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FP7 ICT Call identifier: FP7-ICT Date of publication: 28 September 2010 Deadline: 18 January 2011 Indicative budget: EUR million

FP7-ICT ChallengeObjectiveScheme Challenge 1: Pervasive & Trusted Network & Service Infrastructures ICT Internet connected Objects IP/STREP, CSA ICT Networked Media and Search Systems IP, STREP, CSA ICT Future Internet Research and Experimentation IP, NoE Challenge 2: Cognitive systems & robotics ICT Cognitive Systems and Robotics IP/STREP, CSA Challenge 3: Alternative Paths to Components & Systems ICT Smart components and smart systems integration IP/STREP, CSA ICT New paradigms for embedded systems, monitoring & control towards complex systems IP/STREP, CSA ICT Computing Systems STREP, NoE, CSA ICT Core and disruptive photonic technologies STREP, CSA ICT Flexible, Organic and Large Area Electronics & Photonics IP/STREP, CSA

FP7-ICT ChallengeObjectiveScheme Challenge 4: Technologies for Digital Content and Languages ICT Language Technologies IP/STREP, CSA Challenge 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance ICT Personal Health Systems IP/STREP, CSA ICT Virtual Physiological Human CSA ICT : Patient Guidance Services (PGS), safety and healthcare record information reuse IP/STREP, CSA, CP-CSA ICT ICT for Ageing and Wellbeing IP/STREP, CSA ICT ICT for smart and personalised inclusion IP/STREP, CSA ICT ICT Solutions for governance and policy modelling IP/STREP, CSA Challenge 6: ICT for a Low Carbon Economy ICT ICT systems for Energy Efficiency IP/STREP, CSA ICT Low-carbon multi-modal mobility and freight transport IP/STREP, CSA

FP7 ICT Call identifier: FP7-ICT Date of publication: 26 July 2011 Deadline: 17 January 2012 Indicative budget: EUR million

FP7-ICT ChallengeObjectiveScheme Challenge 1: Pervasive & Trusted Network & Service Infrastructures ICT Future Networks IP/STREP, NoE, CSA ICT Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering IP, STREP, CSA ICT Trustworthy ICT IP/STREP, NoE, CSA ICT Future Internet Research and Experimentation IP. NoE Challenge 3: Alternative Paths to Components & Systems ICT Very advanced nanoelectronic components: design, engineering, technology and manufacturability IP/STREP, CSA ICT Smart components and smart systems integration IP/STREP, CSA ICT Core and disruptive photonic technologies IP/STREP, CSA Challenge 4: Technologies for Digital Content & Languages ICT Intelligent Information Management IP/STREP, CSA

FP7-ICT ChallengeObjectiveScheme Challenge 6: ICT for a Low Carbon Economy ICT Smart energy grids IP/STREP, CSA ICT ICT for efficient water resources management STREP ICT ICT for energy-positive Neighbourhoods IP/STREP ICT Cooperative systems for energy efficient and sustainable mobility IP/STREP, CSA ICT ICT for fully electric vehicles IP/STREP, CSA Challenge 7: ICT for the Enterprise & Manufacturing ICT Manufacturing Solutions for new ICT products IP Challenge 8: ICT for Learning & Access to Cultural Resources ICT Technology-Enhanced Learning IP/STREP, NoE, CSA

FP7 ICT Call identifier: FP7-ICT Date of publication: 18 November 2011 Deadline: 17 April 2012 Indicative budget: EUR 291 million

FP7-ICT ChallengeObjectiveScheme Challenge 2: Cognitive systems & robotics ICT Cognitive Systems and RoboticsIP/STREP, CSA Challenge 4: Technologies for Digital Content & Languages ICT Digital preservation IP/STREP, NoE, CSA ICT Intelligent Information ManagementIP/STREP, CSA Challenge 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion & Governance ICT Virtual Physiological HumanIP/STREP Challenge 8: ICT for Learning & Access to Cultural Resources ICT ICT for access to cultural resourcesIP/STREP, CSA

FP7 ICT "Factories of the Future" Call identifier: FP NMP-ICT-FoF Date of publication: 30 July 2010 Deadline: 2 December 2010 Activity/ AreaTopics calledFunding SchemesBudget (Million EUR) FoF-ICT Virtual Factories and enterprises IP/STREP 80 FoF-ICT Digital factories: Manufacturing design & product lifecycle management IP/STREP

FP7 ICT Energy-efficient Buildings Call identifier: FP NMP-ENV-ENERGY-ICT-EeB Date of publication: 30 July 2010 Deadline: 2 December 2010 Activity/ AreaTopics calledFunding SchemesBudget (Million EUR) EeB.ICT ICT for energy-efficient buildings and spaces of public use IP/STREP/CSA20 Energy-efficient Buildings Call identifier: FP NMP-ENV-ENERGY-ICT-EeB Date of publication: 30 July 2011 Deadline: 2 December 2011 Activity/ AreaTopics calledFunding SchemesBudget (Million EUR) EeB.ICT ICT for energy-positive neighbourhoods IP/STREP30

FP7 ICT Future Internet Call identifier: FP ICT-FI Date of publication: 30 July 2010 Deadline: 19 October 2010 ChallengeObjectiveFunding SchemesBudget (Million EUR) Challenge 1: Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures FI.ICT Technology foundation: Future Internet Core Platform IP 93 FI.ICT Use Case scenarios & experimentation IP FI.ICT Capacity Building & Infrastructure Support CSA FI.ICT Programme Management & Support CSA

FP7 ICT Future Internet Call identifier: FP ICT-FI Date of publication: 30 July 2011 Deadline: 2 December 2011 ChallengeObjectiveFunding SchemesBudget (Million EUR) Challenge 1: Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures FI.ICT Use Case scenarios & experimentation IP 77 FI.ICT Capacity Building & Infrastructure Support IP

FP7 ICT SME Initiative on Digital Content and Languages FP7-ICT-2011-SME-DCL Date of publication: 1 February 2011 First stage (short proposals) deadline: 28 April 2011 Second stage (full proposals) deadline: 28 September 2011 The consortium must contain at least 2 SMEs The project duration shall not exceed 24 months Maximum EC funding requested must not exceed €2M Min 30% of the budget in the proposal must be allocated to SMEs ChallengeObjectiveFunding SchemesBudget (Million EUR) Challenge 4: Technologies for Digital Content & Languages 4.1 SME initiative on Digital Content & Languages STREP, CSA35

EPSRC Lifelong Health and Wellbeing (LLHW) Phase 3 - Pilot Studies Deadline: 15/09/ Builds on the Research Councils commitment to funding research into ageing. LLHW is dedicated to supporting research that benefits from bringing together a range of research expertise to collectively address the issues related to ageing. A total of £2.5 million (80% fEC) will be available to fund up to 10 pilot studies for a maximum of two years. Proposals will be hypothesis-driven or developing methodologies aimed at answering a research question or testing and developing an idea based on supporting evidence from existing literature or previous studies.

EPSRC Challenging Engineering Deadline: 11/08/ Focus on developing a research group, over the course of a 5 year period. This call is suitable for academics with a permanent position at an eligible UK organisation who have been awarded their PhD within the last 10 years. Funding for 10 awards, of up to £1M each across the remit of the three participating programmes: Materials, Mechanical and Medical Engineering (M3E), Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Process, Environment and Sustainability (PES) Put the emphasis on individuals who show creativity and ambition through high quality, truly innovative research, to develop new and emerging research programmes Support people that have clear plans to inspire and develop their research group; Select applicants on their vision, leadership, creativity and skills rather than just their track record; Support potentially exceptional engineering research leaders of the future who have identified ways in which their research can have a major impact for the ultimate benefit of society.

EPSRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Deadline: 12/08/ EPSRC is offering Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in theoretical physics, mathematical sciences and cross-disciplinary interfaces to enable the most talented new researchers to establish an independent research career shortly after completing a PhD. The awards are for a period of up to three years and cover the salary costs of the Fellow, reasonable consumables, travel and subsistence. Applicants are encouraged to take the opportunity to gain a wider research experience by changing host organisations and to demonstrate very clearly their ability to operate as independent researchers.

EPSRC – Future Calls EPSRC-NPL Post-Doctoral Research Partnerships Postdoctoral research grant scheme funding research into technologies with impact through measurement applications. Up to £13 million will be available through the partnership to support research at the National Physical Laboratory. Date of call: August 2010 & February 2011 Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowships Joint funding from RAEng and EPSRC Process Environment and Sustainability and Information and Communications Technology programmes. Date of call: August 2010 Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres 3 Call for Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres under new funding model covering electronics, healthcare and gaps. Date of call: January 2011 Remember – Research Councils Offer Responsive Mode funding

TSB Collaboration across digital industries Launch: 14/06/2010 Deadline:22/07/2010 (Fast Track) Deadline: 19/08/2010 (Mainstream EoI) across-digital-industries.ashx across-digital-industries.ashx Three challenge areas have been identified: People/digital content and services/networks. In this round TSB will fund two types of project addressing these challenge areas,: strategic research and development projects/ ground-breaking trials Open to all UK-based companies and research organisations in business-led consortia, and may be of particular interest to those designing and operating internet networks, or the services that operate over them, and those who are concerned with how digital content is distributed to, and used by, customers. Fast-track projects are expected to be funded up to £100k and be completed within 12 months Mainstream projects are expected to be funded in excess £100k and last between 12 and 24 months. Both types of project will attract 50% public funding.

TSB Integrating smart meters into systems for smart homes Deadline: 08/07/ developmentintegrating-smart-meters-into-systems-for-smart-ho.ashx developmentintegrating-smart-meters-into-systems-for-smart-ho.ashx The projects will integrate 'smart' meters with communications to make a 'smart' system that will have an impact on the demand for, and usage of, energy in the home. Particular interest in projects which help to understand the way in which consumer demand for energy might change in the light of the integration of smart home technologies. Consortia must be business-led and can be science-to-business or business-to-business interactions. Projects of value £400k-2M are expected to start in July or August 2010 and all projects must be completed by end of March 2011.

TSB – Future Calls Nothing specific but remember TSB support Business to Science Collaborative R&D Technology Areas: Advanced materials Bioscience Electronics, photonics & electrical systems ICT High value manufacturing Nanotechnology Application Areas: (Innovation Platforms) Climate Change & Sustainable Lifestyles Low Carbon Vehicles Intelligent Transport Systems and Services Low Impact Buildings Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production Future Health Care Challenges Assisted Living Detection & Identification of Infectious Agents Enabling the Digital Economy Network Security Complementary “Digital Britain” programme

Royal Society International Joint Projects Round 2 Deadline: 30/07/ Provide a mobility grant for researchers and members of their research teams to cover travel, subsistence and research expenses All areas of the life and physical sciences, including engineering, are covered Researchers with Postdoctoral status or equivalent and hold a permanent or fixed-term contract in an eligible organisation are eligible Up to £6000 a year for 2 years for travel and subsistence. Available to those in EU and Former Soviet Union countries, China, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Ghana, Tanzania, South Africa and certain countries in Latin America. 2010/R3 (Including Ireland and India cost share) will open 28/09/2010 and close 25/11/2010 Dates for China cost share are TBC - deadline will be sometime in 09/2010 Dates for Russia cost share are TBC - deadline will be sometime in 10/2010

Leverhulme Trust Fund everything that Research Councils don’t! Research Project Grants Provide financial support for innovative and original research projects of high quality and potential Provide support for the salaries of research staff engaged on the project, plus associated costs directly related to the research proposed. Proposals are favoured which: reflect the personal vision of the applicant; – demonstrate compelling competence in the research design; – surmount traditional disciplinary academic boundaries; – involve a degree of challenge and evidence of the applicant's ability to assess risk. Typically £250,000 over a duration of two to three years Open call for Outline Applications but 12 week evaluation Timing for Full Applications Closing dates: 1 September 1 December 21 March Announcement of decision: Early Decembermid March mid July Earliest possible start date: 1 January1 May1 September

Leverhulme Trust Fund everything that Research Councils don’t! International Networks Enable a research project where its successful completion is dependent on the participation of relevant overseas institutions. A significant theme must be identified which requires international collaboration between one or more UK universities, and two or more overseas institutions (max of 7 institutions in total). Networks should be newly-constituted collaborations The geographical distribution should reflect locations directly linked to the theme: eg, the native country of an artist; a local social or political system, or the contribution of a specific scientific facility Typically £125,000 over a duration of three years – costs can include travel & subsistence and Network Facilitator Open call for Outline Applications but 12 week evaluation Timing for Full Applications Closing dates: 1 September 1 December 21 March Announcement of decision: Early Decembermid March mid July Earliest possible start date: 1 January1 May1 September

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