[Graduate-research-list] Excerpts from Research Funding Bulletin 152

[Natalie Bradshaw]

Dear All,

Please find below excerpts from the latest Research Funding Bulletin
(available on the intranet at
http://intranet.stir.ac.uk/Research/research_support/resnews.htm) which may
be of interest to you.

For ease of reference, excerpts with a G prefix are General Opportunities of
possible interest to all, and ones with A, H, M or N prefixes may of be
particular relevance to students of the Arts, Human science, Management or
Natural science Faculties, as appropriate.

G7)	BC China Studies
A9)	Wellcome History of Medicine Project Grants
N2)	Scottish Marine Science Bursaries
N4)	Wainwright Near East Archaeology Fund


G7)	BC China Studies
Deadline: 30 September 2003

The British Council invites applications for its China studies grants to
foster academic links between the UK and China and to support research
studying contemporary China.  Grants may be for research, study visits to
China or research visits to the UK by Chinese academics. 
Eligible fields include: social sciences; science and technology; education
economic reforms; contemporary law; governance, human rights and legal
reform processes; creative industries. 
Grants are between £1,000 and £7,500.  

Contact: An Xiaodan, Project Offices, Cultural and Education Section,
British Embassy, 4/F Landmark Building Tower 1, 8 Dongsanhuan Beilu, Beijing
100004.  
Tel: +86 10 6590 6903-ext.253.  Fax: +86 10 6590 0977.  
Email: an.xiaodan at britishcouncil.org.cn.
Web <http://www.britishcouncil.org.cn/english/cf-grantscheme.htm>

A9)	Wellcome History of Medicine Project Grants
Deadline: preliminary applications due 17 October; full applications due 1
December 2003

The Wellcome Trust invites applications for its history of medicine project
grants.  This scheme may provide funding for projects or research programmes
of established members of academic staff, or it can provide postdoctoral
experience for young researchers or encourage the establishment of research
programmes by newly appointed university staff members.  Applicants must
hold an established academic post in a British, Irish or Dutch university or
other institution of higher education.  Grants usually last three years. 

Contact: Grants Section (History of Medicine), Wellcome Trust, 183 Euston
Rd, London NW1 2BE.  Tel: 020 7611 7202.  Fax: 020 76118254.  Email:
hom at wellcome.ac.uk
Web <http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/homgrapro.html>

N2)	Scottish Marine Science Bursaries
Deadline: 30 August 2003

The Scottish Association for Marine Science invites applications for its
bursaries for research in marine science relevant to Scotland.  Funding is
of up to £1,000.  Applicants must be or become members.

Contact: A Miller, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage
Marine Laboratory, Dunbeg, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA4.  
Tel: 01631 559000.  Fax: 01631 559001.  Email: aham at dml.ac.uk.
Web http://www.sams.ac.uk/bursarie.html

N4)	Wainwright Near East Archaeology Fund
Deadline: 1 October 2003

The Faculty of Oriental Studies of the University of Oxford invites
applications for grants under the Gerald Averay Wainwright Near Eastern
Archaeological Fund.  This fund supports the study of non-classical
archaeology and general history as deduced from comparative archaeology of
the following countries: Asia Minor, Armenia, Caucasia, Persia, Mesopotamia,
Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, the Sudan to West Africa, the
Sahara, Cyrenaica, Tripoli and its islands, Algeria, Morocco, with
preference given to the first nine. 
Applicants should be UK residents.  

Contact: J Brown, Gerald Averay WainwrightNear Eastern Archaeological Fund,
Life and Environmental Sciences Divisional Office, Oxford OX1 3UB.  
Tel: 01865 282464.  Email: judith.brown at admin.ox.ac.uk.
Web http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/general/grants.shtml - TGAWNEAF
<http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/general/grants.shtml>

Best wishes,

Natalie Bradshaw
Research Services Officer

Planning & Research Office, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA
01786 466691
natalie.bradshaw at stir.ac.uk