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UK IODP

Announcement of opportunity for UK-IODP grants - How to apply

Proposals should be submitted at full economic cost via the Research Councils' Joint electronic-Submission system (Je-S). The 'scheme' should be completed as 'Directed FEC' and the 'call' as 'IODP'.

See the Je-S website for information on the Je-S process. Further information, including details on Full Economic Costing, is also available in the NERC Research Grants Handbook for Full Economic Cost Grants. Potential applicants are reminded that they and their institution must be registered with Je-S, in order to submit applications.

IODP-related research can also be, and is encouraged to be, applied for via the Responsive Mode research funding stream in NERC.

Standard NERC rules for institutional and investigator eligibility apply to all components of the call. For example, submissions must be made via UK universities or NERC-recognised bodies. For full proposals, an individual may only be lead Principal Investigator on one proposal, plus be involved in one further proposal as Co-Investigator (or be involved in two proposals as Co-Investigator). However, at the outline proposal stage, there will be no limit to the number of times an individual can be identified as a Co-Investigator, Recognised Researcher, or Project Partner. Linkages with research users and other non-academic organisations (as Project Partners) are encouraged.

The outcome of the assessment of full proposals should be known in March 2010; 1 April 2010 is therefore the earliest start-date for projects (later if appointment processes are involved).

Scientific queries regarding this Announcement of Opportunity should be directed to the Programme Science Co-ordinator, Dayton Dove.

Advice on application and administrative arrangements is available from the Programme Administrator, Amy Vitale.

Any queries regarding the Je-S system and submission of applications should be directed to the dedicated Je-S Helpdesk.