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Subject: [Quantitative Methods Teaching] Quantitative Skills Acquisition Awards - call for proposals now open for the 2014-15
Quantitative Skills Acquisition Awards - call for proposals now open for the 2014-15
Quantitative Skills Acquisition Awards are available to support career development of early career scholars (within 10 years of the award of the doctorate) who are in established academic posts. These awards aim to develop and enhance their quantitative skills by enabling early career researchers to spend some time with a mentor at a specialist centre in the field.
Around 20 awards are expected to be available in the next round of competition, with the aim of providing funding to:
* Support specific skills acquisition
* Benefit outstanding researchers
* Encourage the development of networks and future partnerships.
The scheme enables researchers to spend time with a mentor in a research group specialising in quantitative methods, and will also provide some funding to meet the costs of a mentor. Costs of travel, accommodation and subsistence can be applied for, together with a contribution to the cost of teaching relief for the applicant, and the time of the mentor.
Applications will consist of three main components:
* First, the researcher should outline the project s/he intends to work on with a named mentor (the researcher would need to identify them in advance), explaining how this relates to longer-term career development. S/he should also demonstrate additionality i.e. explain that this funding to develop their quantitative skills would not otherwise be available.
* Second, the researcher’s Head of Department should confirm that no existing resource is available to provide for the planned skills acquisition, and how the proposal relates to the department’s research strategy. A key aim of the scheme is to ensure that the programme supported new activity, rather than substituting costs already borne by institutions.
* Third, the mentor with whom the researcher plans to work should outline the support to be made available to the researcher and the time that they would make available.
All applications should demonstrate that Academy funds are sought for a clearly defined, discrete piece of research, which will have an identifiable outcome on completion of the Academy-funded component of the research.
Closing Date
The closing date for applications is 29 October 2014. Applications are made through the e-GAP2<https://egap.britac.ac.uk/> system. The starting date for grants in this round will be no earlier than 1 September 2015 and no later than 1 April 2016.
The maximum award is up to £10,000 over 12 months, but the average value of award is expected to be significantly lower. Candidates seeking support for individual research projects should not apply through this route, but instead should apply to the Academy’s Small Research Grants scheme.
Further information: View Skills Acquisition Frequently Asked Questions<http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/Skills_Acquisition_FAQs.cfm>
Katie Barraclough
Policy Adviser
The British Academy
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