Research funding opportunities

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This is a selection of research opportunities. More details of these and other opportunities are available from the Research Grants & Contracts Office. Contact Debbie, ext. 3812 or email D.Foy-Everett@sussex.ac.uk. For an extensive listing of funding opportunities see REFUND on the Research Website: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/research or USIS home page, under Research.

The DTI have announced a £1.4 million Recycling Programme. The primary objective is to secure and maintain increases in demand for secondary raw materials by reducing or removing some of the technical and market obstacles which inhibit the use of recyclate by manufacturing industry. Deadline for outline proposals: 13 March 2000

The AHRB's Research Leave Scheme enables teaching staff to be relieved of their normal duties in order to bring a research project to completion. The scheme operates in partnership with the applicant's host institution, which must provide matched funding for three or four months preceding the AHRB leave. Deadline: 31 March 2000

The British Ecological Society invites applications under the Small Project Grants scheme. Grants up to £2,000 are given to promote all aspects of ecological research and ecological survey. Support will not normally be given to projects forming part of an expedition proposal nor those undertaken as part of the work for a higher degree. Deadline: 1 April 2000

The Joint Research Equipment Initiative (JREI) is an annual competition that aims to contribute to the physical research infrastructure and to enable high-quality research to be undertaken, particularly in areas of basic and strategic priority for science and technology. The essential requirements are that bids must be for research equipment; must have external sponsorship; and must request a minimum of £12,500 from the JREI. Two competitions allow applicants to request up to and over £150,000. Deadline: 31 May 2000

The EPSRC is inviting applications for international collaboration. Proposals in any area of engineering or cognate discipline are welcome for group study visits, bilateral workshops, conferences and/or secondments. Deadline: 30 June 2000

The British Academy is inviting applications for Research Readerships and Senior Research Fellowships. These schemes are aimed at established scholars who are in mid-career and are designed to allow the successful candidates to undertake/complete an approved programme of sustained research, while relieved of their normal teaching and administrative commitments. Deadline: 31 July 2000.