Co-ordinated University Bids

Some funders and schemes place a limit on the number or type of proposals that may be submitted from each institution. Some may require an institution to send in a ranked/priority list. Normally Research Services will liaise with the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) and he in turn with Heads of Academic Divisions where institution-wide decisions need to be made. This web page contains information about internal Oxford processes and timelines for research proposals of this kind.

EPSRC: Software for the Future (Deadline for internal EOIs: 10 May 2012)

EPSRC invites Expressions of Interest to attend a workshop to "begin a process to allocate funding to address grand challenges in software in July 2012". The funding is likely to be in the order of £4 - £5 million. The deadline for receipt of EOIs by EPSRC is 4 pm on 15 May 2012.

EPSRC have indicated that they may limit attendance to one or two individuals per institution and therefore require applicants within an institution to discuss in advance and agree appropriate representation between colleagues. To enable links across Oxford to be identified and interested parties to be introduced, please contact Jenny Gladstone in Research Services by 10 May 2012.

Further information on the call may be found on the EPSRC website.

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EPSRC/ESRC: Consortia for Exploratory Research in Security (CEReS) (Deadline for internal EOIs: 15 May 2012)

EPSRC and ESRC are jointly inviting outline proposals for interdisciplinary research consortia to explore current and future cyber security challenges. Proposals with significant novel mathematics and/or social science content are particularly welcome. The deadline for outline proposals is 14 June 2012.

To enable potential links across Oxford to be identified anyone interested in this call is asked to contact Keri Dexter in the MPLS Divisional Office, by 15 May 2012.

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BHF: Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine Centres and MRC/BBSRC/EPSRC: Regenerative Medicine Platform (Deadline for internal EOIs: 17 May 2012)

BHF and the MRC/BBSRC/EPSRC invite Outlines/Expressions of Interest to establish centres in regenerative medicine. The BHF have made available £6m for a cardiovascular centre while the MRC/BBSRC/EPSRC expect to make awards in the region of £3m - £5m. The deadline for receipt of EOIs by MRC is 20 June 2012 and for receipt of Outlines by BHF is 1 June 2012.

Bids to each call are expected to be aligned and are required to demonstrate appropriate cross-disciplinary critical mass with effective links between basic and clinical research groups. To enable links across Oxford to be identified and interested parties to be introduced, please contact Jenny Gladstone in Research Services by 17 May 2012.

Further information on the call may be found on the BHF website and on the MRC website.

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EPSRC: Scoping Workshop - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Challenges in Geological Storage for CCS (Deadline for internal EOIs: 24 May 2012)

EPSRC invites Expressions of Interest to attend a scoping workshop to "explore how engineering and physical sciences research can tackle challenges around geological storage to help accelerate the deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS)". The results will be used to scope an EPSRC Energy Programme Challenge call of up to £5 million. The deadline for receipt of EOIs by EPSRC is 12 noon on 7 June 2012.

EPSRC have indicated that they may limit attendance to one or two individuals per institution and therefore require applicants within an institution to agree in advance who should take precedence and communicate this on their application form. To enable links across Oxford to be identified and interested parties to be introduced, please contact Jenny Gladstone in Research Services by 24 May 2012.

Further information on the call may be found on the EPSRC website.

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BBSRC Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation Seminars (No deadline)

Summary

This initiative provides universities and institutes with funding to deliver seminars on knowledge exchange and commercialisation (KEC). The aim of these seminars is to raise awareness of how knowledge exchange and commercialisation of BBSRC bioscience research can deliver benefits to the economy, the public and has an impact on society.

The BBSRC will support a maximum of one seminar per year per institution, and therefore coordination across the institution is essential.

Please contact Phil Clare (phil.clare@admin.ox.ac.uk) in the first instance if you are interested in applying to this scheme.

More details can be found here on the BBSRC website.

Recommended seminar format and content

  • A half day, with networking or debate
  • Involve senior academic staff and academic-related colleagues in developing the programme and encouraging attendance
  • Speakers could include university industrial liaison staff, knowledge exchange professionals, technology transfer specialists, patent lawyers, KTP advisors, KTP office, business development staff and senior managers
  • Success stories by academic colleagues demonstrating the benefits and impact of KEC

Possible sessions

  • Highlight the principles underlying BBSRC KEC policy
  • What are intellectual assets?
  • What is the university strategy with regards to intellectual assets management?
  • University knowledge exchange strategy and policies
  • What is IP and its relation to intellectual assets?
  • Understanding patenting of IP in biological research
  • Licensing and collaboration agreements
  • When to disclose or disseminate to achieve greater impact?

Costs

We will contribute up to £2,000 in grants towards costs of external speakers, room booking, time spent in organising the event and other reasonable costs. The cost of lunch and refreshments is not eligible.

A BBSRC speaker may be available, free of charge, on request.

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