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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">***apologies if you receive this more than once***<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><b><span style="color:black">WSI Research Collaboration Stimulus Fund 2020-21</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
The </span><a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/index.page?">Web Science Institute</a><span style="color:black"> has been granted an £80,000
<a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/research/research_collaboration_stimulus_fund.page">
Research and Collaboration Stimulus Fund</a> for </span>2020-21.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt">The focus of the Fund is on facilitating research collaborations
<b>that engage with non-academic partners</b>. The Fund aims to stimulate and pump-prime interdisciplinary research activity across Faculties that will ultimately lead to collaborations and the development of full research grant or contracts proposals with
non-academic partners. Projects arising will be externally-funded either directly, or the collaboration with the non-academic partner(s) will be leveraged through public funding sources, either national or international.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><b>Funding:</b>
<br>
Successful projects will be awarded funding normally within the range of £5k to £15k.<span style="color:black"> Projects may start from
</span>1 December 2020. <span style="color:black">All expenditure must be completed by<b>
</b>31 July 202</span>1<span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><b>Application deadline:</b> Friday 6 November 2020<span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><b>Project criteria:<br>
</b>The <span style="color:black">research projects should fulfil the following criteria:</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Involve collaboration between disciplines, and applications that are cross-Faculty will be strongly favoured</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Facilitate research collaborations and engagement with
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">non-academic partners<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Lead to the development of full research grant or contracts proposals with
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">non-academic <span style="color:black">
partners<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Knowledge of and commitment to Web Science, Data Science and/or AI for Future Society<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Applications are particularly encouraged in one or more of the following themes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Alignment with one of the following themes:<span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:90.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Security and AI (risk, trust, governance)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Making Smart Fair (ethics, inclusion, diversity)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:90.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>AI and Social Transformation (data for public good)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:90.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Health and Wellbeing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:90.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>The New Knowledge Economy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:90.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Smart Cities, Intelligent Communities<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:90.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Web, AI and Public Deliberation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt">If you have an idea which falls outside of these themes, please contact us for further guidance.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">You can find a link to previously funded projects
</span><a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/research/research_collaboration_stimulus_fund.page"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">here</span></a><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">How to apply:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We welcome applications from staff in any Faculty at the University of Southampton,
</span>particularly from disciplines that are under-represented. Please see the attached application form, which includes guidelines on submitting proposals and conditions of funding.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Applications should be submitted <b>
electronically in PDF format to </b></span><b>Alison Tebbutt (</b><a href="mailto:amt4@soton.ac.uk"><b>amt4@soton.ac.uk</b></a><b> )<span style="color:black"> by 5pm
</span>on Friday 6 November 2020. <span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Final funding decisions will be made within two weeks of the closing date.
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alison<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alison Tebbutt<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Programme Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CDT in Web Science Innovation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Web Science Institute<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">B32, Room 3057<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Highfield Campus<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:amt4@soton.ac.uk"><span style="color:blue">amt4@soton.ac.uk</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi"><span lang="FR" style="color:blue">www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><span lang="FR" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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