I'm flagging this as just possibly something where OKF could make a serious contribution. It won't be easy - I am part of a chemistry Grand Challenge and there is relatively little funding though there are workshops, sandpits, etc.. My eligibility for this is on the edge but if anyone really felt that OKF could make a contribution I'd be happy to see if I could apply for the meeting. I'd see a mixture of Open Transport info, Where does my money go, clever mashups, Open Bibliography and who knows what else. If there's anyone in OKF who is elegible to apply for EPSRC funding then I'm happy to hand over.
It is likely to be highly competitive. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- *TRANSPORT GRAND CHALLENGE: TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR, HABITS AND PRACTICE* *Applications DEADLINE: **16:00 on 18 Aug 2010* *Event venue: **06 – 10 December 2010**; event venue to be confirmed* This is a call for Participants in a five-day sandpit which will focus upon determinants and incentives for changing travel behaviour, habits and practice in order to better understand how we can move toward increased use of lower carbon transport. The sandpit is an intensive, interactive and free-thinking environment, where a diverse group of participants from a range of disciplines and backgrounds get together for five days – away from their everyday worlds – to immerse themselves in collaborative thinking processes in order to construct innovative approaches. *SCOPE*: It is envisaged that proposals generated from this sandpit will: - Increase adoption of sustainable modes and lower carbon travel choices (including public transport and walking/cycling). - Reduce energy consumption and emissions from the transport sector. - Allow economic stability and continued economic growth. - Maintain / Improve quality of life. Applications are encouraged from diverse research areas across engineering, physical sciences, life sciences, the social sciences and the arts and humanities. The involvement of researchers from other fields, such as, for example, philosophy, sociology and history is essential to ensure that scientific research develops in a societal framework and that any ethical, legal and societal issues that are raised are fully explored as the area develops. *FUNDING*: It should be noted that all accommodation, refreshments, breakfast, lunch and dinner costs will be met by EPSRC. *THE **EVENT*: The sandpit will run over five days starting mid-morning on day one and finishing mid-afternoon on day five. Participants will build up thoughts on how the identified ‘challenges’ may be addressed and develop their innovative ideas and activities into research projects, which contain genuinely novel and speculative investigations that address new approaches to changing travel behaviour, habits and practise. The process can be broken down into several stages: - Defining the scope of the challenges. - Evolving common languages and terminologies amongst people from a diverse range of backgrounds and disciplines. - Sharing understandings of the challenges, and the expertise brought by the participants to the sandpit. - Taking part in break-out sessions focused on the challenges, using creative thinking techniques. - Capturing the outputs in the form of highly innovative research projects. - A funding decision on those projects at the sandpit using “real-time” peer review. *PARTICIPANTS*: The sandpit is sponsored by the Research Councils’ Energy programme. As such, anyone eligible to apply for funding from Research Councils UK can apply. The sandpit is expected to involve 20-25 participants. Participants are welcomed at any stage of their research career. *PROPOSALS*: Following the sandpit, investigators involved in those projects recommended for funding will be tasked with writing a full proposal covering their intended activities as identified at the sandpit. The deadline for submission of full proposals is expected week commencing 6 February 2011. £3 million has been allocated to fund collaborative research projects arising from the sandpit. *APPLICATION PROCEDURE*: Applications are invited from individual academic researchers who can contribute to the sandpit and resulting research projects. Applicants should complete the short Expression of Interest (EoI) form, available at* http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Calls/2010/EOI-TransportGrandChallengeTravelBehaviour.pdf *<http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Calls/2010/EOI-TransportGrandChallengeTravelBehaviour.pdf>, and submit it electronically to *[email protected]* <[email protected]> by * 16:00** on **18 Aug 2010*. *CONTACT*: Nick Cook, EPSRC Portfolio Manager, tel 01793 44 4282, email * [email protected]* <[email protected]>. ********************************** *FURTHER INFORMATION*: - Call web page at * http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/open/travelbehaviour/Pages/default.aspx *<http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/open/travelbehaviour/Pages/default.aspx> - Details of the call at * http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Calls/2010/TransportGrandChallengeTravelBehaviour.pdf *<http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Calls/2010/TransportGrandChallengeTravelBehaviour.pdf> ________________ -- Peter Murray-Rust Reader in Molecular Informatics Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry University of Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK +44-1223-763069
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