Funding posts – Urban Transformations

GCRF Secondary Data Analysis Initiative highlight notice

Funding calls

Due date: 15 July 2016

We are pleased to announce a Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (SDAI) highlight call as part of its contribution to the new Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). GCRF is a £1.5 billion fund to support cutting-edge research…

ESRC Future Cities Catapult Partnership Mid-career Fellowship

Funding calls

Due date: 20 Mar 2016

The ESRC is developing a wide ranging agenda for research and knowledge exchange in the area of Cities and Urban Transformations. This is to critically assess and understand the impact and significance of cities research and…

ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF)

Funding calls

Due date: Pre-proposal deadline: 15 March 2016; Full proposal deadline: 20 Sep 2016

JPI Urban Europe’s fourth call – the ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF) – supported by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme, is now open for pre-proposals. Three call topics are defined: Concepts and…

The Re-Making of Chinese Urban Neighbourhoods: Socio-Spatial Transformation and Access to Public Services

Grants

Funded period: 01/16 - 12/18

The Re-Making of Chinese Urban Neighbourhoods: Socio-Spatial Transformation and Access to Public Services explores the ways cities are being reconfigured by these forces, with Chengdu, Hangzhou and Tianjin as case studies.Using the neighbourhood as the lens…

Eco-Urbanisation: Promoting Sustainable Development in Metropolitan Regions of China

Grants

Funded period: 01/16 - 12/18

Eco-Urbanisation: Promoting Sustainable Development in Metropolitan Regions of China seeks to extend current knowledge on the connections between urbanisation, resource use and the environment. Focusing on the case study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region, the study…

Strategic Network: Data and Cities as Complex Adaptive Systems (DACAS)

Grants

Funded period: 12/15 - 12/16

Strategic Network: Data and Cities as Complex Adaptive Systems (DACAS) seeks to promote a more holistic approach through the integration of a wide range of data sources.By bringing together an international group of researchers from a…

Mental Health, Migration and the Chinese Mega-City

Grants

Funded period: 01/16 - 12/18

Mental health, Migration and the Chinese Mega-city looks at the complex issues facing migration populations in Shanghai, in particular access to public services, and their implications for mental wellbeing. Drawing on a review of the existing…

Urban Living Partnership – pilot phase

Funding calls

Due date: 26 November 2015 (with final applications by 21 January 2016)

The Urban Living Partnership brings together all seven Research Councils and Innovate UK to promote integrated research and innovation to address the challenges faced by urban areas in the UK and to help them realise their…

Internet of Things Cities Demonstrator

Funding calls

Due date: 23rd September 2015

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is to invest up to £10 million* in a single collaborative R&D project to demonstrate the capability of the Internet of Things (IoT) in a city region. This…

The Urban Politics and Governance of Social Innovation in Austerity

Grants

Funded period: 01/16 – 01/19

A comparative study of the ongoing effects of austerity in Athens, Berlin and Newcastle, with a focus on the roles of alternative finance, grassroots mobilisation and community provisioning in meeting the needs of citizens.