UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN

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1 UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN Frskningsadministrativ avdeling - Det humanistiske fakultet - Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet - Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet - Det juridiske fakultet - Det psyklgiske fakultet - Det medisinsk-dntlgiske fakultet - Universitetsmuseet i Bergen - UiB Glbal - SARS senteret Deres ref Vår ref Dat 2015/6475 Bergen, 4. juni 2015 WUN Research Develpment Fund 2015 utlysning av midler til frskningssamarbeid Universitetet i Bergen er medlem av Wrldwide Universities Netwrk (WUN). Herved annnseres 2015 utlysningen av WUN Research Develpment Fund midler til initiering av nye interdisiplinære WUN frskningssamarbeid g prgrammer. Søknad m midler fra WUN Research Develpment Fund 2015 må falle inn under et av de fire Glbal Challenge mrådene sm utgjør plattfrmen i WUN samarbeidet: Respnding t Climate Change Public Health (nn-cmmunicable disease) Glbal Higher Educatin and Research Understanding Cultures Vitenskapelig ansatte ved UiB kan søke WUN Research Develpment Fund på én av følgende måter: 1. Sm «Principal Investigatr». I dette tilfellet vil UiB frskeren være faglig leder g ansvarlig fr WUN søknaden på vegne av frskergruppen. Søknad må sendes på e-pst til Bjrn.Andersen@uib.n innen UiBs lkale søknadsfrist fredag 9. ktber Sm «Partner Investigatr». I dette tilfellet vil UiB frskeren være partner i en WUN søknad sm ledes av frsker ved et annet WUN universitet. Frskeren kan ta kntakt på e-pst med Bjrn.Andersen@uib.n fr å få bekreftelse på øknmisk støtte fra UiB fr sin deltakelse i WUN frskningssamarbeidet det søkes midler til. Merk: Lkal søknadsfrist på hvert WUN universitet vil variere. Viktig: Ptensielle søkere må lese vedlagte «Guidelines fr Applicants» nøye. De innehlder viktig søknadsinfrmasjn, herunder frskningstematiske pririteringer fr søknader til hvert enkelt av de fire Glbal Challenge mrådene nevnt venfr. Frskningsadministrativ avd. Telefn Telefaks Pstadresse: Pstbks Bergen Besøksadresse Prf. Keysersgt. 8 Bergen Saksbehandler Bjørn Erik Andersen

2 Vedlagte søknadsskjema «Applicatin Frm» må benyttes i riginal filfrmat (dcx.) av UiB frskere sm søker m WUN Research Develpment Fund midler sm «Principal Investigatr», se pkt. 1 venfr. Vær ppmerksm på at UiB (i likhet med hvert WUN universitet) kun har anledning til å sende inn maksimum 3 søknader til WUN Research Develpment Fund. UiBs viserektr fr internasjnalisering, prfessr Anne Christine Jhannessen, er ansvarlig fr fremsendelsen av UiBs søknader til WUN. Ytterligere pplysninger m 2015 utlysningen av WUN Research Develpment Fund midler fås ved å kntakte Frskningsadministrativ avdeling v/ Bjørn Erik Andersen på tlf eller e-pst Bjrn.Andersen@uib.n Mer infrmasjn m WUN Research Develpment Fund utlysningen finnes gså på nettsiden Hilsen Bjørn Erik Andersen Senirrådgiver Vedlegg: WUN Research Develpment Fund 2015 Applicatin Frm WUN Research Develpment Fund 2015 Guidelines fr Applicants WUN member universities

3 WUN Research Develpment Fund 2015 Guidelines The Wrldwide Universities Netwrk is a wrld leading research university netwrk, tackling glbal challenges thrugh internatinal cllabratin. The WUN Research Develpment Fund fsters innvative, internatinal cllabrative research and mbility prgrams. What is the WUN Research Develpment Fund (RDF)? The RDF ffers grants f up t 15,000 1 (average 10,000) t fster partnership in the netwrk, including new members as a pririty, and supprt research cllabratins in the fllwing WUN Glbal Challenges (see WUN website fr full descriptin f the WUN Glbal Challenges): Respnding t Climate Change fcussing in the 2015 rund n glbal research platfrms; and resilience f human systems; related t fd and envirnment security. Public Health (nn cmmunicable disease) fcussing in the 2015 rund n a lifecurse apprach t healthy ageing; health f migrants; the resilience f adlescents and health wrkers in different cultural cntexts; and schls as a setting fr reducing risk factrs assciated with NCDs. Glbal Higher Educatin and Research fcussing in the 2015 rund n access and equity in higher educatin: ecnmic and scial utcmes f diversity and glbalisatin. Understanding Cultures fcussing in the 2015 rund n migratin and ppulatin; tw way understanding f China; glbal digital cultures; and indigenus peples and scieties. Prpsals are particularly encuraged that address ne r mre f these Glbal Challenges as well as ne f WUN s develping crss cutting themes in ecnmics, big data, and reginal prgrams f the Glbal China Grup and the Glbal Africa Grup. The RDF prvides ne year f seed funding with the firm expectatin that prjects will result in academic publicatins, plicy impact and sustainability thrugh securing funding frm external surces. What can RDF funds be used fr? RDF funds may cver the csts f explratry research initiatives, targeted wrkshps, faculty exchanges and the frmatin f cllabrative netwrks, amng ther activities. Applicatins that incrprate a research mbility cmpnent fr early career researchers and pstgraduate students are encuraged. The WUN Research Develpment Fund will nt cver management fees, salaries r salary supplementatin, purchase f capital assets, equipment depreciatin, schlarships, curse fees and bench fees. Where funds are t be used fr air travel, nly ecnmy class fares are permissible. Am I eligible t apply? The RDF is pen nly t academic staff (faculty members) at WUN member universities. Applicatins must first be apprved fr submissin thrugh an internal review prcess at the principal investigatr s university and submitted t WUN thrugh the lcal WUN Crdinatr (see infrmatin at the end f this dcument). Prgrams must engage at least three WUN member universities and shuld span at least tw cuntries. The cllabratin can include nn WUN universities and external partners but must have an active cre f 1 Currency cnverter at 28 May 2015: GBP 1 = USD$ ; CAD$ ; EUR ; NOK ; ZAR ; CNY ; HKD$ ; AUD$ ; NZD$ ; CHF ; GHS

4 WUN member universities. In the spirit f the netwrk, activities rganised thrugh the prgrams shuld be pen t all WUN members, it is a pririty fr WUN t engage newer members in the RDF. Applicatins must cmmit matching cash supprt (ttal sum) by the partner institutins t equal r greater value f the amunt requested. Salary payments f existing research staff will nt be accepted as matching cash supprt. What are the criteria fr assessment? Applicatins will be assessed against the fllwing criteria: Objectives the prgram is f high academic quality and addresses a nvel research prblem r takes an existing WUN research prgram in a significantly new directin. The prgram is likely t have significant impact, is interdisciplinary and is internatinal in scpe. Relevance t WUN Gals the prgram aligns with WUN strategic bjectives and addresses a WUN Glbal Challenge. Teamwrk the prgram invlves a team f researchers acrss a range f relevant disciplines and regins. Prgrams that include early career researchers and PhD students are particularly encuraged and an utline f hw this integratin will be achieved shuld be prvided. Outcmes the prgram results in external funding and academic publicatins and/r plicy ptins. Sustainability the prgram will build lng term internatinal relatinships based n genuine cmmitment by the research partners, and prvides a plan fr attracting sufficient resurces fr the cntinuatin f the prject beynd the initial grant. Applicatins will need t be accmpanied by: Prgram budget utlining key areas f expenditure (1 page maximum). CV f the principal investigatr (1 page maximum) with URL links t partner investigatrs. Hw d I apply? Befre cnsidering a submissin, prspective applicants shuld first cntact their lcal WUN Crdinatr (see infrmatin at the end f this dcument) well befre the applicatin deadline. The WUN Crdinatr will be able t prvide advice n the applicatin and will be able t assist in develping aspects f the bid. The WUN Crdinatr, alng with the lcal WUN Academic Advisry Grup (AAG) representative and a lcal WUN cmmittee will be respnsible fr reviewing, ranking and apprving applicatins at the university prir t submissin t WUN. A maximum f three submissins will be accepted frm each WUN member university, hwever a university may be invlved in any number f applicatins as a cinvestigatr. Applicatins alng with all accmpanying dcuments must be submitted by the WUN Crdinatr via t nhaskins@wun.ac.uk n later than 5pm GMT n Friday 30 Octber Applicatins that are incmplete r received after the clsing date will nt be cnsidered. Applicatins will be assessed and ranked by a selectin cmmittee made up f at least tw members f the WUN Academic Advisry Grup, the Chair f the relevant Glbal Challenge Steering Grup and the WUN Executive Directr. The utcmes f the WUN Research Develpment Fund will be disseminated befre 15 January 2016.

5 What are the financial and reprting bligatins? If successful, funding will be dependent n the applicant prviding evidence f the matched funding pledged in the applicatin frm thrugh the supply f fficial letters f supprt. Where an applicant is unable t prvide these fficial letters f supprt the WUN RDF grant will nt be awarded. Allcated funds will be depsited in GBP via bank transfer t the Principal Investigatr s nminated university accunt in February Awarded funding shuld be expended within 12 mnths. Any unspent funds at the cnclusin f the 12 mnth award perid may be recalled by WUN. Prjects awarded funding becme WUN research prjects and are required t submit annual reprts t WUN n an nging basis fr the life f the prject beynd the initial year f the grant. This reprting is essential in assisting WUN t track utcmes in rder t demnstrate prductivity, return n investment and bids fr subsequent grants. WUN will send a reminder and link t the nline survey annually. Awardees wh fail t submit satisfactry reprts will be ineligible t apply fr future WUN funding. If successful, hw des WUN expect t be acknwledged? Prjects awarded funding becme WUN research prjects and must credit WUN apprpriately, including the display f the WUN lg. Any publicatins resulting frm an RDF funded prject must acknwledge WUN as a funder. Principal Investigatrs are welcme and encuraged t participate in WUN initiatives and events as they arise, including the WUN Annual General Meeting, the WUN Annual Reprt, Glbal Challenge wrkshps etc. Further infrmatin The WUN Crdinatr at yur university Bjørn Erik Andersen Senir Adviser Divisin f Research Administratin Bergen T: E: Bjrn.Andersen@uib.n Lcal applicatin deadline Bergen: Friday 9 th Octber, 2015

6 Ghana Zhejiang University Cape Twn Chinese Hng Kng Sydney Western Australia Basel Auckland Bergen Alberta Maastricht University Pennsylvania State University Massachusetts Amherst Bristl Leeds Sheffield Rchester Suthamptn Yrk WUN hmepage: WUN prvides pprtunity fr UiB researchers t cllabrate with clleagues frm19 strng research universities spanning 5 cntinents n 4 Glbal Challenges: Respnding t Climate Change Public Health Understanding Cultures Glbal Higher Edcuatin and Research 1