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STFC: Support for short courses and summer schools
Added date
21/07/2022
Closing date
24/10/2022
Call summary
The Science and Technology Facilities Council invites applications for its support for short courses and summer schools. This enables organisations to hold short courses, summer schools and online training resources in science or technology. Courses or schools must be aimed primarily at STFC-funded PhD students and cover core research activity supported by the STFC studentships programme, including astronomy, solar and planetary science, particle astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, accelerator science, and nuclear physics. Courses of a specialist technical nature are not supported. The total budget is worth approximately £523,000. Organisers should aim to keep the cost per student below £150 per day. However, some consideration will be made for overheads where the cost may exceed this figure, where specific justifications are provided. Up to £500 is available for management fees. Lecturer fee are worth a maximum of £170 per day or £85 per half day, as appropriate. The maximum for any social excursion or conference dinner is £50 per student, or £60 in London. A total of £1,500, or five per cent of the total cost, whichever is least, is available for contingency.
Scientific scope
Nuclear Physics; Particle Physics; Universe Sciences
PI eligibility
STFC-accredited UK university or research organisation eligible for STFC funding may apply. Ernest Rutherford Fellows are expected to participate as lecturers or tutors. UK Research and Innovation Future Leader Fellows in the STFC remit may also act as lecturers or tutors. Organisers of a school are required to ensure that the arrangements for the school comply with the STFC equality scheme.