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Natural Environment Research Council invites applications for research grants available as part of the Science for Humanitarian Emergencies & Resilience (SHEAR) research program. Proposals are invited for funding of up to £2m full economic cost (FEC) per consortium. This call has a total available budget of £8m. Proposals will be funded for a maximum duration of four years with an expected start date of May 2016. The application deadline is 1 September 2015.
Study Subject(s): SHEAR’s research should contribute knowledge and evidence to enhance the resilience of sub Saharan African and South Asian people to natural hazards.
Course Level: Grants are available for undertaking research.
Scholarship Provider: The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Scholarship can be taken at: Worldwide
Eligibility: To apply for this grants the applicant must:-
-Principal Investigators: Principal Investigators may be from any type of organisation that meets the eligibility criteria. UK Principal Investigators from Research Council eligible organisations are required to meet the standard NERC eligibility criteria stated in the NERC Grants Handbook. Non-UK Principal Investigators and PIs from organisations not normally eligible for UK Research Council Funding, should meet the following criteria:
–have at least three years of relevant post-doctoral experience, or an appropriate equivalent level of research experience;
–be employed—at the time of application—by the Research Organisation submitting the proposal, or if not employed (i) have an existing formal arrangement with the organisation that enables him or her to carry out research there and receive all necessary management and infrastructure support from the organisation or (ii) be scheduled to move to the submitting organisation before the proposed start date of the grant in such a way that would ensure that the criterion stated above is met by the time the grant starts;
–have an assurance from the submitting organisation—at the time of application— that should the proposal be successful, the contract of employment, or formal commitment to provide support if not employed, will extend at least three months beyond the end date of the grant.
-Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI): The eligibility requirements for a Co-PI are the same as those for a PI.
-Co-Investigator (Co-I): Co-Investigators may be from any organisation, including those that do not meet the eligibility criteria to directly receive funds from the awarding body because their organisation will not be receiving money directly. However, such organisations will still be expected to meet minimum financial and management due diligence criteria. UK based Co-Investigators from Research Council eligible organisations are required to meet the standard NERC eligibility criteria stated in the NERC Grants Handbook NERC Grants Handbook. Non-UK based Co-Investigators and Co-Is from organisations not normally eligible for UK Research Council Funding should meet the following criteria:
–have at least three years of relevant post-doctoral experience, or an appropriate equivalent level of research experience 20 ;
–be employed—at the time of application—by the Research Organisation submitting the proposal, or if not employed (i) have an existing formal arrangement with the organisation that enables him or her to carry out research there and receive all necessary management and infrastructure support from the organisation or (ii) be scheduled to move to the submitting organisation before the proposed start date of the grant in such a way that would ensure that the criterion stated above is met by the time the grant starts;
–have an assurance from the submitting organisation—at the time of application— that, if the proposal is successful, the contract of employment, or formal commitment to provide support if not employed, will extend at least three months beyond the end date of the grant.
-Researcher Co-I: A Researcher Co-I is a specifically named post-doctoral research assistant (PDRA), or other suitably experienced staff member, who has at least two years of relevant post- doctoral experience, or an appropriate equivalent level of research experience, but who is not eligible to be a PI or Co-I. Researcher Co-Is from an organisation that is not the same as the lead organisation will receive any requested funds through the lead organisation and not directly from the awarding body (NERC on behalf of SHEAR funding partners). Researcher Co-Is may be from any organisation, including those that do not meet the eligibility criteria to directly receive funds from the awarding body
-Researchers: The researcher must be from the same organisation as the PI, or one of the Co-Is. The researcher should have a suitable level of experience in order to fulfil the requirements of the project. This may include having a PhD, or having several years’ relevant research or policy experience, as appropriate to the role
Scholarship Open for International Students: These research grants are available for the researchers of any nationality.
Scholarship Description: The Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience (SHEAR) Programme is funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). SHEAR is an international Programme which will fund world-leading interdisciplinary research to improve understanding and monitoring of disaster risk and generate more reliable prediction across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. SHEAR is a five year international, interdisciplinary program which aims to support improved disaster resilience and humanitarian response by advancing monitoring, assessment and prediction of natural hazards and risks across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and through working with users, bring this into use in reducing the impacts of disasters. This call is for Research Consortium Grant outline proposals, which will provide an opportunity for the world’s best researchers to undertake large-scale, complex and interdisciplinary end-to-end research addressing one of the two main themes of SHEAR: World-leading research into hydrological controls on landslide hazard in South Asia as part of multi-hazard risk assessment and building towards early warning systems; Flood and drought risk assessment, modeling and forecasting in Sub-Saharan Africa; including better understanding the multifaceted and complex drivers of risk and building toward more risk-based monitoring and warning systems.
Number of award(s): Not Known
Duration of award(s): The duration of this grant is of four year.
What does it cover? Proposals are invited for funding of up to £2m full economic cost (FEC) per consortium. This call has a total available budget of £8m. Proposals will be funded for a maximum duration of four years with an expected start date of May 2016.
Selection Criteria: All Outline Proposals received will undergo eligibility and remit checks and may be rejected at this stage if they do not meet eligibility criteria and the remit of the call. All Outline Proposals which pass the eligibility and remit checks will be assessed by a Sift Panel convened by the SHEAR Secretariat. This panel will assess (on the basis of the material submitted) which proposals have the greatest potential to meet the objectives of this SHEAR Research Consortia Grant call. Proposals will be ranked according to these scores, with Research Excellence and Fit to Call scores carrying equal weighting. This recommendation will go to the SHEAR Programme Executive Committee (PEC) who will then invite the successful teams to submit Full Proposals.
Notification: All applicants submitting an Outline Proposal will be informed whether they have been successful shortly after the SHEAR PEC meet to make the final decision. This meeting will take place following the panel meeting. Applicants will be given brief feedback from the panel summarising the reasons that they were un/successful. No further feedback will be available.
How to Apply: The application process for funding of SHEAR 2015 Research Consortia Grants will involve two distinct stages, which are designed to support potential applicants to develop excellent proposals relevant to the call. The first stage of the application process involves production of Outline Proposals. Applicants must complete the SHEAR Consortium Grants 2015 Outline Proposal form. Successful applicants who are invited to produce a Full Proposal will be informed shortly after the Sift Panel (September, 2015) and will be provided with information on how to submit a Consortium Grant Full Proposal at that time. The expectation is that around 3 – 4 projects will be funded, subject to peer- review.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is 1 September 2015.
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