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 and 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 Web site: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/research or USIS Home Page, under Research.

The Wingate Foundation awards scholarships to individuals undertaking projects of scientific, artistic, social or environmental value which are unlikely to attract major agency funding. The award lasts up to 3 years and the average total award is £6,500. Deadline 1 Feb 1999.

The Home Grown Cereals Authority funds research projects on cereal and oilseed crops. Main thrust of the programme is to promote the profitability and competitiveness of the agricultural industry. Deadline (cereal research) 18 Dec 1998; (oilseed research) 8 Jan 1999.

The US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute invites research grant applications to conduct cell biologic, molecular biologic, and molecular pathologic investigations designed to investigate the mechanisms underlying airway remodelling and repair in asthma. Deadline for letters of intent 6 Jan 1999; submission 24 Feb 1999.

The US National Institutes of Health invites applications for research on fetal alcohol syndrome. Work should develop/test interventions that have the potential for preventing the syndrome. Deadline for letters of intent 23 Feb 1999; submission 23 March 1999.

Glaxo Wellcome's Action TB initiative is seeking to expand its collaborative programme to include more research targeted specifically towards the design of new anti-TB drugs. A further five years of funding for the initiative was announced. No deadline.

Research fellowships in history and humanities are available for 1999-2000 at the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, Rhode Island. Short term fellowships are offered to non-US nationals. Deadline 15 Jan 1999.

The ESRC invites full fellowship applications under its One Europe or Several? research programme: "The Dynamics of Change Across Europe." £300,000 in funds has been set aside. Deadline 6 Jan 1999.

The BBRSC and EPSRC jointly announce a second call for proposals in their Bioinformatics Initiative. Aims to fund applications which address key biological problems with state-of-the-art information technology. See RGCO for priority areas. Deadline: 1 March 1999.

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