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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The
Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) invites institutions to submit
funding proposals for projects under two separate strands of the Information
Environment programme:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Strand
A - Deposit</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ensuring
take-up of solutions that enable and encourage author deposit of Open Access
research outputs into repositories by embedding deposit into research or
related practice.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Total
funds: £750,000. Up to 5 projects will be funded. Maximum funding for any one
project is £300,000.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Strand
B - Expose</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Projects
that enable content to be made available on the Web using structured data, in
particular linked data which increases its potential value to researchers,
teachers and learners.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Total
funds: £750,000. Up to 20 projects will be funded. Maximum funding for any
one project is £100,000.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">A
Briefing Document is available alongside this call, which outlines key
background and scope information to which bidders should refer. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The
deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is <b>12 noon UK
time on</b> <b>Tuesday 20</b></span><b><sup><span style="font-size:7.5pt">th</span></sup></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> April 2010</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Bidders
may submit proposals for more than one strand of this call. However each strand
must be addressed in a SEPARATE bid with appropriate references to the related
bid(s), identifying where there would be economies of scale and added value if
more than one bid were funded. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Eligibility
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Proposals
may be submitted by Higher Education (HE) Institutions funded by HEFCE or
HEFCW. FE institutions in England that teach HE to more than 400 FTEs are also
eligible to bid provided proposals demonstrate work that supports the HE in FE
agenda. HE and FE institutions in Northern Ireland and Scotland and FE
institutions in Wales are not eligible to bid but may be involved as partners
in proposals led by HE institutions funded by HEFCE or HEFCW or FE institutions
in England which meet the criteria outlined above. Bids involving Welsh
institutions should address one or more of the priorities outlined in ‘One
Wales’, the Welsh Assembly Government's progressive agenda for Wales. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Further
information can be found <a href="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2010/03/210depositexpose.aspx" target="_blank">here</a> </span></p></div>
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Wishes</span></p>
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