Open call for NCeSS research Nodes
The ESRC has issued a call for NCeSS research Nodes, which is open to
existing
Nodes and new applicants. Each Node will pursue a broad programme of work
either (a) investigating how e-Science technologies can be applied to
substantive economic and social research problems in order to develop new
solutions or (b) undertaking social studies of science and technology
approaches to understanding the development path of e-Science.
It is anticipated that up to eight Nodes will be funded. The average
budget per
Node is expected to be of the order of £1,060k over three years, of which
the
ESRC will meet £850k, representing 80% of the full economic cost, though
there
is scope for variation around this figure.
There will be a Briefing Meeting about the call from 2pm to 4.30pm on
Friday 25
May at the Kohn Centre, Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London,
SW1
5AG. The meeting is free but registration beforehand is essential. Please
complete the registration form found at http://www.ncess.ac.uk/events/ to
confirm your attendance
Deadline: full proposals must be submitted by 4pm on Tuesday 3 July 2007
through
the Research Councils' Joint Electronic Submissions (Je-S) process.
Decisions
are expected to be announced in November 2007 and funded Nodes will
commence
work between January and September 2008.
Please see the two attached documents for the specification and guidance
notes
for the call. These are also available on the NCeSS
(http://www.ncess.ac.uk)
and ESRC (http://www.esrc.ac.uk) websites.
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