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Dear All,

You may already have been forewarned about the next funding body visit that has been organised by the Planning and Research Office. This is a reminder that on Monday 10th November 2003, Miss Anne Harrop from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation will be running an information session for researchers from 12.30pm to 2.30pm in the Iris Murdoch Building Seminar Rooms 1&2, and all researchers are very welcome to attend. The session will look at funding opportunities with the Foundation, discuss the Foundation's research priorities and review processes, and include tips on what makes for a successful proposal. A sandwich lunch will be provided so it is essential that you book a place if you are interested in coming along. Contact Sylvia Barnes in the Planning & Research Office on ext 7041 or email sb18@stir.ac.uk

BACKGROUND ON JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is one of the largest independent social policy research and development charities in the UK. It supports a wide programme of research and development projects in housing, social care and social policy, allocating around £7 million a year to its R&D Programme. Housing and deprivation are key central research themes for the Foundation, funded through the Housing & Neighbourhoods Committee (HANC) and the Poverty & Disadvantage Committee (PAD). However the Foundation also has a series of time-limited committees that focus on particular research programmes for a set length of time, the Drug & Alcohol Research Committee being the first of such Single Programme Committees (SPCs). Further SPC's are being considered on the following themes: Differences in Parenting - the implications for supporting parents and promoting the wellbeing of children; Independent Living - approaches to achieve choice and control for disabled people, older people and other groups; Governance for Public Services; and Refugees (Immigration and Inclusion). For more info on their current research priorities, see http://www.jrf.org.uk/funding/overview/overview.htm . Also, it is worth taking a look at the current projects funded by the Foundation to get a feel for the sorts of research they have recently supported (see http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/wip/ and search under all programmes) which has included research of relevance primarily to the departments of Applied Social Sciences, but also bearing relevance to certain areas of Education, Psychology, Management and Organisation, Marketing and Economics. The following is a guide to what sort of projects they would expect to fund: -If it is a new area of work they would support research projects which would help to define or redefine problems or issues. -If these are already clear, they would expect to fund projects assessing `what works'. This could encompass evaluations of existing services or demonstration projects testing new ideas; such projects would be expected to incorporate a strong monitoring and evaluation component. -If there is evidence, from these projects or elsewhere, of the success of particular interventions, the Foundation would wish to support work aimed at developing and extending this good practice. The Foundation does not generally support: -projects outside the topics within its current priorities; -development projects which are not innovative; -development projects from which no general lessons can be drawn; -general appeals, for example, from national charities; -core or revenue funding, including grants for buildings or equipment; -conferences and other events, websites or publications unless they are linked with work which the Foundation is already supporting; -grants to replace withdrawn or expired statutory funding, or to make up deficits already incurred; -educational bursaries or sponsorship for individuals for research or further education and training courses; -grants or sponsorship for individuals in need; Stirling University's record with JRF So far, only the Department of Applied Social Sciences has been successful in securing funds from the Foundation (£340,208 since 1998) however we hope to extend this success to other departments who have been applying to the Foundation unsuccessfully over the years, and will be looking for plenty of tips from Anne Harrop during her visit. Hope to see you there. Best Wishes Julia ************************************************************************** **** Julia Campbell Research Funding Officer (jobshare with Claire Jones) Planning & Research Office Room 3B1 Cottrell Building Ext 6690 Fax 6688 Email: jec3@stir.ac.uk Julia's hours of work: Tues all day, Wed am, Friday all day Claire's hours of work: Mon all day, Wed pm, Thurs all day ************************************************************************** **