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British Academy Research Funding for International Engagement and Career Development

Unlock research opportunities with the British Academy - from early career to senior awards, fostering international collaborations and career progression. Explore various funding schemes available to support diverse research fields.

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British Academy Research Funding for International Engagement and Career Development

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  1. The British Academy Research Funding Ken Emond (Head of Research Awards) Claire Pascolini-Campbell (International Officer)

  2. Focus of research funding • Ideas, Individuals and Intellectual Resources • International engagement • Excellence and engagement • Aim is for complementarity with other funding bodies • Cover career path from early career to senior, underpinned by Small Grants

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

  4. Early Career • BA Postdoctoral Fellowships • 45 awards per year across all subject areas • Career development opportunity for those within 3 years of the award of their doctorate • BA Rising Star Engagement Awards • Awards of up to £15k designed for engagement activities and events – *not* funding for research activity • 34 awards made in first round

  5. BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants • Very popular scheme, funded from public funds, Leverhulme Trust and around twenty other partnerships • 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: over 100 HEIs in last financial year

  6. BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants • Two rounds of competition per year • Next round open now, closes 6 May 2015 • Awards for research to start between 1 Sept 2015 and 31 March 2016

  7. International Funding International Partnership and Mobility Scheme • Research partnerships between UK and researchers in Africa, East Asia, Middle East, Latin America & Caribbean, South Asia, and Eurasia. 3-year and 1-year awards: £10,000 per year Newton Fund Schemes • Research partnerships with Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Turkey and Vietnam • Newton Mobility Grants: Up to £10,000 for one-year collaborations • Newton Advanced Fellowships provide 1 or 2 year awards for training and development in collaboration with a UK partner. £37,000 per year Newton International Fellowships • Funding for early-career researchers to spend two-years full time at a UK host institution. Salary, research expenses, relocation assistance £66,000. The host institution receives 50% to support overhead costs.

  8. RENU Scholars at RENU Universities currently hold 95 grants and fellowships from the BA Total number awarded since 2009: 339 • Current and recent awards include Dr Jennifer Hillman, BA PDF, University of Chester; Dr Petros Karatsareas, BA PDF, UWE; Professor Tina Miller and Dr Alexandra Wilson, Mid-Career Fellows at Oxford Brookes University; Dr Matthew Tonkin, BA Skills Acquisition Award (Birmingham City) • Small grant award-holders include Dr Bettina Beinhoff (Anglia Ruskin) and Professor Barry Mitchell (Coventry University) • Newton Fund award-holders include Dr Jose Ramos ((Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico) working with Dr Hugo Gaggiotti, UWE

  9. Websites • www.britishacademy.ac.uk • https://egap.britac.ac.uk

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