Application Invited for India-UK Scoping and Engagement for the Creative Industries and Cultural Heritage

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About the Organization

UK Research and Innovation is a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom that directs research and innovation funding, funded through the science budget of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

About the Event

AHRC, working with UKRI India, Innovate UK, the British Council, and partners in India, is seeking to commission scoping and engagement activity related to India-UK research within the areas of the Creative Industries, Cultural Heritage and the 75th anniversary of independence in India in 2022. The aims of this opportunity are to support a programme of India-UK collaborative research activities which map and analyse the current research and innovation landscape in these areas; highlight key outcomes of recently funded research; identify synergies and emerging research challenges; and foster new partnerships for engagement.

There are three strands to this opportunity:

• Creative Industries scoping study
• Cultural Heritage scoping report
• Follow on Funding for past and existing AHRC/UKRI award holders to support activities relevant to the 75th anniversary of independence in India (India 75).

We will fund:

• 80% of the full economic cost for UK researchers
• 100% full economic cost for some international costs.

Deadline: 3 December 2021, Midnight, Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Who can apply

Applications must be submitted by a UK:

• eligible higher education institution
• independent research organisation
• research council institute.

Unless otherwise stated in the full guidance (PDF, 373KB), standard eligibility criteria apply to these opportunities as set out in the AHRC research funding guide.

For all three opportunities, we welcome and encourage proposals that include international academic co-investigators, particularly based in India, and that involve:

• partnership or collaboration with non-academic organisations in India
• subcontracting of work to partners in India.

This must be delivered in keeping with the 2020 amendments to the Indian Foreign Contributions Regulation Act.

An individual applicant can be named as principal investigator on either the Creative Industries Scoping Study or Cultural Heritage Scoping Report, but not both.

If you are applying to the India 75 Follow on Funding for Impact and Engagement opportunity, your proposed activity must follow on from current or past research projects funded by AHRC.

Applicants to the creative industries and cultural heritage opportunities may also apply to India 75 Follow on Funding for Impact and Engagement, so long as it can be demonstrated that a sufficient amount of time can be committed to both concurrently.

Applicants must be able to start their projects between 1 and 14 February 2022.

How to Apply

Applications must be made through the online application form.

The application form asks for the following information:

• opportunity that you are applying for
• title
• name
• organisation
• contact email
• overview of project team
• short project summary
• equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) characteristics (optional and not part of the assessment. We will use this information to help AHRC address the needs of our research communities and ensure we are meeting our commitments to equality, diversity and inclusion).

Applicants will need to complete the form and upload a single PDF that includes the following required documentation:

case for support (compulsory, six sides A4 limit)

• curriculum vitae (compulsory for the principal investigator, each co-investigator, and any named researchers, two sides A4 limit)
• publication lists (compulsory for the principal investigator and each co-investigator – one-side A4 limit)
• justification of resources (compulsory, two sides A4 limit)
• project partner letter of support (compulsory for all listed partners, two sides A4 limit per partner)
• data management plan (compulsory, two sides A4 limit)
• workplan (compulsory, one side A4 limit)
• visual evidence, to illustrate the proposed aims and objectives and research methods (optional, no more than two sides of A4 of non-textual, visual evidence in support of the proposal)
• international co-investigator head of department statement (compulsory if applicable, two-sides A4 limit).

Deadline: 9 November 2021 16:00 UK time

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