Deadline: 14 September 2018
Applications are open for Rising from the Depths Network’s Innovation Projects to fund challenge-led, coordinated and multi-disciplinary engagement with Eastern Africa’s extraordinarily rich Marine Cultural Heritage.
This programme is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and Global Challenges Research Fund, and is being coordinated by the University of Nottingham in collaboration with the Universities of Roehampton, York, Bournemouth, Cambridge, Uppsala (Sweden), Ulster and Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique). The programme ends in September 2021.
These projects will fill the knowledge gaps that currently limit the way Marine Cultural Heritage (MCH) contributes to social, cultural and economic sustainable growth in Eastern Africa. The network believes that MCH has an important, but so far unappreciated, role to play in the long term success of coast and marine development. They want to fund projects that communicate its significance from the bottom-up and top-down.
Funding Information
- The network has an £800,000 budget to fund projects from.
- Projects are divided into small (£1,000- £5,000), medium (£5,000-£30,000) and large (£30,000-£100,000).
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The Research Challenge
- The Rising from the Depths network aims to identify how the aspects of the MCH of Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar can stimulate ethical, inclusive and substantial economic grown in the region. Their definition of MCH is a catch-all term for the space affected by human maritime action. This includes tangible remains, such as submerged maritime sites or coastal archaeology, and intangible components, such as cultural practices, artistic and linguistic expression. It includes the relation between MCH and economic development, environmental management, social justice, education and identity.
- Projects might address East Africa’s:
- Coastal built heritage
- Underwater sites
- Environments
- Natural resources
- Legal structures
- Material practices
- Living traditions
- This challenge can be addressed through a range of disciplines, and multidisciplinary research is strongly encouraged as long as the project is rooted in the Arts and Humanities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Project Team:
- The project team will be composed of a Principal Investigator (responsible for the leadership of the project) and up to three Co-Investigators. These investigators should include at least one researcher from Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mozambique and at least one from the UK. There can be international Co-Investigators who aren’t from DAC countries.
- Applications from early-career researchers are strongly encouraged. “Researcher” is understood in the broadest sense of the term as, people who wish to undertake an inquiry or exploration through any method, e.g. ethnography, fieldwork, literature review, discussion, film, theatre, art, interviews, conversation, science, observation etc. Any discipline is eligible to apply, but the team must have at least someone who is working within an arts or humanities discipline and the project must be rooted in the arts and humanities.
- The composition of applicants’ team will be considered by the assessment panel. They encourage teams to work across local communities, with NGOs, third sector partners or with marine industry stakeholders, this should be considered in the composition of applicants’ team. Project teams must be interdisciplinary, and they encourage groups to consider equality, diversity and inclusion when forming the group.
- Principal Investigator/Host Institution:
- The Principal Investigator must be from either Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar or Mozambique, or the UK. The application must be made through a host organisation (e.g. an NGO, University, Research Institute, community group social enterprise, arts or cultural organisation).
How to Apply
Applicants can download and submit the application forms along with the completed documentation at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit Rising from the Depths Network.