Funding OpportunitiesENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

Caterina Mora and Vivienne Blackstone, Mathematical Sciences

Women in Mathematics Meeting16th April 2010

Outline

Responsive Mode

First Grants

Fellowships

Postdoctoral and Career Acceleration Fellowships

Leadership Fellowships

Managed Calls

Mathematics Underpinning the Mission Programmes

EPSRC Mathematical Sciences StaffDavid Harman – Head of Programme

Mark Bambury – Portfolio Manager for Applied Mathematics

Programme and Platform Grants, First Grants

Caterina Mora – Portfolio Manager for Pure Mathematics

Fellowships

Vivienne Blackstone – Portfolio Manager for Statistics, OR and Mathematical Physics

Education and Training

Responsive Mode

Responsive Mode

If the restrictions on the First Grant scheme do not allow for the type of project you are considering then you should apply through standard responsive mode.

No limits on duration or resource

Panels meet 4 times a year

Primary criterion is Research Quality

The project should be the driver as to which funding route is the most appropriate for your application to EPSRC.

First Grant Scheme

First Grant Scheme

First application to EPSRC (not including fellowships)

Within 36 months of first permanent academic post in the UK

Within 10 years of completing your PhD

Capped at £125k at full economic cost

Limited duration of up to two years

First Grants are only compared to other first grant applications at panel meetings

Managed Calls

Fellowships

Postdoctoral FellowshipsEnable talented researchers to establish an independent research career

Up to 3 years fellowship

Primarily funding salary costs, travel and subsistence

Can be used to change academic institution

No nationality or age restrictions, but applicants must have no more than 3 yrs postdoctoral experience

Proposals are peer reviewed. Suitably supported proposals are then sent to a Sifting panel, where the top applicants are chosen, and invited to interview.

Call opens in early summer

Career Acceleration Fellowships

Supports talented individuals at an early stage of their research career

Up to 5 years of funding for salary, travel, equipment and research staff

Expectation that fellows will have established an independent career of international standing by the end of the award.

Should not hold, or have held, a permanent academic post, or have received, before the start date of the award, the promise of a permanent academic post.

You should have between 3 and 10 years postdoctoral research experience.

Next call opens around July 2010, full details of the 2009/2010 call are still available online, and may be of interest.

Leadership Fellowships

What are they?

Support for future international research leaders

Candidate must hold permanent academic post in eligible institution

Up to 5 years funding (including PI time, T&S and/or PDRAs/PhDs

Process

Call for outlines should appear in July 2010

Sifting panel (December 2010?) to invite full proposals

Interview panel around May 2011

Managed Calls

Mathematics Underpinning the Mission Programmes

What are the Mission Programmes?

Living with environmental change (£9M); Global Uncertainties: security for all in a changing world (£6M); Ageing: life-long health and wellbeing (£11M)

Address important societal issues

Large potential impact

Long-term goals

Multidisciplinary research

Teams from all areas are needed

Research funding

Managed calls

Co-funding of some projects

Energy and Digital Economy

Energy: help UK develop a sustainable and environmental-friendly economy

Adapt to climate change

Low-carbon economy

Power generation, supply and transport

…

Digital Economy: improve the way information and communication technologies transform life and society

Technology and healthcare

Applications in transport

Information exchange and society

…

Call: Mathematics underpinning the Mission Programmes

Why the call?

Support cross-disciplinary collaborations that develop and apply novel mathematical approaches to Energy and Digital Economy

Promote greater engagement and knowledge exchange between the maths research community, other disciplines and application area

More information

All proposals must demonstrate clear relevance to at least one of the strategic priorities of Energy or DE

Up to £5 million earmarked for this activity (£3M from Energy and DE)

We expect to fund 7-12 proposals

Call should open in the next month or so…check the website!

Career breaks/part time working

Fellowships may be held part time at a minimum of 50% FTE

CAFs and LFs may convert to part time during award

Maternity leave and career breaks are excluded when considering eligibility for schemes

Call us if you have any questions!

Summary

Responsive Mode

First Grants

Fellowships

Postdoctoral and Career Acceleration Fellowships

Leadership Fellowships

Managed Calls

Mathematics Underpinning the Mission Programmes

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