Following the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which enables the UK's participation in Horizon Europe, the British Academy will be holding a webinar on Thursday 25 February, 9:30-11:00am for researchers in the humanities and social sciences interested in applying for the 2021 ERC Starting Grant call, which has a deadline expected at the end of the March.
The webinar will be led by British Academy Fellows who have experience with ERC grants and panels.
The aim of the webinar is to provide participants with detailed, practical information about the ERC Starting Grant scheme. Participants should gain a deeper understanding of the proposal and evaluation format and the key issues they are required to address in planning, writing and costing a proposal.
In order to participate and for the webinar to be structured as effectively as possible for you, we ask that you submit in advance either an outline of your proposal or, if you have it, a draft of the 'extended synopsis (B1)'. Please contact Emily Zerling (e.zerling@thebritishacademy.ac.uk) by Monday 22 February to ask to register.
Over the two weeks of 12th-23rd April 2021, the University will be holding its first 'Fellowship Fortnight' to celebrate the work enabled through our community of Fellows. Fellowship Fortnight will showcase the work of current Fellows, provide training for prospective Fellowship applicants and bring together academic staff to share ideas and practice to support Fellows.
'Preparing for Fellowship Success' training programme
A key part of Fellowship Fortnight will be the 'Preparing for Fellowship Success' (PfFS) training programme (delivered by our University’s Research Excellence Training Team in partnership with academic colleagues and Fellows). This intensive training provides detailed support and guidance for early career researchers who are preparing to submit a fellowship application to an external funder in the coming 12 months.
The 'Preparing for Fellowship Success' programme is open to both internal and external potential applicants
The application form, along with more information on the programme can be found here: https://www.york.ac.uk/staff/research/training-forums/research-excellence-training-team/research-staff/support-for-fellows/
The application form (approved by the Chair of Departmental Research Committee) should be submitted to fellowships@york.ac.uk by the deadline of noon, Wednesday 17th March 2021.
If you'd like to talk about either Fellowship Fortnight or Preparing for Fellowships Success, or if you have any questions, please contact Annabel Jenkins (Fellowships Coordinator) at fellowships@york.ac.uk