The British Academy Research Funding Jack Caswell (Assistant Head - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The British Academy Research Funding Jack Caswell (Assistant Head of Research Awards)

About the Academy: Roles • A Fellowship • A Funding Body • A Voice

¡ Available research support • Humanities and social sciences • Postdoctoral level • Applicants resident in the UK • Complement the schemes of the AHRC and ESRC • Major focus on individuals through Postdoctoral and Mid-Career Fellowships

¡ Division of spend 2014-15 ¡ Allocated Spend Research, £16m International Engagement, £6.5m Languages and Quantitative Skills, £1.2m Public Policy and Engagement, £1.3m

¡ Research and international spend 2014-15 ¡ Allocated Spend Postdoctoral Fellowships, £10.75m Mid-Career Fellowships, £4.2m Small Research Grants, £1.3m, inc £500k from Leverhulme Newton International Fellowships, £1.4m International Partnerships and Mobility, £1m Skills Acquisition Awards, £200k

Research Awards ¡ • Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) • Mid-Career Fellowships (MCF) • Senior Research Fellowships (SRF) • BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants (SG) • BA Rising Star Engagement Awards (BARSEAs) ¡

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

Postdoctoral Fellowships ¡ Eligibility – Any EEA national – Anyone of any nationality with UK doctorate – Doctorate awarded between April 2013 and April 2016 – No current or former permanent role – Agreed support from UK university as host

Postdoctoral Fellowships ¡ • Annual competition • 2-stage application process • Deadline for outline applications in Oct 2015 • Shortlist announced before February • Final awards announced in May • Awards to be taken up from Sep 2016 • High priority scheme

Postdoctoral Fellowships – Things to consider • Contact your Host Institution • Referee – External Examiner • Appropriate Mentor – not necessarily subject specialist • Set amount of Research Expenses – £6,000

Postdoctoral Fellowships ¡ Postdoctoral Fellowships Number of awards Success Rate Number of applicants 923 826 909 802 747 5.69% 4.88% 6.69% 47 5.61% 45 4.95% 50 45 45 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Mid-Career Fellowships (1 year) ¡ • Mid-career (research and communication) • 2-stage selection process: outline stage Sep deadline • Success rate under 10%, likely to be around 35 awards • Awards for 6-12 months: research leave, FEC basis • Emphasis on: – Strength of research proposal – Communication to a broad audience

¡ Mid-Career Fellowships Mid-Career Fellowships Number of awards Success Rate Number of applicants 470 313 322 274 199 9.79% 15.02% 46 23.12% 47 15.69% 46 10.87% 43 35 2011 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

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 anticipated Nov 2015; decisions announced in following March • Awards tenable from autumn 2016

BA/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships ¡ SRF and Thank-Offering to Britain Fellowship Number of awards Success Rate Number of applicants 125 133 89 66 59 8.99% 5.60% 8 12.12% 6.02% 7 8 13.56% 8 8 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants ¡ • Restored scheme, now with additional funding from Leverhulme Trust • Awards £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

BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants ¡ • Two rounds of competition per year • Next round opens September 2015 and closes October 2015 • Awards for research to start between 1 April 2016 and 31 August 2016

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

BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants ¡ Small Grants Number of awards Success Rate Number of applicants 1925 1865 1703 1583 864 Number of applicants 27.67% 19.01% 20.02% 16.62% Success Rate Number of awards 341 516 301 320 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

British Academy Rising Star Engagement ¡ Awards (BARSEAs) • New scheme for 2015 directed at benefitting Early Career scholars (within 10 years of PhD) • Awards of up to £15k designed for engagement activities and events – * not * funding for research activity • Current round closed on 21 January for awards to start in March 2015 Next round anticipated to open in late 2015 ¡ •

Other Research Awards & Int’l Schemes ¡ • BA/DFID Anti-Corruption Evidence Partnership Outline Call • Newton Advanced Fellowships (AF) • International Partnership & Mobility (IPM); and Newton Mobility Grants (NG) • Newton International Fellowships

Your application • Read.......read......read...... • Give yourself PLENTY of time • Make it interesting • Personal Peer Review • Read......read.....read.....

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

¡ Evaluation Criteria Research Posts: additional factors: • For PDFs: potential to go on to a successful academic career as a teacher in higher education • For BARSEAs: quality and interest of the engagement proposed; numbers of people expected to benefit; feasibility of the timetable and organisation of the engagement, the likelihood of other activity developing • 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

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

¡ 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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