The Leverhulme Trust has confirmed a £1.5 million, three-year grant to support the British Academy scheme awarding small research grants for the humanities and social sciences. Welcoming this major new collaboration, Sir Adam Roberts, President of the British Academy said, ’Small Research Grant awards…
Social Sciences and Humanities to Play a Central Role in the next EU Research Programme
In a keynote speech at the British Academy on the 10th November, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, addressed the growing concerns about the role of the humanities and social sciences in the new European research…
British Academy: International Partnership and Mobility Scheme
One-year awards of £10,000 and three-year awards of up to £30,000 are available to support the development of research partnerships between UK scholars and scholars in Africa, East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and South Asia.…
Back By Popular Demand: British Academy Small Grants!
Here’s the second piece of British Academy-related news this week: As previously announced on this blog at the end of July this year, the British Academy have decided to release another round of funding for their small research grants scheme.…
British Academy: Mid-Career Fellowship Scheme
The British Academy has just opened the latest round of their Mid-Career Fellowships scheme for researchers in the humanities and social sciences. You can find more details here: British Academy Mid-Career Fellowships The aim of the scheme is to allow…
Lloyds “Science of Risk” Research Paper Prize
Lloyd’s has recently launched its 2011 Science of Risk Research prize. You can enter on their website. £2,000 will be awarded to the best research paper in each of the five categories (below), plus a £3,000 prize will be given…