The British Academy

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• The British Academy
• UK national academy
• Learned society
• Grant-giving body

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• The British Academy
• The Humanities
• The Social Sciences
• The Royal Society
• The Royal Academy of Engineering
• The Academy of Medical Sciences
• The Royal Society of Edinburgh

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• Strategic Framework 2008-2013
• Strategic priorities
• Ideas, individuals and intellectual resources
• International engagement
• Communication and advocacy
• Fellowship

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Research budget 2008-09
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• Research awards
• Humanities and social sciences
• Postdoctoral level
• Applicants resident in the UK
• Small-scale projects/individual posts
• Normally travel and maintenance
• Complement the schemes of the AHRC and ESRC
• Non-directive

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• Research Grants
• Small research grants up to 7,500
• British Academy Research Development Awards
  (BARDA) up to 150,000 FEC
• primary research
• individual or collaborative research
• clearly defined, self-contained projects
• identifiable outcomes

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• Small Research Grants
• Normally 3 competitions per year,
• NEXT DEADLINE 15 MARCH 2009
• Results issued 2-3 months after deadline
• Awards 7.5k, tenable for up to 24 months
• Commonly used for pilot studies, small-scale
  projects
• Worldwide in scope, international partners
• High priority in Academy portfolio
• Wide outreach over 120 HEIs in 07-08 financial
  year

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• Conference Grants
• 2 schemes, next deadline 30 April
• Overseas Conference Grants (individual)
• Conference Support (events)

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• Conference Grants
• Overseas Conference Grants
• Travel grants for UK scholars giving papers at
  conferences abroad (max 900)
• Conference Support
• Support for events (1,000 to 20,000)
• To promote dissemination of advanced research
  (replaces and integrates 3 separate schemes)

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• Success rates
• high success rates for the Small Research Grants,
  Overseas Conference Grants, lower for Conference
  Support scheme
• around 33 is likely to be possible

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• Research Posts
• Postdoctoral fellowships (3 years)
• Early career (Apply within 3 years of award of
  doctorate)
• Senior Research Fellowships (1 year)
• Aimed at mid-career
• Wolfson Research Professorships
• Senior scholars

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• Postdoctoral Fellowships
• currently offering up to 45 awards each year
• tenable for three years
• experience of independent research
• introduction to teaching
• career development
• output and dissemination

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• Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Annual competition
• Last closing date 1 October 2008
• 2-stage application process
• Shortlist announced in January
• Awards to be taken up from Sep 2009
• Heavy competition 700 applications
• High priority scheme

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• International
• Budget 4.3m million in 2008-09
• Four main international objectives
  representation, partnership, funding and
  communication
• c. 3.3 million on overseas research Institutes
  and Societies
• c. 1m on International Relations

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• International
• Aims to create and foster partnerships and
  collaborations
• Agreements
• 42 Agreements with Academies, Research Councils
  and other bodies in 32 countries
• Individual research visits or small-scale joint
  projects
• See website for geographical coverage

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• International
• Area Panels
• Africa, China, Europe, Latin America/Caribbean,
  Middle East, South Asia
• Overview of UK collaboration
• Bilateral links
• Grant programmes (Partnership/Link)
• Policy Reports
• Collaboration with Learned Societies

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• International
• Visiting Fellowships
• to bring early-career postdoctoral scholars to
  the UK for between 2 and 6 months
• Application by foreign scholar, with parallel
  application from UK host
• Some funding earmarked for specific geographical
  areas the rest available worldwide
• BA-AHRC-ESRC Visiting Fellowships for Middle East
  and South Asia
• Next closing date 12 January 2009
• No longer under FEC regime now funded as small
  grants

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• International
• Newton International Fellowships
• New scheme in 2008
• Run by three national academies (Royal Society,
  Royal Academy of Engineering, British Academy)
• Supports visits by foreign scholars to the UK for
  up to two years
• Covers any discipline within remit of three
  academies
• Launch in June 2008, first competition results
  due to be announced in November
• Next closing date 12 January 2009
• Electronic application via RS e-Gap system
• See www.newtonfellowships.org

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• Evaluation Criteria
• Research and International Grants
• academic merit
• originality of proposal
• relationship to and volume of research already in
  the field
• feasibility of research programme
• specificity of scheme of research
• presentation
• intended outcomes

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• Evaluation Criteria
• Research Posts
• Academic merit
• Academic record capacity to make a significant
  contribution to research
• For PDFs potential to go on to a successful
  academic career as a teacher in higher education
• For Senior Fellows how pressing is the need for
  the research time applied for

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• Peer Review
• light assessment procedures, proportionate to
  scale of funding
• subject specialists within Academy
• for international grants, may also use area
  specialists
• recommendations confirmed by Award Committees, in
  light of budget available
• external evaluation for larger awards
• Code of Practice for all assessors

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• London School of Economics results
• Grants totalling 499,735 from BA in 2007-08
• Recent awards include
• PDF, 2008-2011
• Dr Ralf Martin (Centre for Economic Performance)
• How To Induce Innovation To Address Climate
  Change
• PDF, 2008-2011
• Dr Marco Simoni (European Institute)
• The Low Inflation Left Converging Policies and
  Diverging Outcomes During Globalisation

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• Contacts
• Research Grants Department
• grants_at_britac.ac.uk / 020 7969 5217
• Research Posts Department
• posts_at_britac.ac.uk / 020 7969 5265
• International Relations Department
• overseas_at_britac.ac.uk / 020 7969 5220

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  forthcoming grant deadline dates, policy
  statements and events, delivered straight to your
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• Register at http//www.britac.ac.uk/bulletin or
  go to our website, www.britac.ac.uk, and follow
  the link from the home page.

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