Deadline: 20-Dec-21
The Closing the Gap (CTG) network is inviting proposals for projects to support and encourage emerging collaborations in the area of severe mental ill health.
The objective of the fund is to support collaborations to develop new research proposals that could be funded through the Closing the Gap Network ‘Plus’ funds or through other funding bodies.
The aim of the collaboration fund is to foster collaborations aimed at generating high-quality research proposals which can then be submitted to one of the Closing the Gap Network funding calls or to another funding body. It is expected that teams applying for the collaboration fund will be a newly established collaboration consisting of researchers, community and third sector organisations and individuals with lived experience of severe mental ill health.
Project Support and Reporting
- The collaboration will be given a project page of the Closing the Gap website which can be used to highlight the activity undertaken by the group
- The project lead will be asked to provide a narrative report at the end of project (a maximum of 12 months after the project commenced)
- A final expenditure report is submitted to CTG at the close of the project.
- The Closing the Gap Network should be acknowledged as the funder on project materials and the CTG logo used, as appropriate.
Funding Information
Each project may have a total value of up to £2000 (at 100% fEC) to cover the costs of organising meetings or other activities aimed at developing a funding proposal.
Eligibility Criteria
The eligibility criteria are:
- The lead applicant must be an individual working in a UK Higher Education Institute (HEI). Third sector organisations can be included as co-applicants within an HEI led application.
- Applicants must demonstrate how the project forms a new collaboration
- Awards will not be made retrospectively therefore the development work proposed in the project must not have already taken place.
- The maximum cost (at 100% fEC) of individual project awards is £2000
Criteria
- Clearly set out the aim of the project and provide objectives that the project intends to achieve. Describe all the project activities that will be undertaken, bearing in mind the need for collaborative activities.
- The project budget should be aligned to the project activities.
- The project proposal should include information on how the success of the project will be measured.
- All applications should be in an area of demonstrable funding opportunity which applicants should evidence in their submission.
- Applications are particularly encouraged from projects which include early career researchers. You should provide a clear case as to how the ECRs will benefit from participation in the project.
- Applications exceeding the word counts will be rejected.
- Do not attach any additional documentation as this will not form part of the assessment process. If footnotes are included they will form part of the overall word count for that section.
For more information, visit https://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/closing-the-gap/funding-opportunities/