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Posted on 21 September 2011

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A new funding stream from Digital Social Research

Posted by s.hettrick on 21 September 2011 - 2:47pm

The National Directorate for e-Social Science, based at the Oxford e-Research Centre, has been awarded a budget for a series of targeted activities designed to broaden practice and sustain innovation in Digital Social Research.

The Digital Social Research Community Activities Funding scheme will provide researchers with funds to support ideas exchange, training in digital social research tools and methods, outreach events and partnerships. There are three types of funds:

  1. Partnerships – joint activities, including the facilitation of Social Scientists studying e-Science projects.
  2. Visitors – Supports exchanges, prioritising linking across investments and mobility of ‘Research Technologists’ for whom other programmes are unsuitable, building on past programmes.
  3. Training and Events – materials and support including engagements with other relevant project such as National Centre for Research Methods and Digital Economy.

Funds can be use to cover a wide variety of activities relating to the above such as: travel and subsistence for visits and speakers, and events, consulting fees for researchers to complete projects relating to one of the three activities listed above.

Further information can be found on the DSR website and in the application guidelines.

Who can apply?

Any project where the principal investigator is based at a UK Higher Education Institute (HEI). We aim to fund projects that advance the aims of Digital Social Research and welcome applicants from outside our existing investments.

How much can we apply for?

Funding is available of around £5000 per application. Grants are paid in arrears via invoice after projects are complete and the Directorate office at the Oxford e-Research Centre receives a satisfactory final report.

Background

Digital Social Research is a new phase of the ESRC e-Social Science programme, co-ordinated by the National Strategic Director for e-Social Science and the Directorate team in Oxford and Manchester. It has been set up to develop and promote the use of digital tools, techniques and practices to benefit social science research, and to maximise the adoption and impact of new digital technologies across the social science community. Digital Social Research is a broad programme and is not confined to the specific areas of academic innovation funded previously under the National Centre for e-Social Science (NCeSS).


 

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