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Successfully funding European projects

Successfully funding European projects. University of Glasgow Internationalisation Conference March 20 th 2012. Two European Research Council Starting Grants: Nineteenth Century Euclid The Fragments of the Roman Republican Orators. ERC Starting Grants.

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Successfully funding European projects

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  1. Successfully funding European projects University of Glasgow Internationalisation Conference March 20th 2012

  2. Two European Research Council Starting Grants: Nineteenth Century Euclid The Fragments of the Roman Republican Orators

  3. ERC Starting Grants • ‘aim to support up-and-coming research leaders who are about to establish or consolidate a proper research team and to start conducting independent research in Europe’ • 2-12 years experience since award of PhD • Up to €1.5m over five years • award criterion: ‘scientific excellence’ • one call per year, published during summer, with autumn deadline • erc.europa.eu

  4. Application process • stage one: application, with two parts: B1 (c. 10 pages), PI detailed CV + extended synopsis of project; B2 (c. 15 pages), detailed summary of project with budget). • applications are assessed initially on B1 only • those who proceed to stage two are invited to interview in Brussels in early summer • notification late summer, followed by a negotiation period; projects to start within six months • this may change in subsequent years

  5. Nineteenth Century Euclid • To produce a monograph, essay collection, and international conferences on the cultural history of Euclidean geometry from around 1780-1900 • And to develop the new field of literature and mathematics • Not a team project: PI only, 95% over 34 months • Includes budget for holding two conferences (a third added later), plus PI’s travel • €323k

  6. The Fragments of the Roman Republican Orators • to prepare a new edition, with translation and commentary, of the fragments of oratory from the Republican period at Rome • involves PI (60% over five years); RA (100% for 40 months); two PhD studentships; technical and administrative support • includes conference and travel budget, facilitating involvement of an international advisory board • €1.1m

  7. 2007 2011 26% to UK institutions 21% of PIs were women Hit rate: 12% (from 4000 applications) • 19% of Starting Grants went to PIs in UK institutions • 26% of PIs were women • Hit rate: 3% (from 9000 applications)

  8. Observations • very flexible in terms of what can be funded • no interest in Impact • emphasis on career development: people-driven as well as project-driven

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