Funding Opportunities in 200910

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Funding Opportunities in 2009/10
emua Sport Research Group Research
Symposium Sport, Exercise, Health and the
Community

• Ray Kent
• Research Office
• r.w.kent_at_lboro.ac.uk

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Main funders

• NHS National Institute for Health Research
• Research Councils (BBSRC-EPSRC-ESRC)
• European Commission (e.g. DG EAC,
• DG SANCO)
• Charities (e.g. GB Sasakawa Foundation,
  catch-all trusts, sports associations)
• Industry (e.g. sports equipment, clothing)
• NIH - USA

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Selected funding opportunities

• NHS National Institute for Health Research
• Most NIHR research programmes are co-ordinated
  and managed by the NIHR Central Commissioning
  Facility (CCF) and the NIHR Evaluation, Trials
  and Studies Co-ordinating Centre (NETSCC).
• http//www.nihr.ac.uk/research/Pages/programmes_r
  esearch_programmes.aspx

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Selected opportunities

• EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowships 
• Physical sciences and/or engineering with the
  Life Sciences Applications are invited from
  people with an existing multi-disciplinary
  research background of working at this interface.
  Example healthcare engineering.
• Call open, closes 26 Aug 09
• Further details http//www.epsrc.ac.uk/CMSWeb/Do
  wnloads/Calls/PostdoctoralFellowshipsCall2009.pdf
• Zoe Brown (zoe.brown_at_epsrc.ac.uk) Tel 01793
  444087

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Selected opportunities

• MRC-EPSRC-ESRC
• Towards Next Generation Healthcare Healthcare,
  Lifelong Health and Well-Being Phase 3Third
  phase of the cross-council programme led by
  MRC.Date of call January 2010

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Selected opportunities

• European Commission DG EAC
• Preparatory action in the field of sport
  (EAC/21/2009) - 4m
• Aim to prepare future EU actions in this field,
  on the basis of priorities set in the White Paper
  on Sport (http//ec.europa.eu/sport/white-paper/in
  dex_en.htm).
• Promoting health-enhancing physical activity
  (1.4m, 5 projects)
• Promoting education and training in sport (1m, 5
  projects)
• Promoting European fundamental values by
  encouraging sport for persons with disabilities
  (1m, 3 projects)
• Promoting gender equality in sport (0.6m, 3
  projects)
• Call open 15 May, closes 31 Aug 09
• Details at http//ec.europa.eu/sport/index_en.htm
  

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• European Commission DG SANCO
• Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC)
• Health Programme 2008-2013
• Aim proposals should address important problems
  in European public health and be in line with the
  Commission's priorities expressed in the Work
  Plan. Successful proposals should concentrate on
  aspects of public health that cannot be achieved
  on a national level. They should ensure a
  significant impact across the EU.
• 2009 Call budget 48m opened 23 Feb, closed 20
  May 09
• Details at http//ec.europa.eu/health/ph_programm
  e/howtoapply/call_for_propal_en.htm
• http//ec.europa.eu/eahc/index.html
• See also Youth Health Initiative
• http//ec.europa.eu/health-eu/youth/index_en.htm

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Selected opportunities

• The GB Sasakawa Foundation
• Aim offers small grants to develop good
  relations between the United Kingdom and Japan,
  by advancing the education of the people of both
  nations in each other's culture, society and
  achievements. Sport is one of the priority
  areas. The Foundation's role is to facilitate
  initial contact between grass-roots groups from
  each country, introduce sporting activity which
  may be unfamiliar and to help groups with special
  needs, such as people with disabilities.
• Open call, next London meeting 31 Aug (Tokyo
  meeting 30 Sep 09)
• Also Butterfield Awards for UK-Japan
  collaboration in medical research and public
  health practice (5k p.a. for TS, up to 3 years,
  deadline 31 Oct 09).
• http//www.gbsf.org.uk/

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Where to find funding information

• NHS-NIHR RDFunding a one-stop shop for
  (UK-based) research funding opportunities in
  health and allied areas
• http//www.rdinfo.org.uk/
• http//www.rdfunding.org.uk/
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Office of Extramural Research
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm

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Where next?
Keep in touch with funders via national and
international events Set up your own specific
funding opportunity alerts (e.g. e-mail via CoS,
EPSRC Weekly Alerts) Talk to your Research
Office!