Timetable

1

• Timetable
• First call for applications 22nd September
• Closing date for first call 28th November
• First phase awards issued Spring 2004
• Networking Awards 1st December to
• Development Awards 31st March
• Second call for applications Summer 2004
• Closing date for applications Autumn 2004
• Second phase awards issued Spring 2005

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• Research Projects
• Funds will be available for awards in the region
  of 200k-2M.
• Projects may be of up to 5 years duration, but
  where funding is requested for longer than 3
  years, the reasons for this must be fully
  justified.
• As part of these awards, funds will be available
  for visiting scholars from overseas institutions
  and tied studentships.

3

• Visiting Scholars
• Distinguished senior scientists (UK or overseas)
  to
• visit the Investigators organisation to give
  full time
• advice and assistance for up to 12 months.
• VRs receive the same salary and conditions as
  other staff of an equivalent status within the
  organisation
• VRS must be engaged full-time on the project for
  the duration of the visit
• Reasonable expenses will be paid for travel to
  and from the UK by VRs, but not their families.

4

• Tied Collaborative Studentships
• Successful applicants for RELU research projects
  can bid for tied or collaborative studentships
  after an award has been announced in Spring 2004.
  
• Studentships must be interdisciplinary and be of
  36 months duration
• The duration of studentships should fall
  primarily within the duration of the research
  grant
• A maximum of two PhD studentships are permitted
  for each RELU research project.

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• Criteria for Funding
• address both rural economy and land use issues
• be integrative and interdisciplinary
• be cutting edge and innovative
• be policy relevant, not policy-led
• provide opportunities for interdisciplinary
  capacity-building
• be undertaken at an appropriate range of scales
• focus on short to medium-term research issues

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• Eligible Institutions
• UK Universities and Colleges
• Academic Analogues approved by the RCs
• BBSRC-sponsored Institutes (including HRI)
• The Council for the Central Laboratory of the
  Research Councils
• NERC Research Centres
• Government Research Establishments
• Scottish Agricultural and Biological Research
  Institutes
• Not-for-profit research institutions
• UK Charities