Current opportunities for those interested in UK/ India Collaborations are below. Please follow the links for further information.
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ICMR-MRC Joint Initiative - Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases Research Funding
The world is facing a new health crisis: a rapidly increasing epidemic of chronic disease which is no longer restricted to high income countries. Today four out of five deaths from these conditions are occurring in low and middle income countries and at younger ages.
To help address the causes of this epidemic, in November 2009 the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) jointly hosted a workshop in New Delhi. The full report of the workshop can be freely downloaded from the MRC website here: www.mrc.ac.uk/Utilities/Documentrecord/index.htm?d=MRC006744. As a result of these discussions a number of research priorities were identified which form the basis of this call which will be jointly funded by the two agencies.
The partnership between ICMR and MRC aims to combine the strengths of the Indian and UK chronic disease research communities. The guiding principles for the call will be:
- The proposed research programme should have relevance to the burden of chronic disease in both countries and in addition, outcomes should ideally be meaningful to a wider international audience.
- The research should involve collaboration and co-leadership between Indian and UK researchers/groups and encompass work in India and the UK.
- Programmes of work should either involve implementation research or applicants should make clear how the outputs of their investigations could be implemented at scale i.e. they must be feasible and cost-effective to apply on a large scale. It is expected that the scaling-up would be addressed through other programmes and would not be part of this call.
- Applicants will be encouraged to take a multidisciplinary approach (including health economics, social science, bio-statistics, data management, other allied health and non-health disciplines) where appropriate and to involve clinical and non-clinical (community) health workers, other elements of civil society, industry, policy/decision makers and patient groups/families in study designs.
- The research collaboration should foster the sharing of methods, tools and research materials, encourage the exchange of researchers and ensure the effective dissemination of results.
- Applicants will be expected to build in an appropriate monitoring/evaluation process (with agreed milestones) from the initiation of the programme.
Further information is availiable on the MRC website here: http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Calls/ICMR-MRCJointInitiative/MRC007038
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ESRC/DFID Joint Scheme for Research on International Development (Poverty Alleviation)
Phase 2 - Second call for applications
The Department for International Development (DFID) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) invite applications towards the second call of Phase 2 of their strategic partnership to provide a joint funding scheme for development research.
The purpose of the scheme is to provide a more robust conceptual and empirical basis for development, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The second phase of funding retains the overall 'poverty alleviation' theme from the first phase, and applications under this broad heading will still be welcome.
However, ESRC and DFID have identified three thematic areas for this call where work will be of particular interest. These areas are:
-Population and Development
-Development in a Changing World-the Challenge for Theory, Policy and Action
-Inequality and Development
The scheme is open to applicants from both UK and non-UK Institutions.
Closing date: 1600 hours UK time on 30 September 2010
For further information, see:
http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/opportunities/current_funding_opportunities/ESRC-DFID.aspx
Contact: DFID@esrc.ac.uk
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Changing water cycle in South Asia
The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) India and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) UK, jointly invite outline bid proposals for research on the changing water cycle in South Asia.
For NERC this activity forms the second phase of its Changing Water Cycle programme. This is a five-year, £10m research programme that directly relates to the delivery of NERC strategy (in particular the climate system, sustainable use of natural resources and natural hazards science themes) and UK Government's strategic goals with respect to adaptation to, and mitigation of, climate change.
For MoES this activity forms part of its programme on capacity building and research and development in Earth sciences.
Proposals are sought for collaborations between UK and Indian researchers.
The closing date for proposals is 16:00 GMT on 3 September 2010.
Please see the NERC website for further information.
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Medical Research Council invites applications with focus on Systems Biology
The Medical Research Council, UK (MRC) has issued a 'highlight notice' to invite proposals which take a systems biology approach to medical research 'systems medicine'.
Systems biology describes the study of complex systems, with emphasis on how interactions between components of biological systems underlie the behaviour of the system as a whole. It is typified by the generation and testing of models of complex processes (generally quantitative and computational) to explain and predict biological phenomena, and combines iterative cycles of theory, modelling and experiments.
While the MRC already supports some medically-related research in this area, it now wishes to build on the research & training foundations laid by other research councils. Applications in systems medicine will be welcomed across the MRC’s broad remit, especially at programme-level.
The MRC recognises the importance of collaborating with leading groups internationally, and would particularly like to encourage applications of this type.
Research groups in India which have
a) expertise in systems biology
b) an interest in applying this to medical research, and
c) links with leading UK research groups
should contact their UK colleagues to explore possibilities for developing joint research proposals which can seek funding in both countries.
For further information, see:
http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Highlightnotices/Systemsbiologyformedicine/index.htm
Contact: Dr Tom Foulkes on 020 7670 5305
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Arts & Humanities Research Council - Research Networking Scheme
The AHRC's Research Networking scheme is designed to encourage and enable discussion and development of ideas on a specified thematic area, issue or problem through new research networks or running a short-term series of workshops, seminars or similar events.
Proposals of up to £30,000 full economic costs for a period of up to two years may be submitted. An additional £15,000 full economic cost may be sought to cover the costs of any international participants or activities. The costs for the additional £15,000 fEC can only be those which can be directly attributable to international collaboration such as overseas travel and subsistence, international calls and/or video conferencing.
This scheme operates without formal deadlines.
You can submit proposals at any time of the year and you will be informed of the outcome of you proposal within a maximum of four months from the end of the month in which you apply.
All applications to this scheme must be submitted via the cross-council Joint Electronic Submission - (Je-S) System.
For further information, see the AHRC website
Contact:
Je-S helpdesk on +44 (0)1793 444164 or jeshelp@rcuk.ac.uk
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MRC Career Development Award in Biostatistics
The Medical Research Council has announced the MRC Career development award in biostatistics. This award is a postdoctoral fellowship aiming to support individuals working in, or who wish to move into, health related research. It provides up to four years of support for the development and investigation of innovative statistical methods and their application in clinical research. The scheme is available to individuals with PhDs in statistics, biostatistics or a related discipline and less than five years post-doctoral experience or to those who expect to have received such a doctorate by the time they intend to take up the award. Post-doctoral applicants have no residential restrictions and may come from any country.
For further information, see: http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Fellowships/Careerdevelopmentawardbiostatistics/MRC003335
For closing dates, see: http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Deadlines/index.htm
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ESRC - Indian academics can be co-investigators on applications for funding from ESRC.
Applications accepted any time.
Overseas co-investigators from almost anywhere in the world can be included on ESRC research applications.
For further information, see: http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/opportunities/international/inc_of_Coinvest.aspx
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MRC-Indian academics can be co-investigators on applications for funding from MRC
International collaboration in medical research is facilitated by MRC grant terms and conditions, which permit co-applicants and collaborators on MRC grants to be based overseas where the nature of the research makes this necessary.
For further information, see: http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Internationalopportunities/Collaborations/index.htm
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EPSRC - Visiting Researchers.
Applications accepted any time.
Funding for research scientists and engineers of acknowledged standing to visit a UK research organisation. The visiting researcher can be from anywhere in the world, including the UK.
For further information, see: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/ResearchFunding/Opportunities/Networking/VisitingResearchers.htm