The British Academy is now inviting applications to its International Partnership and Mobility (IPM) Scheme 2012-13. The application form is now available on the Academy's online e-GAP application system: https://egap.britac.ac.uk Applications must be submitted via the e-GAP system. Intending applicants need to register themselves in the system, if not already registered, and should access full details by following the links to 'funding schemes' from the personal welcome page, and then the link to this scheme.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday 6 February 2013.

Purpose of the Scheme: One-year awards of £10,000 and three-year awards of up to £30,000 are available to support the development of research partnerships between UK scholars and scholars in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, South Asia, East and South-East Asia. Awards cover any branch of the humanities and social sciences, and are intended to focus on collaborative research on a specific theme of mutual interest, rather than purely on establishing networks. The scheme is intended to initiate the development of long-term, vigorous links between the UK and overseas scholars whilst also encouraging an intra-regional exchange of expertise and knowledge sharing.

Eligibility: Applicants must be of postdoctoral or equivalent status (i.e. academic staff with at least one or two years of teaching/ research experience) and should be based within a research active institution for the duration of the award. The principal applicant must be 'ordinarily resident' in the United Kingdom. The co-applicant must be an academic based in an institution in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East, South Asia, East or South-East Asia.

Level of Award: Grants are offered up to a maximum of £10,000 per year for a period of one year or three years.

For further information regarding the award, including a full list of eligibility criteria, please consult the award's Scheme Notes, available on e-GAP.

Deadline: 6 February 2013
Results expected: July 2013
Earliest Start Date for Research: 1 September 2013

To be eligible for funding, all applications must include at least one Research Council eligible UK institution and at least one from a developing country. The project must have an administrative lead who is eligible to apply for funding from any participating RCs' managed mode calls, but the research lead may be from either the UK or the overseas institution. There is no limit to the amount of partners involved. Industrial partners or those from non-UK developed countries may also be included.

For the full scope of the programme and eligibility criteria please see the call document which is available to download from: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/opportunities/2012/zoonoses-emerging-livestock-systems.aspx

The call is being assessed by a two stage process.
The outline closing date is 10 January.

The "ERA Chairs" are intended to help develop research excellence in low performing research and innovation Member States and regions*. Universities or other eligible research institutions with currently low levels of participation in the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, which have a demonstrated potential and concrete plan for research excellence, will be selected by the Commission to appoint outstanding research leaders: the "ERA Chairs holder" and his/her research team. This will be done by the successful research organisations through an open recruitment process and the publication of the job vacancy on the EURAXESS Jobs web-site. The "ERA Chairs" will permit these institutions to develop, in a particular field, the level of excellence required to successfully compete internationally and effectively widen participation. The deadline to submit proposals: 30 May 2013 (17.00 Brussels time).
For more information please visit http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/era-chairs_en.html
*To see the list of eligible countries and regions click here.

The Commission have recently published a call for expressions of interest for the 4th (and final) cohort of the "Institutional Human Resources Strategy Group"
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Published January 2012