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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">***apologies if you receive this more than once***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ESRC Explore People’s Relationships with Digital Technologies – NetworkPlus Call<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ESRC are looking to fund a ‘NetworkPlus’ looking at the relationships that people have with technology.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Full information is in the link below. Headlines: <o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The call will open in <b>November<s><o:p></o:p></s></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">ESRC will fund one network nationally, for up to £5M<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">If we bid it would be to show leadership in the field and coordinate things nationally – this would not be £5M research funding for UoS<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The network should be cross- and inter-disciplinary, but must be social science led, and at least 50% ESRC remit<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Proposals will be able to involve co-investigators from business, policy, international institutions and the public sector<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">We would probably wish to include collaborators from across the UK<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">A NetworkPlus is an investment to bring people together, and identify research challenges. It would be able to:<o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">Organise events<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">Run scoping workshops<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">Deliver communications<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">Support seed-corn funding<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you are interested in this call, please contact the Research Funding team in RIS (<a href="mailto:funding@soton.ac.uk">funding@soton.ac.uk</a>) by
<b>12<sup>th</sup> October</b>. Please indicate your research area/interests, and whether you would be keen to lead or support an application from UoS. If you have links to partners that may be relevant to this call please include that information. We will
look to hold a meeting for interested parties in due course.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The pre-announcement can be found here:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukri.org%2Fopportunity%2Fexplore-peoples-relationships-with-digital-technologies%2F&data=04%7C01%7Csdd1%40soton.ac.uk%7Ccec4183d689f44c96ffe08d981a313c8%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637683359667803638%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=iT6wRGxRhnWz5yFBSTXI%2FwZv0BaMjv%2B0Opaer8Fi4Qg%3D&reserved=0">Pre-announcement:
explore people’s relationships with digital technologies – UKRI</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Jon Williams (he/him)</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Research Funding Manager – EPSRC, ESRC, RAEng, STFC</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Research and Innovation Services</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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