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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Please see below details of international funding opportunities from Catherine Lawrence, Associate Dean (International Research).</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As we start looking forward to returning to work I am writing to encourage you to apply for International Research grants.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There are a number of international funding opportunities available and to help you to navigate these colleagues in RKES will be running series of
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To help us to tailor this to your needs, let us know which areas you are interested in – both geographic and themes - you may have collaborations you wish to develop.</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Horizon 2020</span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Number of applications and success is down</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Highlight to staff that Horizon 2020 is still
<b>open</b> for applications until 31st December 2020 </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Upcoming calls </span><a href="https://moss.strath.ac.uk/rkesportal/Research/funding/horizon2020/Horizon%202020/H2020%20Deadlines%202020_2021.pdf"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">here</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
and we would like to highlight the following –</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rapid Societal Challenge 1 Call on Covid-19 - opens 12<sup>th</sup> May 2020 for 4 weeks</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">EU Energy Focus – deadline 1<sup>st</sup> September 2020</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) fellowships – deadline 9<sup>th</sup> September 2020</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MSCA Cofund – deadline 9<sup>th</sup> September</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fast Track to Innovations – deadline 9<sup>th</sup> June and 27<sup>th</sup> October 2020
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Potential partners can be reassured that Strathclyde is still an eligible and attractive partner for Horizon 2020 and a factsheet is available to explain this.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Katie Robinson, Martin Gregory and Emma Wing can signpost the support available for these calls.</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">European Research Council</span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We would like to encourage candidates to apply for Advanced Grants from the European Research Council - deadline August 2020
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Further details here </span><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ferc.europa.eu%2Ffunding%2Fadvanced-grants&data=02%7C01%7Ccath.cheshire%40strath.ac.uk%7Cea67796fea1747fb121f08d7fca66888%7C631e0763153347eba5cd0457bee5944e%7C0%7C0%7C637255663952402308&sdata=X7NTcV%2FbsGfIFKikWXLkn4wnsNN5AATdOD%2B%2FOx7Lewk%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://erc.europa.eu/funding/advanced-grants" shash="RsBaDukCXcAbLeyiZB2/0I/qQLqHyEFXWcPOuo0d88Qb2awBb9Nd5+xkt9sJb6YogOuSujbOUHug+rfPte+jyOyxM/X+suqZZglNSs6b3j4uH8oStaHypCV3ek95ST/SxYFFhb2780T3HmMnFc3aXl15aK2AdE0VlDps9TbacD4="><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://erc.europa.eu/funding/advanced-grants</span></a></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UK Research Office (UKRO) is running on ERC Advanced Grants. The session will take place on 21 May and will be repeated on 28 May. Further details are available here:
<a href="https://www.ukro.ac.uk/erc/Pages/events.aspx"><span style="color:blue">https://www.ukro.ac.uk/erc/Pages/events.aspx</span></a></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you are interested then please let me or Rob Martin know</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">International Research Opportunities Beyond EU</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#444444">Carrie Manning and Fiona Doyle can help with international development and aid-funded opportunities for collaborative research, including </span><a href="https://moss.strath.ac.uk/rkesportal/Research/SitePages/International%20Calls%20beyond%20EU.aspx"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:blue">calls</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#444444">
under the Newton Fund and the Global Challenges Research Fund.</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Support for International Collaborations</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">International Proposal Development Fund and Strathclyde Global Engagements Fund are available to kickstart collaborations and applications to develop strategic and sustainable collaborations with leading overseas
academic institutions and organisations. Next deadlines are 1<sup>st</sup> June 2020 and 6<sup>th</sup> July 2020. Further details can be found
</span><a href="https://moss.strath.ac.uk/rkesportal/Research/funding/globalengagements/SitePages/Home.aspx"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:blue">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> or contact Marie Martin</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">COVID-19</span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A COVID-19 research page has been set up on the R&KE Portal. It includes a link to a COVID-19 research funding page, generated through ResearchProfessional. </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please encourage your staff to register as evaluators for EU applications - register
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lastly we would like you to encourage staff to sign up for the
</span><a href="https://moss.strath.ac.uk/rkesportal/Pages/International-Funding-Bulletin---Archive.aspx"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:blue">RKES International Funding Bulletin</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If there is anything else that you think we can help you with then please let us know</span></p>
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Dr Catherine Lawrence<br>
Biomolecular Science degree programme director<br>
Associate Dean (International Research)<br>
Room HW506<br>
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences<br>
University of Strathclyde,<br>
161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE<br>
0141 548 2104</p>
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