EMoTICON Network Funding Call

The EMoTICON Network invites proposals for small research projects (including pilots, feasibility studies and agenda development workshops) between the value of £500 and £2000 in the area of Empathy and Trust in Online Communication. It is envisaged that projects will last up to 7 months and will have a start date between 1st February 2017 and31 August 2017. A total amount of £8,000 is available under this call.

Eligibility

• Projects must be led, or sponsored by, either a PI or Co-I on a currently funded EMoTICON project. Where a project is being sponsored by an EMoTICON PI or Co-I, then the sponsor must undertake to provide an appropriate level of mentorship and supervision to the researchers involved in the application.

• Projects must also include a researcher who is NOT a PI or Co-I on one of the currently funded EMoTICON projects.

• Projects must include researchers from more than one discipline.

In addition we would encourage applications that:

• Involve more than one institution

• Include non-academic partners in co-production of research

• Build upon ideas that emerged from discussions that took place at the EMoTICON/Digital Personhood Conference in Leeds in September 2015.

Costs

Eligible costs include Travel and Subsistence; workshop/seminar hosting costs; documentation costs; dissemination costs; costs associated with hiring modest research support (such as for the purposes of transcription, desk research, etc.).

Salary costs, institutional overheads and estates costs are not eligible for funding under this call.

Application Procedure

Applications should be no more than 2 pages in length (11pt; single line spacing) and include the following headings:

• Title of Project

• Names, job titles and institutional affiliations of all collaborators

 

• Project Outline (max 500 words) – this should include an indication, if appropriate, of how the project has emerged from discussions at the Leeds Conference

• An indication and details of any anticipated outcomes, e.g., grant application, paper submitted to peer-reviewed journal; proposed public engagement event, etc.

• Timetable of work

• A justification of resources (max 300 words)

• An explanation of how the project addresses at least two of the aims of the EMoTICON Network (max 300 words):

1. To widen the Network to include new researchers in the area of Empathy and Trust in Online Communication.

2. To grow research capacity in the area of Empathy and Trust in Online Communication.

3. To support the design and writing of new research bids in the area of Empathy and Trust in Online Communication.

4. To enhance public engagement, Knowledge Exchange and Impact in the area of Empathy and Trust in Online Communication.

In addition applications should include:

• A cv for each named applicant (max 2 pages, including a list of publications and other outputs)

• Where a project is being sponsored (rather than led) by a PI or Co-I from a currently funded EMoTICON project, a brief statement from the sponsor (max half a page) confirming their support and outlining how they will provide mentorship and/or supervision.

• Where an applicant is a registered postgraduate researcher, confirmation of support from their Director of Studies/Lead Supervisor.

Deadline for the submission of applications is 5:00pm on Friday 02 December 2016 and should be e-mailed to Sally Bellman at S.J.Bellman@lboro.ac.uk with the subject line ‘EMoTICON Network Bid’.

Assessment Process

Applications will be considered by an expert peer review panel and judged on the excellence of the research, proposed outputs and relevance to the call. Outcomes will be notified at the beginning of January 2016.

 

The RCUK GCRF Call for Evidence has been launched and is now available via the RCUK website: http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/funding/gcrf/gcrf-call-for-evidence/

RCUK is seeking inputs from individuals and institutions across all academic disciplines, non-governmental organisation and industrial sectors both in and outside of the UK.

The results from the survey will be reviewed alongside feedback from the Town Meetings. RCUK will share a short summary of evidence we have collected and outline how that has informed our strategy in the autumn.

This call for evidence forms part of a broader programme of strategic engagement activities taking place under the GCRF programme. RCUK will be running focus groups later this year and opening a Call for Ideas early next year to generate priority themes within each challenge.

The survey closes at 16.00 on 22 August.

Are you a Master’s or Doctoral researcher based in the UK or EU, with an interest or passion for the relationship between empathy, trust, mental health and technology? If so, we would love you to apply for our workshop to be held in Leeds, UK, on the 16^th June, 2016. We will even pay towards your travel and overnight accommodation to come and take part!

Key information:

Deadline for applications (link below): 5pm, 27^th May 2016

Notifications of acceptance: 3^rd June 2016

Date of workshop: 16^th June 2016 (optional to attend on the 17^th June also)

Venue of workshop: The Edge, Sheffield University

The EMoTICON Network invites postgraduate researchers to participate in a one-day workshop exploring issues of empathy, trust, digital technologies and mental health. The workshop is being held as part of a two-day event for the

EMoTICON (Empathy and Trust in Communications Online: http://www.paccsresearch.org.uk/research/research-portfolio/emoticon-empathy-and-trust-in-communicating-online/), Digital Personhood (http://www.digitalpersonhood.org/index.php) and Social Computing and Mental Health Research Networks (http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/M000206/1), where the postgraduate researchers will have the opportunity to share their own research in the form of a poster, as well as take part in workshop and networking activities.

The aim of the workshop is three-fold:

* To provide an opportunity for postgraduate researchers who are early in their career to meet with more senior members of the UK research community who have a shared interest in empathy, trust, mental health and technology.

* To promote interdisciplinary discussion, dialogue and collaborative exploration around future challenges related to empathy and trust for individuals and societies.

* To allow postgraduates to share their research with other researchers – be this the findings of their research, early insights coming from their work, or the questions, challenges and problems that motivate their work.

We are making our call for applicants open to researchers from any disciplinary background – the only requirement is that applicants are currently registered as a postgraduate student and actively conducting research that is broadly relevant to issues of empathy, and/or trust, and/or mental health and digital technology.

If selected, you would be expected to attend a PGR workshop on the Thursday (16^th) morning, and have the option to present a poster at the evening meal. PGRs are also encouraged to stay for the network workshop and networking event on the 17^th June, with the event finishing no later than 2:45pm.

We will pay towards your travel (standard class return rail fare or coach travel) and overnight accommodation in Leeds for the evening before and/or after the workshop will be arranged for you. We will provide refreshments throughout the day and dinner on the evening of the workshop. We will provide refreshments throughout the day and dinner on the evening of the workshop.

If you have any questions at all please contact Lyndsey Bakewell (l.l.bakewell@lboro.ac.uk), who is leading the organisation of the workshop.

If you would like to apply to participate, then please head on over to our application page (http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/1HTLD/).