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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

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Research Funding

Jack Caswell (Assistant Head of Research Awards)

The British Academy

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About the Academy: Roles

  • A Fellowship
  • A Funding Body
  • A Voice
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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

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Division of spend 2014-15

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Allocated Spend

Research, £16m International Engagement, £6.5m Languages and Quantitative Skills, £1.2m Public Policy and Engagement, £1.3m

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Research and international spend 2014-15

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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

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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) ¡
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Postdoctoral Fellowships

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  • currently offering up to 45 awards each year
  • tenable for three years

– experience of independent research – introduction to teaching – career development – output and dissemination

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Postdoctoral Fellowships

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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

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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
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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
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Postdoctoral Fellowships

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2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 47 45 50 45 45 5.69% 4.88% 6.69% 5.61% 4.95% 826 923 747 802 909

Postdoctoral Fellowships

Number of awards Success Rate Number of applicants

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Mid-Career Fellowships (1 year)

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  • 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

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Mid-Career Fellowships

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2011 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

46 47 46 43 35 9.79% 15.02% 23.12% 15.69% 10.87% 470 313 199 274 322

Mid-Career Fellowships

Number of awards Success Rate Number of applicants

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BA/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships

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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
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BA/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships

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2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

8 7 8 8 8 8.99% 5.60% 12.12% 6.02% 13.56% 89 125 66 133 59

SRF and Thank-Offering to Britain Fellowship

Number of awards Success Rate Number of applicants

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BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants

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  • 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
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BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants

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  • 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

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BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants: Other Funding Partners

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  • 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
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BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants

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

Small Grants

Number of awards Success Rate Number of applicants

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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 ¡
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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
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Your application

  • Read.......read......read......
  • Give yourself PLENTY of time
  • Make it interesting
  • Personal Peer Review
  • Read......read.....read.....
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Evaluation Criteria

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For all awards:

  • academic merit
  • originality of proposal
  • relationship to and volume of research already in the

field

  • feasibility of research programme
  • specificity of scheme of research
  • intended outcomes
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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
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Peer Review

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  • 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
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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
  • verseas@britac.ac.uk / 020 7969 5220
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Mailing List and Information

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  • To have news about the Academy, such as forthcoming grant

deadline dates, policy statements and events, delivered straight to your inbox, please subscribe to our mailing list.

  • Register from link on website, www.britac.ac.uk
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Websites

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