamental resources • Broader implications of research for policy and practice • Occasional Call for new proposals, most recently in 2016, for Special Research Projects in Maths Anxiety and Cognitive Benefits of Language Learning

23. Proceedings of the British Academy The British Academy’s flagship series, publishing themed volumes of essays Proposals considered twice a year (deadlines September and March) 8 volumes of essays published each year Volumes included in British Academy Scholarship Online

24. British Academy Conferences A meeting of minds – help shape the future of your field with the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. NB Not an offer of funding – conferences must be planned to happen in the BA building

25. International

26. Newton Fund The Newton Fund was announced in 2014 as part of the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitment to promote the economic development and welfare of developing countries. The British Academy is one of several funding bodies delivering the fund. We offer support to international researchers through grants and fellowships schemes

27. Newton Fund: Mobility Grants • Applicants from Brazil; Malaysia; Mexico; South Africa; Thailand, and Turkey • Support the development of collaborations with UK researchers on a joint research project • One-year awards particularly suited to new collaborative partnerships for skills and knowledge transfer • Funding can include travel, accommodation and subsistence, organisation of workshops and seminars; up to a maximum of £10,000

28. Newton Fund: Advanced Fellowships • Supports early to mid-career international researchers • Applicants from Brazil; Mexico; South Africa; Turkey; Thailand; Malaysia; with a UK co-applicant • Work on a joint research project and career development and training activities • Funding includes salary top-up for the international applicant, research expenses, travel costs and training; amount dependent on country, but generally £37k p.a. • Two year or three year awards

29. Newton Fund: Reciprocal Calls • Calls from Newton Fund Partners for UK researchers ‒ Brazil (CONFAP) ‒ Mexico (CONACYT and Mexican Academy of Sciences) ‒ South Africa (National Research Foundation) ‒ Turkey (TUBITAK) • Please see British Academy website for links to reciprocal scheme websites

30. Sponsored Overseas Institutes

31. Evaluation Criteria For all awards: • academic merit • originality of proposal • relationship to and volume of research already in the field • feasibility of research programme • specificity of scheme of research • intended outcomes

32. Evaluation Criteria Research Posts: additional factors: • For PDFs: potential to go on to a successful academic career as a teacher in higher education • For MCFs: the communication plan and the public benefit of the intended outcomes • For Senior Fellows: how pressing is the need for the research leave

33. Evaluation Criteria International: additional factors IPM awards • The match and appropriateness of planned activities for developing the partnership • Degree to which collaboration within the partner area is encouraged • Ways in which knowledge development is encouraged • Outcome of the project, both academic and in terms of plans for continued links Newton Advanced Fellowships and Newton Mobility Grants • Expected benefits to overseas individuals and country

34. Peer Review • assessment procedures proportionate to scale of funding • subject specialists within Academy • for international grants, may also use area specialists • recommendations confirmed by Award Committees, in light of budget available • Code of Practice for all assessors

35. Public engagement • Media • Websites • Blogs • Social Media • Conferences/talks • Books/publications • Partnerships

36. Birkbeck, University of London Current award-holders include: • Dr Anne Byrne (Dept of History, Classics & Archaeology), PDF award-holder 2015-2018, Loving the king, 1744-1789., £246,428.80 • Dr SuzannahBiernoff (History of Art) BA Small Grant award-holder 2015-16, Portraits of Violence: War and the Aesthetics of Disfigurement, £3,127.00

37. Contacts • Research Awards Team grants@britac.ac.uk / 020 7969 5217 posts@britac.ac.uk / 020 7969 5270 • International Department newtonfund@britac.ac.uk / 020 7969 5220 partnerships@britac.ac.uk / 020 7969 5220 overseas@britac.ac.uk / 020 7969 5220

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39. Websites • www.britishacademy.ac.uk • https://egap.britac.ac.uk Newton Fund: www.newtonfund.ac.uk