[Academic] RAEng funding opportunities - open for applications

[Gail McConnell]

Dear all,

Please see below current funding calls from RAEng.

Thanks,

G.

From: Programmes [mailto:email at comms.raeng.org.uk]
Sent: 27 July 2018 15:06
To: Mary Bennett
Subject: RAEng funding opportunities - open for applications




[https://i.emlfiles4.com/cmpimg/9/0/0/3/2/2/files/40087_raeng_logo_green.png]


[https://i.emlfiles4.com/cmpimg/9/0/0/3/2/2/files/55772_raeng_thread_green.png]








Currently Open:

SME Leaders Programme<https://comms.raeng.org.uk/4S2P-14IS-S4S2O-GOPR-1/c.aspx>

Delivered by the Enterprise Hub, this programme supports promising leaders of high growth engineering companies looking to scale up in the next few years. We provide a grant for leadership skills course(s), a mentor from our pool of Fellows, one-to-one coaching, networking and pitching events, as well as PR support and access to our co-working space the Taylor Centre. The programme lasts six months.



Award Value - up to £10,000

Deadline - Monday 13 August 2018

Contact - Catherine Capone<mailto:catherine.capone at raeng.org.uk>



Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellowships<https://comms.raeng.org.uk/4S2P-14IS-S4S2O-GOPS-1/c.aspx>

Strengthens the links between industry and academia by supporting exceptional academics in UK universities to undertake use-inspired research that meets the needs of the industrial partners.



Award Value - up to £225,000

Deadline - Tuesday 4 September 2018

Contact - Keir Bonnar<mailto:Keir.Bonnar at raeng.org.uk>



Launchpad Competition<https://comms.raeng.org.uk/4S2P-14IS-S4S2O-GOPT-1/c.aspx>

Each year we help one budding engineering entrepreneur aged 18-25 to start a business based on their engineering innovation.



Over our 12 month programme we focus on equipping the awardee with the confidence, skills, experience and network of expert advisors necessary to enable them to develop their innovation. The most successful awardees will then serve as role models to inspire the next generation of aspiring entrepreneurs, passing on the skills they have gained. Suitable for engineering, ICT and design students and graduates who have an early stage idea, perhaps resulting from their Masters project.



Award Value - £15,000

Deadline - Monday 10 September 2018

Contact - Angus Baker<mailto:angus.baker at raeng.org.uk>





Chair in Emerging Technologies<https://comms.raeng.org.uk/4S2P-14IS-S4S2O-GOPU-1/c.aspx>

These highly prestigious awards aim to identify global research visionaries and provide them with long-term support to lead on developing emerging technology areas. The appointed Chairs will lead major research, translation and innovation programmes around key emerging technologies, build world-leading centres of excellence in strategically important technologies, supporting their commercialisation and adoption, and build and maintain a strong network of industrial and other partners to facilitate technology commercialisation and the creation of significant UK economic and social benefit. Applications are invited from high-calibre researchers worldwide (in line with the government's Rutherford Fund to attract global talent to the UK).



Award Value - £2,687,000

Deadline - Thursday 13 September 2018

Contact - Neeshé Khan<mailto:neeshe.khan at raeng.og.uk?subject=CiET-%20Query%20[Mail%20out]>





Research Fellowships and Engineering for Development Research Fellowships<https://comms.raeng.org.uk/4S2P-14IS-S4S2O-GOPV-1/c.aspx>
The RAEng Research Fellowships are aimed at early career researchers from all branches of engineering worldwide who have completed their PhD and have up to four years postdoctoral experience. Each award provides five years of support and the research fellowships must be hosted at a UK higher education institution/university.



Award Value - up to £100,000 per year for Research Fellowships and £125,000 for Engineering for Development Research Fellowships.

Open - 02 July 2018

Deadline - 24 September 2018
Contact - Chung-Chin Kao<mailto:chung-chin.kao at raeng.org.uk>



Enterprise Fellowships<https://comms.raeng.org.uk/4S2P-14IS-S4S2O-GOPW-1/c.aspx>

Support for innovative, creative entrepreneurial engineers who have demonstrated an exceptional innovation in engineering which they want to develop further. The programme focuses on equipping the awardee with the confidence, skills, experience and network of expert advisors necessary to enable them to develop their innovation.



We provide seed funding, training and mentoring to all experience levels, from graduate to Professor, who wish to spinout from a university or start a business outside of the university. The Fellowship will focus on developing the awardee's skills through training and implementation, so that by the end of the 12 month programme the business is ready to receive investment. As a charity the Academy takes no equity in the business.



Award Value - £60,000

Deadline - Monday 1 October 2018

Contact - Angus Baker<mailto:angus.baker at raeng.org.uk>



Ingenious<https://comms.raeng.org.uk/4S2P-14IS-S4S2O-GOPX-1/c.aspx>

Ingenious is an awards scheme for projects that engage the public with engineers and engineering. Ingenious projects provide opportunities for engineers to take part in public engagement activities, to gain skills in communication and to engage the public with engineering.



We welcome proposals from engineers, universities, science and engineering communicators and engagement professionals, colleges and schools.

We prioritise projects that reach diverse and underrepresented audiences and that engage with engineers and publics of different genders, ages and ethnic backgrounds.

Award value - £3,000 to £30,000

Deadline - Monday 1 October 2018

Contact - Marianne Jaskiewicz<mailto:marianne.jaskiewicz at raeng.org.uk>



Coming soon and other opportunities:

Engineering education systems which are fit for the future

This two-day conference will explore a systems approach to global engineering education - encompassing learning and development at all stages of life - to create a global workforce fit for an era of rapid technological development.



The conference will convene a wide range of stakeholders from across the world including policymakers, academics, industrialists, Professional Engineering Institution representatives, NGOs and funders as well as awardees and UK partners from 17 countries involved in the Industry-Academia Partnership Programme (IAPP), and the Higher Education Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa (HEP SSA) programme.



The conference will shape concrete calls for action and seed partnerships across sectors which will test a range of approaches to engineering education systems which are fit for the future.

When: 24-25 September 2018

Contact - Sebastian Scott<mailto:sebastian.scott at raeng.org.uk>



RAEng/The Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships <https://comms.raeng.org.uk/4S2P-14IS-S4S2O-GOPY-1/c.aspx>

Enables senior academics to focus on research fulltime while giving a junior academic the opportunity to gain valuable teaching experience.



Award Value- Up to £52,000

Open- Monday 3 September 2018

Deadline- Monday 12 November 2018

Contact- Diana Ojijo<mailto:diana.ojijo at raeng.org.uk>



Frontiers of Engineering for Development<https://comms.raeng.org.uk/4S2P-14IS-S4S2O-GOPZ-1/c.aspx>

Interdisciplinary, international symposia bringing together outstanding early-mid career engineers from the UK and developing countries to establish collaborations for projects to address the global grand challenges. After each symposium participants are eligible to bid for seed funding to kick-start a new collaboration established at the event. This programme is now welcoming expressions of interest and nominations<https://comms.raeng.org.uk/4S2P-14IS-S4S2O-GOPZ-1/c.aspx> to attend the next or a future Frontiers of Engineering for Development event. The next event, in November 2018, will focus on Engineers as Healthcare Practitioners - for information about this please contact Alice directly.



Award Value - £10,000 - £30,000

Deadline - November 2018

Contact - Alice Marks<mailto:alice.marks at raeng.org.uk> and Samantha Ingram<mailto:samantha.ingram at raeng.org.uk?subject=Frontiers%20of%20Engineering>





To see a full list of our programmes please visit our website:  http://www.raeng.org.uk/grants-and-prizes<https://comms.raeng.org.uk/4S2P-14IS-S4S2O-GOQ0-1/c.aspx>.





Kind regards

Department of Programmes

Royal Academy of Engineering

research at raeng.org.uk<mailto:research at raeng.org.uk>





You are receiving this email because you have signed up to receive updates from the Royal Academy of Engineering. You can view our privacy policy on our website. If you would prefer not to receive these updates, you can review and change your contact preferences at any time.




Royal Academy of Engineering - Registered Charity: 293074

Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5DG

Tel: 020 7766 0600




Visit our website<https://comms.raeng.org.uk/4S2P-14IS-S4S2O-GDZK-1/c.aspx>

Email webmaster<mailto:webmaster at raeng.org.uk>





Update your preferences<https://comms.raeng.org.uk/4S2P-14IS-S4S2O-GDZL-1/c.aspx>







-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://phys.strath.ac.uk/pipermail/academic/attachments/20180801/e1266b02/attachment-0001.html>