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Historic
Scotland Seeks Funding Applications from the Voluntary Sector (Scotland)
Historic Scotland,
the Scottish Government’s Executive Agency with responsibility for
safeguarding the nation’s historic environment and promoting its
understanding and enjoyment, is currently seeking applications for
funding through its direct funding programme to support voluntary
organisations that through their work meet the objectives of the Agency.
These objectives are; to care for, protect and enhance the historic
environment; to secure greater economic benefits from the historic
environment; to increase public appreciation and enjoyment of the
historic environment; to ensure that the historic environment delivers
benefits for communities; to promote and develop knowledge and skills;
and to build capacity in the historic environment sector. The funding is
available on a three year basis until 2011. The closing date for
applications is the 30th September 2008.
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/heritage/grants/grants-voluntary-sector-funding.htm
Funding for Research Links with India (UK)
The Engineering and
Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is seeking applications under
its INTERACT programme to build collaborative partnerships with research
groups and organisations in India in all fields within EPSRC’s remit.
The EPSRC’s remit covers engineering and the physical sciences: research
in the areas of chemistry, engineering, information and communications
technologies, materials, mathematical sciences and physics. The
programme which is open to UK based Higher Education / Research
institutions will support travel and more substantial follow-on funding
for building an international network as part of a single award. This
will lead to strong collaborative research partnerships and promote UK
research interests in India. It is expected that the networks will be
relevant to the needs to business and may have some industrial
interaction. The network must contain at least 3 UK Higher Education /
Research institutions and at least one research group in India. The
budget for this round of INTERACT is £500k and up to 4 awards will be
made this year. The closing date for applications is 4pm on the 30th
July 2008.
http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/INTERACT6.htm
Culture Programme
(2007-2013)
The European
Commission has announced the latest call for proposals under its Culture
programme 2007 – 13. The aim of the programme is to support projects
that enhance the cultural area shared by Europeans with a view to
encouraging the emergence of European citizenship. This call for
proposals aims to support multi-annual cooperation projects that foster
trans-national cultural links:
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Cooperation measures that develop long term cooperation between cultural
organisations within at least three eligible countries;
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Literary translation projects that enhance knowledge of the literature
and literary heritage of fellow European countries;
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Cooperation projects with third countries outside of the EU aimed at
cultural exchanges;
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Bodies active at European level in the field of culture that wish to
expand their work at European level.
The level of
funding depends on under which strands applications are made and range
from £2,000 to £500,000 for projects lasting between 1 and 5 years. The
programme supports projects, organisations, promotional activities and
research in all branches of culture, except the audiovisual branch for
which there is a separate programme named MEDIA. The closing date for
cooperation projects is the 1st October 2008; for literacy translation
projects the 1st February 2009; cultural cooperation projects with third
countries the 1st May 2009; and for support for organisations active at
European level in the field of culture, the 1st November 2008.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:141:0027:0031:EN:PDF
Paul Hamlyn
Foundation Education and Learning Programme (UK)
The Paul Hamlyn
Foundation is currently accepting applications under its Education and
Learning programme. In particular, the Foundation is looking to fund
projects that promote innovation and change in the areas of
supplementary schooling and tackling school exclusion and truancy.
Eligible organisations that can apply for funding include charities,
local authorities individual pre-schools, schools, out-of-school clubs,
supplementary schools, colleges and youth clubs if they demonstrate
benefits to the wider community and include partnership working that
will result in increasing access to education and learning to all
communities and age groups. The costs that can be covered by the
Foundation’s grants include running costs such as staff salaries and
overheads such as stationery, rent, rates and utilities. There is no
minimum or maximum size of grant that organisation’s can apply for but
the average size grant awarded in 2006 -07 was £19,300. Applications can
be made at any time.
http://www.phf.org.uk/page.asp?id=85
Call for
Proposals to Test and Develop the Credit System for Vocational Education
and Training (UK)
The European
Commission has issued a call for proposals under the Lifelong Learning
Programme to test and develop the credit system for vocational education
and training (ECVET). The aim of the ECVET will be to facilitate the
recognition of knowledge, skills and competences gained by individuals
through periods of vocational education and training abroad. The
European ECVET aims to give people greater control over their individual
learning experiences and make it easier to move between different
countries and different learning environments. This call for proposals
is open to partnerships of European, national, regional and sectoral
bodies or organisations that work in the Vocational Educational and
Training and / or Professional Qualifications sector. Grants offered are
of between £200,000 and £300,000. The Commission is seeking to support
around 12 projects and the deadline for applications is the 13th August
2008.
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/ecvet/2008/funding_en.html
Call for
Proposals for Actions to Develop and Implement the European
Qualifications Framework (UK)
The European
Commission has issued a call for proposals for actions to develop and
implement the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) including national
and sectoral qualifications frameworks. The EQF is a key initiative in
achieving mutual recognition of qualifications levels of different
countries and different education and training systems and thereby
facilitating European citizens' mobility for work and study across the
European Union. The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of
projects under this call amounts to 2 million and the Agency will award
grants of between £50 000 and £200 000 per project. This call is open to
consortia of organisations drawn from 5 or more countries and should
include national, regional and sectoral organisations, including, for
example, ministries, qualifications authorities, sectoral associations,
social partners and other key stakeholders with an interest and role in
qualifications systems. Applicants should also be sufficiently
representative in terms of the sector, labour market or education and
training system (s) that their project is intended to benefit. The
Deadline for applications is the 13 August 2008.
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