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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Research England has indicated that UoN will be allocated grants from their Policy Support and Participatory Research Fund for the academic year 2024/25. These funds will be
managed by The Institute for Policy and Engagement, working in close collaboration with the Internal Funds R&I team.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In order to allocate these in a timely fashion once confirmation arrives, we are inviting expressions of interest for both funding schemes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fund total available is anticipated to be £350k for Policy Support and £120k for Participatory Research.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Submissions must be led by a UK based UoN member of staff.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Funds to be spent between 1 September 2024 and 30 June 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Projects must demonstrate how they meet the objectives of the funds, assessment criteria for each fund is listed
<a href="https://uniofnottm.sharepoint.com/sites/Institute/SitePages/RE-funding-call-2024-25.aspx?OR=Teams-HL&CT=1718896180141">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Successful applicants will be notified by 2 September.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323130;background:white">Anyone wishing to express interest in this funding should </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://nottingham-research.worktribe.com/record.jx?recordid=36294689"><span style="color:#03787C;background:white">apply
through RIS opportunity 36294689</span></a><span style="color:#323130;background:white"> by <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">midday Monday 5 August 2024</span></strong>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323130;background:white">Please note once the allocation is confirmed money will be allocated
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">based on the information submitted through the EOI process.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323130"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Because of the short timeframes involved, we do not plan to run a full application process after
the funding is confirmed.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323130;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you have any queries about this EOI please contact
<a href="mailto:internalfunding@nottingham.ac.uk">internalfunding@nottingham.ac.uk</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#009BBD;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Institute Team</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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