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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