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The European Research Council has released indicative dates for the 2025 ERC grant calls following the adoption of the ERC 2025 work program. -Starting Grant: Researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal can apply. https://lnkd.in/efarY9pp -Consolidator Grant: Researchers of any nationality with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal can apply. https://lnkd.in/eHy59rdC -Synergy Grant: A group of two to maximum four Principal Investigators (PIs) working together and bringing different skills and resources to tackle ambitious research problems. One will be designated as the corresponding PI (cPI). https://lnkd.in/eUBnNTE6 -Advanced Grant: Applicants for the ERC Advanced Grants - called Principal Investigators (PI) - are expected to be active researchers who have a track-record of significant research achievements. The Principal Investigators should be exceptional leaders in terms of originality and significance of their research contributions. No specific eligibility criteria with respect to the academic requirements are foreseen. Applications can be made in any field of research. The ERC's grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities. https://lnkd.in/erKBMcNu https://lnkd.in/evGKakd2

Maynooth University congratulates PhD scholar Tara Ćirić has won the Irish Research Council’s (IRC) Eda Sagarra Medal of Excellence for 2023. She received the prestigious award for being the top-ranking postgraduate scholar in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) in this year’s IRC Government of Ireland funding programme. Every year, the IRC presents Medals of Excellence to four early-career researchers. The medals are named after previous chairs of the IRC. Tara received the medal for her research and work with children and young people in care in MU’s Department of Education. She said her research is grounded in the belief in young people's capacity for decision making and the commitment to their right to be heard and involved in their care and education. Welcoming the award, she explained: "My approach to this research is committed to acknowledging children and young people in care as experts in their own lived experience as well as in the institutions of care and education in which they live and study." “By working with them as co-researchers and collaborators, whose voice and analysis holds as much weight as policymakers and other professionals, I believe wider society will gain valuable insights into possibilities for future practice and policy,” Tara said. She added: “To me, this award underlines the importance of this field of research. Children and young people in care, in particular residential care, are seldom heard in the education space or in the space of research, and tend not to get many opportunities to research, discuss and analyse the issues affecting their lives. “We need more research to understand how to better deliver care and other services for this population, and to learn from children and young people who have so much to offer the research space.” https://lnkd.in/eku-ZKim

The better prepared you are, the better the application will be. Information on the pre-writing stage in this 2 hour free online-webinar. Might be useful not only for an ERC-grant application...

💡10 tips for your ERC Advanced Grant! Are you preparing an application to ERC Advanced Grant? The 2024 call opened on 29 May with a 29 August submission deadline. Applicant Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal. This can be a daunting task.   That is why our ERC experts, Helen Pothuizen, PhD and Mithila Burute, PhD wrote an #Insights article with their advice for applicants to the Advanced Grant. Follow the link below to read the article, and contact us to learn more about our support.   https://lnkd.in/e6SnjTgH   #ERCAdvancedGrant #Catalyze #TheInnovationConsultants

The European Research Council (ERC) launched the Advanced grant 2024 call! This call targets established principal investigators that seek long-term funding to realise a groundbreaking and ambitious research project. Did you know that between 2014 and 2023: ✔ No less than 84 ERC Advanced grants have been awarded to researchers at a Belgian host institute, which corresponds to an EU contribution of > €190 M ✔ KUL, VIB and UGent are the top three institutes hosting most Advanced Grant holders in Belgium: the previous three calls KUL secured 9, VIB 7 and UGent 6 Advanced grants ✔ 5 researchers at Belgian host institutes have been able to secure more than 1 ERC Advanced grant Competition is fierce. The overall success rate of the 2023 Advanced Grants call was 13.9%. Interested in a brainstorm partner to sharpen the competitive edge of the project concept? Looking for a second pair of eyes/brains to finetune your proposal? Reach out to Brecht Hommez and Julie Hamaide to learn what we can do for you. #AdvancedGrant #ResearchFunding #Innovation #GrantWriting #ScienceFunding

The European Research Council has released indicative dates for the 2025 ERC grant calls following the adoption of the ERC 2025 work program. -Starting Grant: Researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal can apply. https://lnkd.in/efarY9pp -Consolidator Grant: Researchers of any nationality with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal can apply. https://lnkd.in/eHy59rdC -Synergy Grant: A group of two to maximum four Principal Investigators (PIs) working together and bringing different skills and resources to tackle ambitious research problems. One will be designated as the corresponding PI (cPI). https://lnkd.in/eUBnNTE6 -Advanced Grant: Applicants for the ERC Advanced Grants - called Principal Investigators (PI) - are expected to be active researchers who have a track-record of significant research achievements. The Principal Investigators should be exceptional leaders in terms of originality and significance of their research contributions. No specific eligibility criteria with respect to the academic requirements are foreseen. Applications can be made in any field of research. The ERC's grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities. https://lnkd.in/erKBMcNu https://lnkd.in/evGKakd2

The The PhD Project Annual Conference The 2024 PhD Project Annual Conference will take place on March 21-22, 2024. Deadline to apply is January 31, 2024, at midnight EST. Click here to apply: https://lnkd.in/dnQkqq-k Who Should Apply? Eligibility Requirements: To be eligible to apply to the annual conference, you must be: - Black/African American, Latinx/Hispanic American, or Native American - A United States naturalized citizen, permanent resident (possessing a Green Card), or DACA recipient or Jay Treaty-eligible - In your senior year of college by the time you attend the conference or already possess a minimum of an undergraduate degree The PhD Project’s Annual Conference is our flagship event, that takes place in Chicago, IL. During the conference, we give prospective doctoral students a realistic look at every phase of the PhD journey as well as an opportunity to network with current doctoral students, business school representatives, professors and partner organizations — all in one place. COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of our lives. The PhD Project places the highest priority on the health and safety of our members, partners and affiliates. All of our events follow health and safety guidance from relevant government and public health experts, including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO) and International SOS (ISOS). Please visit our calendar of events page regularly for updated information. Registration policy: If selected to attend, you will be required to pay a $250 registration fee which will be processed via credit card during the registration process. Your investment of this registration fee is non-refundable. If you enter a full-time, qualifying AACSB accredited business doctoral program within three years of attending the conference, this fee will be reimbursed. PLEASE NOTE: The registration fee is waived for full-time undergrad and graduate students selected to attend. If it has been 5 years or more since you last attended a PhD Project Conference, and would like to attend again, you may submit an application to be reviewed and considered. However, if you are selected to attend, you will be required to pay the registration and hotel/travel costs (if in person). #education #highered #higereducation #phd #academic #Blackphd

The #MarieSkłodowskaCurieActions 2023 Doctoral Networks selection results are out 📣 We received 1,066 applications for this call, representing a success rate of 12%. Our warmest congratulations to all successful applicants! 👏 With a total budget of €443 million, the European Commission will support 128 #doctoral programmes to train and develop the skills of 1,900 doctoral candidates: 🔵 €389.8 million will be awarded to 113 standard Doctoral programmes to train #PhD candidates and develop their skills. 🔵 €27.1 million for eight Industrial Doctoral programmes to train PhD candidates and develop their skills outside academia, including in industry and business. #Doctoral candidates will also benefit from joint industry - academia supervision. 🔵 €26.1 million will be allocated to seven Joint Doctoral programmes, which promote joint selection, training and supervision leading to joint or multiple #doctoraldegrees. 🔗 Read more: europa.eu/!MnqyRW Discover upcoming #MSCA funding opportunities: 👉 europa.eu/!wc9DFm

Media release: ARC reform will strengthen Australia’s research capability. The passing of the Australian Research Council Amendment (Review Response) Bill 2023 will strengthen Australia’s research capability and help ensure the sustainability of our world class research. “The Group of Eight, as the recipient of 70 per cent of ARC funding has driven the substantial governance reform of the ARC, in particular the establishment of an independent ARC Board to approve research grants within the National Competitive Grants Program,” said Go8 CE Vicki Thomson. “The importance of an independent Board cannot be overstated. Depoliticising ARC funding through an independent board strengthens the integrity of decision-making processes and minimises political interference, which has impacted the capacity of our universities to attract and retain world leading researchers.” The Go8 looks forward to working with the ARC on implementing the reforms as well as the important upcoming review of the ARC’s National Competitive Grants Program. Read the full realease here: https://lnkd.in/gEEXWfYU Ed Husic MP Department of Industry, Science and Resources Jason Clare MP Sarah Henderson Paul Fletcher MP Cathy Foley Julie Hare Tim Dodd Ben Packham Anna Henderson Jonathan Webb University of Adelaide The Australian National University University of Melbourne Monash University UNSW The University of Queensland University of Sydney The University of Western Australia #research #funding

Did you miss our July Newsletter release last week? Feel free to take a look at what our research community have been up to, and what's coming up after the summer 👇 #InterdisciplinaryResearch #Interdisciplinarity #Research #ResearchCommunity #Interdisciplinary #ResearchInformed