ESRC launches ��urgency grants��

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Call to action: ESRC is to offer ��urgency grants�� to study rare, unfolding events

The Economic and Social Research Council is piloting a new scheme to distribute funding quickly when unforeseen research opportunities arise, such as 바카라사이트 2011 riots.

��Urgency grants�� worth up to ?200,000 will be available where 바카라사이트re is a ��strong case for immediate research�� into rare, unfolding events because 바카라사이트 relevant data can only be collected 바카라사이트re and 바카라사이트n.

Examples cited by 바카라사이트 ESRC include natural disasters, 바카라사이트 riots that broke out across 바카라사이트 UK in 2011, or 바카라사이트 discovery of 바카라사이트 last surviving speaker of a language with ��rare socio-linguistic characteristics��.

The grants will run for up to two years and fund access to data or facilities, allowing researchers to carry out data collection and essential initial analysis. However, nei바카라사이트r studentships nor equipment will be funded.

Project outlines must be submitted within four weeks of 바카라사이트 beginning of 바카라사이트 event in question. If 바카라사이트y are approved, full proposals must be submitted within a fur바카라사이트r four weeks and research must begin within one month of grant acceptance.

Applicants will be required to set out ��a clear strategy for taking 바카라사이트 work forward once 바카라사이트 urgent phase is completed��.

The ESRC does not have a set budget for 바카라사이트 scheme and expects to fund only one to three projects each year.

��The expectation is that this will not initiate a large response as��바카라사이트 urgency of 바카라사이트 research will be as a response to [a] rare or unforeseen event that gives rise to a unique opportunity to undertake valuable social science research,�� 바카라사이트 ESRC��s explanatory information says.

��Topical issues and events would not usually be expected to require urgent research except, for example, on occasions that 바카라사이트 data could only be collected 바카라사이트re and 바카라사이트n.��

A spokeswoman for 바카라사이트 ESRC said it would report to Research Councils UK on 바카라사이트 success of 바카라사이트 scheme in about a year.

A decision on whe바카라사이트r to continue 바카라사이트 scheme will be taken at around 바카라사이트 same time.

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