1. Research Funding Ken Emond (Head of Research Awards) Claire Pascolini-Campbell (International Officer) The British Academy

2. Focus of research funding Ideas, Individuals and Intellectual Resources International engagement Excellence and engagement Aim is for complementarity with other funding bodies Cover career path from early career to senior, underpinned by Small Grants

3. Research Awards & Int’l Schemes Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) BA Rising Star Engagement Awards (BARSEAs) – NEW Mid-Career Fellowships (MCF) Senior Research Fellowships (SRF) BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants (SG) Newton Advanced Fellowships (AF) - NEW International Partnership & Mobility (IPM); and Newton Mobility Grants (NG) - NEW Newton International Fellowships (NIF)

4. Early Career BA Postdoctoral Fellowships 45 awards per year across all subject areas Career development opportunity for those within 3 years of the award of their doctorate BA Rising Star Engagement Awards Awards of up to £15k designed for engagement activities and events – *not * funding for research activity 34 awards made in first round

5. BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Very popular scheme, funded from public funds, Leverhulme Trust and around twenty other partnerships Awards up to £10k, tenable for up to 24 months Commonly used for pilot studies, small-scale projects Worldwide in scope, international partners High priority in Academy portfolio Wide outreach: over 100 HEIs in last financial year

6. BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Two rounds of competition per year Next round open now, closes 6 May 2015 Awards for research to start between 1 Sept 2015 and 31 March 2016

7. International Funding International Partnership and Mobility Scheme Research partnerships between UK and researchers in Africa, East Asia, Middle East, Latin America & Caribbean, South Asia, and Eurasia. 3-year and 1-year awards: £10,000 per year Newton Fund Schemes Research partnerships with Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Turkey and Vietnam Newton Mobility Grants: Up to £10,000 for one-year collaborations Newton Advanced Fellowships provide 1 or 2 year awards for training and development in collaboration with a UK partner. £37,000 per year Newton International Fellowships Funding for early-career researchers to spend two-years full time at a UK host institution. Salary, research expenses, relocation assistance £66,000. The host institution receives 50% to support overhead costs.

8. RENU Scholars at RENU Universities currently hold 95 grants and fellowships from the BA Total number awarded since 2009: 339 Current and recent awards include Dr Jennifer Hillman, BA PDF, University of Chester; Dr Petros Karatsareas, BA PDF, UWE; Professor Tina Miller and Dr Alexandra Wilson, Mid-Career Fellows at Oxford Brookes University; Dr Matthew Tonkin, BA Skills Acquisition Award (Birmingham City) Small grant award-holders include Dr Bettina Beinhoff (Anglia Ruskin) and Professor Barry Mitchell (Coventry University) Newton Fund award-holders include Dr Jose Ramos ((Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico) working with Dr Hugo Gaggiotti, UWE

9. Websites www.britishacademy.ac.uk https://egap.britac.ac.uk