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British Academy Small Grants
2020
Slide2Who are the British Academy?
The British Academy is the UK's national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future.
The
five strategic aims
for the Academy are:
To speak up for the humanities and the social sciences
To invest in the very best researchers and research
To inform and enrich debate around society’s greatest questions
To ensure sustained international engagement and collaboration
To make the most of the Academy’s assets to secure the Academy for the future
Slide3The awards are co-sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust with funding for five years adding to the public funding deriving from the grant made to the Academy via the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.
However, you should take into account the British Academy’s priorities, interests and remit (not Leverhulme’s) when writing your proposal.
Why is it the BA/Leverhulme Small Grants?
Slide4Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. The first recourse for funding should be to your own institution (where applicable
).Applications for collaborative or individual research projects are equally welcome under this scheme. Applications from international groups of scholars are welcome, provided there is a UK-based scholar as lead applicant.Funds are available to facilitate initial project planning and development
; to
support the direct costs of research
; and to
enable the advancement of research
through workshops or visits by or to partner scholars
.
The British Academy Small Grants Scheme
Slide5Grants are not intended to support interchange between UK and overseas scholars where there is no planned programme of activity to meet a clearly specified research objective
All applications should demonstrate that funds are sought for a clearly defined, discrete piece of research, which will have an identifiable outcome on completion of the Academy-funded component of the project.The remit of BA funding schemes does not include primarily practice-based outputs
such as in musical composition and performance, visual practice, creative writing, and filmmaking.
Such outputs will be considered to fall within the BA's remit only when they form part of an integrated project of demonstrable critical or historical significance.
The British Academy Small Grants Scheme
Slide6Must be at postdoctoral or equivalent level in the fields of the humanities and the social sciences. Postgraduate students are not eligible to apply
.Up to £10,000 Project length of up to 24 months (2 years)Can have a
maximum of 2
Co-Applicants
who are joint directors of the project with equal responsibility for the academic management
of the project.
Other participants in a project, whose involvement does not equate to being a ‘co-applicant’ should be named as ‘Other Participants’ in the relevant section
Practicalities
Slide7The scheme supports direct research expenses such as*:Travel, accommodation, local travel and subsistence (set at a maximum of £100pd)Workshop costs such as refreshments/catering/room hire
Exhibition costs such as reprographics/room hire/materialsResearch Assistance TranscriptionConsumablesParticipant IncentivesConference attendance (where used for dissemination)
*this is not an exhaustive list
The
Budget
Slide8As a charitable funder the British Academy do not pay fEC (full economic cost)
Therefore we cannot recover the university estates or indirect costsWe also cannot recover staff salaries. Any time spent delivering the project will be taken from your existing research allocation
The
Budget
Slide9YEAR ONE
£
YEAR TWO
£
Return
flights MCR to Berlin (research trip 1) (£300) plus airport transfers (£50)
£350
Return flights from MCR
to @ [named] European Conference (£300) plus transfers (£50) x 2 conference
£700
Accommodation, subsistence, local travel in Berlin @ £100pd x 7 days
£700
Accommodation
@ [named] European Conference @ £100pd x 4 days x 2 conferences
£800
Archive
consumable costs (printing/
photcopying etc.)£100Conference fee x 2 conferences£700Entrance fee for archive£17.50Transcription @ £1.20 per minute x 60 minutes x 10 interviews £720Return flights MCR to New York (research trip 2) (£500) plus airport transfers (£50)£550Accommodation, subsistence, local travel in New York @ £120pd* x 7 days£840£3,277.50£2,200
Example
Budget
Slide10Pilot projects that seek to collect primary dataUndertake archival workConduct a series of interviews
Conduct surveysHold workshops to work with participants to gain understanding/share knowledge
Typical Project
Slide11Typical Outputs
The British Academy preference more traditional academic outputs such as*
Journal Articles
Conference Papers
Book Chapters
Monographs
However,
you could also include (in conjunction with some of the above)*
Databases
Toolkits
Websites
Blogs
Podcasts
Policy Briefings/Papers
*
This
is not an exhaustive list
Slide12Applications are submitted via Flexigrant (BA’s online application platform)Co-Applicants must create Flexigrant accounts to be linked to the proposal
You can add your RKE support as a contributor who will then complete the finance sections on your behalfYou add your external referee as a contributor who will then complete their reference**NOTE! YOU CANNOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION WITHOUT YOUR REFEREE HAVING COMPLETED THEIR REFERENCE
Application consists of:
Abstract (150 words)
Proposed Programme (1500 words)
Plan of Action (800 words)
Planned Research Outputs (500 words)
The Application
Slide13Read examples of previously successful BA Small Grant applications. You can find these on the RKE Sharepoint: https://stummuac.sharepoint.com/sites/Successful-Research-Proposals/SitePages/Home.aspx
Please ask your Research Development team for any additional examples OR an application templateThink about, and line up, your referee as early as possibleBe as detailed as possible throughout your application. Answer the WHO/WHAT/WHERE/WHY/WHENs RKE have a template of the application enabling you to work offline
Top Tips!
Slide14All external RKE projects must be recorded and approved on Worktribe before external submission is permissible
Internal approval is sought via Worktribe on your behalf by the RKE. Approval is required from the following 3 signatories:1. UCRKE (University Centre for Research and Knowledge Exchange) Head2. Faculty Head of RKE3. Director of RKE or nominated delegates
You should allow
3-5 working days
to complete this process
It is university policy that any research proposal over £10,000 (therefore not applicable to BA Small Grants) must be formally peer reviewed however;
Please check with your RKE Contact
whether there are any internal processes for this scheme including Head of Department approvals, informal peer reviews or faculty timetables
Internal University Processes
Slide15Questions regarding the scheme should be directed to Rebecca Hewlett in the first instance.
Rebecca Hewlett
Research Development Officer
R.Hewlett@mmu.ac.uk
Questions and Contacts