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Grant 13/09: BCE, e-Content & Digitisation programmes: Developing community content

a.mcallister@jisc.ac.uk (avalonmcallister) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:13:16 GMT

JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to be funded jointly through its e-Content and Business and Community Engagement Programmes.

Strand I - Rapid user innovation

Enhancing existing digital resources with mechanisms and features to engage new external audiences, and to secure their active involvement online.

Total funds: £150,000. Up to 4 projects will be funded. Maximum funding for any one project is £50,000.

Eligibility: Proposals may be submitted from institutions funded via HEFCE, HEFCW, SFC, DEL Northern Ireland and by FE institutions funded via SFC, DCELLS Wales & DEL Northern Ireland and FE institutions in England that teach HE to more than 400 FTEs.

Strand II - Co-development of content

Building new digital collections, or transforming existing collections through genuine co-creation with specific external communities.

Total funds: £300,000. Up to 4 projects will be funded. Maximum funding for any one project is £100,000.

Eligibility: Proposals may be submitted from institutions funded via HEFCE, HEFCW, DCELLS Wales and FE institutions that teach HE to more than 400 FTEs.

The purpose of this call is twofold:

To enhance and evidence institutional engagement with the public and with specific communities (as identified by the institution) through digital content collections, for mutual benefit
It is intended to develop more strategic co-ordination between institutional digital collections and institutional business and community engagement and to enhance mutual awareness between the different staff involved

The outcomes of the demonstrator projects funded through this call are intended to enhance recognition among institutions and wider stakeholders of the value of digital collections as a powerful driver for community and public engagement, and increase capacity in the sector for community and public engagement through digital content.

The deadline for receipt of proposals for Strand I has now passed. The revised deadline for Strand II is 12 noon UK time on Monday 15 March 2010.

Projects in Strand I should run for 6 months and end in September 2010. Projects in Strand II should start by May 2010 and run for a maximum of 11 months and finish in March 2011.

A full version of the call can be found below.

JISC Grant Funding Call 2/10: Deposit of research outputs and Exposing digital content for education and research

l.smyth@jisc.ac.uk (laurasmyth) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:08:03 GMT

The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) invites institutions to submit proposals for projects in the area of the Information Environment.

Strand A - Deposit

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.

Total funds: £750,000. Up to 5 projects will be funded. Maximum funding for any one project is £300,000.

Strand B - Expose

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.

Total funds: £750,000. Up to 20 projects will be funded. Maximum funding for any one project is £100,000.

A Briefing Document is available alongside this call, which outlines key background and scope information to which bidders should refer.

The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12 noon UK time on Tuesday 20^th April 2010.

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.

Eligibility

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.

JISC Grant Funding 3/10: Distributed Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

j.stockford@jisc.ac.uk (jenniferstockford) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:53:52 GMT

The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to implement technical work to widen the range of functionality the virtual learning environment (VLE) can provide in an interoperable way so as to meet identified user needs.

Strand A: Technical rapid innovation projects

Technical rapid innovation projects will design and deliver light-weight solutions to one or more priority user needs by widening the range of functionality the VLE can provide in an interoperable way.

Projects for Strand A will be up to six months' duration and up to £30,000 is available per project. A total of up to five projects will receive funding. Funding is available for projects starting from 1 July 2010. Strand A projects must be complete by 31 December 2010.

Strand B: Institutional pilots

Institutional pilots will review their virtual learning environment and related systems to establish to what extent they meet the current and projected needs of the wide range of users in the institution and beyond, and implement technical work to widen the range of functionality the VLE can provide in an interoperable way.

Projects for Strand B will be up to 18 months' duration and up to £100,000 is available per project. A total of up to three projects will receive funding. Funding is available for projects starting from 1 July 2010. Strand B projects must be complete by 31 December 2011.

The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12:00 noon UK time on Wednesday 21 April 2010.

Eligibility

Proposals may be submitted by HE institutions funded via HEFCE, SFC, HEFCW and DEL Northern Ireland, and by FE institutions funded via SFC, DCELLS Wales and DEL Northern Ireland. FE institutions in England that teach HE to more than 400 FTEs are also eligible to bid provided proposals demonstrate how the work supports the HE in FE agenda.

Proposals may be from single institutions or consortia unless indicated otherwise in the relevant call. Partnership arrangements may be developed outside the sector (for example with research council sites, publishers, commercial suppliers), but the lead partner must meet the criteria outlined above. Funds can only be allocated through the lead partner.

Further information can be found in the full call document below.

JISC Grant Funding 14/09: Managing Research Data Programme

j.stockford@jisc.ac.uk (jenniferstockford) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:24:42 GMT

Due to the recent funding announcement (see news section of the web site ), the 14/09 Managing Research Data Programme Call (#jiscmrd) was previously frozen and is now released with some modifications.

The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects under two separate strands of the Managing Research Data Programme. JISC wishes to fund projects:

To demonstrate the innovative potential for research and scholarly communications of improving methods for citing, linking and integrating research data.
To explore innovative technical and organisational models for data publication by scoping and piloting enhanced publications for research data in the form of ‘data journals’, ‘overlay journals’, or similar.

Strand A: Citing, Linking and Integrating Research Data

Projects to demonstrate the innovative potential for research and scholarly communications of improving methods for citing, linking and integrating research data.

Total funds: up to £120,000 available per project and up to 10 projects will be funded. Projects will last up to 12 months’ duration.

Strand B: Innovative Publications for Research Data

Projects to explore innovative technical and organisational models for data publication by scoping and piloting enhanced publications for research data.

Total funds: up to £200,000 available per project and up to 4 projects will be funded. Projects will last up to 12 months’ duration.

Total funds for both strands: £1,000,000. JISC intends to allocate roughly £600,000 to Strand A and up to £400,000 to Strand B. However, should either strand attract an oversubscription of particularly strong bids, adjustments in the distribution of funding between strands may be made to reflect this.

The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12:00 noon UK time on Tuesday, 25 May 2010.

Funding is available for projects starting from 1 August 2010 for any duration up to 12 months. All projects must complete by 31 July 2011.

Eligibility

Proposals may be submitted by Higher Education (HE) Institutions funded by HEFCE or HEFCW. HE and FE institutions in Northern Ireland and Scotland and FE institutions in England and Wales are not eligible to bid but may be involved as partners in proposals led by HE institutions funded by HEFCE or HEFCW.

Proposals may be from single institutions or consortia. Partnership arrangements may be developed outside the sector (for example with research council sites, publishers, commercial suppliers), but the lead partner must meet the criteria outlined above. Funds can only be allocated through the lead partner.

Briefing Day

The JISC is holding a community briefing event where potential bidders will be given information about the background to the call, its objectives and the bidding process. Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask questions of JISC executive staff and relevant JISC committee members. This meeting will take place in the week commencing Monday, 19 April. Further information and an online booking form will be made available shortly.

Please use this tag for discussions of the call on Twitter: #jiscmrd (i.e. JISC Managing Research Data).

Further information can be found in the full call document below.

Access to Scholarly Content: Gaps and Barriers

l.smyth@jisc.ac.uk (laurasmyth) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:42:38 GMT

The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and Research Information Network (RIN) invites proposals to investigate and quantify the extent to which members of different communities in the UK can gain ready access to formally-published scholarly literature, in particular journal articles and conference proceedings; and to identify priorities in filling gaps and overcoming barriers to access, and actions that might be taken to that end.

As the RIN is hosted by the British Library, the tender will be conducted electronically on the BL's e-tendering portal, found at www.bl.bravosolutions.co.uk. Click on the 'view current opportunities and notices' link on the home page to access further details. If you are not already registered with the tendering service, you will need to do so by using the 'click here to register' link.

Funding of up to £60,000, including expenses but excluding VAT, will be available for this project.

The deadline for responses is noon on Wednesday 17 March 2010.

JISC Grant Funding 1/10: Access to Resources and Open Innovation

a.mcallister@jisc.ac.uk (avalonmcallister) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:46:08 GMT

JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects that will demonstrate good practice in access to resources for external parties (Strand 1) and open innovation (Strand II), as part of its Business and Community Engagement Programme.

Strand 1 – Access to Resources

Demonstrator projects of locally-based and collaborative integrated service models, which will provide information and knowledge services to external business and community parties.

Total funds: £450,000. Up to 5 projects will be funded. Maximum funding for any one project is £100,000.

Strand II – Open Innovation

Pilot projects in online open innovation, which will open up institutional ideas and services for co-development with collaborating business and community external user groups.

Total funds: £350,000. Up to 4 projects will be funded. Maximum funding for any one project is £100,000.

The call has a dual purpose to:

enhance the institutional role in facilitating and generating innovation, by exploiting online media and extending institutions’ business and community engagement services through innovative partnership and collaborative models.
improve access to information and knowledge resources, and development opportunities, for external parties.

Projects in both strands should start by the end of June 2010 and run for 12 months.

The deadline for receipt of proposals is 12 noon UK time on 19 April 2010.

Eligibility: Proposals may be submitted by HE institutions funded via HEFCE, SFC, HEFCW and DEL Northern Ireland, and by FE institutions funded via SFC, DCELLS Wales and DEL Northern Ireland. FE institutions in England that teach HE to more than 400 FTEs are also eligible to bid provided proposals demonstrate how the work supports the HE in FE agenda.

Institutions can only bid for either Strand I access to resources demonstrators, or Strand II open innovation pilots. They must not submit more than one bid. This is intended to maximise the success of the projects and the institutional focus of commitment.

Circular 4/08: Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants

j.stockford@jisc.ac.uk (jenniferstockford) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:34:33 GMT

Circular 4/08: Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants

JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to undertake work under the fifth round of its Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants Programme.

JISC wishes to fund one year projects and activities that fit with the vision, outcomes and principles of the JISC e-Learning programme and support innovative approaches to learning and teaching. This is an open call, and projects dealing with any aspect of e-learning are welcomed. To reduce the initial investment in time and resource needed to develop a traditional JISC proposal and to encourage speculative and innovative ideas from the community bidders are invited to submit outline proposals.

As with the last round, these outline proposals must be submitted via email. The short form of these initial bids has also been retained and we will be strictly enforcing word limits and content restrictions. Please read the guidance and template in full - bids outside of the required parameters will NOT be assessed.

JISC have run four previous rounds of the Learning and Teaching Innovation Grant funding opportunity in May 2008, August 2008, January 2009 and July 2009. In total, the programme has supported 14 projects.

Bids should be submitted to ELEARNING-BIDS@JISC.AC.UK, using the template provided. Letters of support will not be required at this stage.

Funds of up to £50,000 for projects of one year duration are available. JISC has committed at least £1,000,000 for this activity over the life of this programme which commenced in May 2008.

Eligibility

Please note: The lead institution may only submit one proposal per assessment point.

The next deadline for submissions is 12 noon UK time on 19 April 2010.

JISC ITT: Promoting Researcher Engagement with Web Archives

a.mcallister@jisc.ac.uk (avalonmcallister) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:08:41 GMT

JISC invites tenders to undertake a study that describes and examines the current provision of tools, services and processes (in conjunction with relevant content) that enable researchers from a variety of academic, cultural and commercial domains to effectively engage with, and exploit, the value of web archives.

The dual aim of the work is to promote the use of web archives to researchers and to examine where future funding might usefully be directed in order to most effectively augment the value of web archives for this diverse user community.

Total funding of up to £30,000 (including VAT at the prevailing rate, travel and subsistence) is available for this work.

The deadline for proposals is 12 noon UK time on Tuesday 23^rd March 2010.

It is envisaged that bidders will be notified of the outcome of the evaluation process in the week commencing 5^th April 2010. Work should begin no later than 19th April 2010. The deadline for final deliverables is 30th July 2010.

ITT: JISC programme and document repository business process and repository metadata definition

k.down@jisc.ac.uk (kerrydown) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:24:29 GMT

The JISC Executive wishes to procure business analysis services to:

Analyse the current business processes that will be affected by the introduction of a JISC repository, and identify what revised/new business processes are required to successfully embed the use of the JISC repository into JISC business processes
Identify the required metadata to be captured by the JISC repository with deposits, to distinguish between mandatory and optional metadata and to identify the metadata structure that is required for the JISC repository implementation i.e. identify a metadata schema for the JISC repository

The deadline for proposals is 12 noon on Friday 19 March 2010.

It is envisaged that a second phase for short-listed bidders will be required. This will involve a face-to-face interview. Bidders will be notified of the outcome of the first phase of the evaluation process in week commencing Monday 29 March 2010.

It is expected that interviews for short listed bidders will be conducted between 6 and 9 April 2010. It is likely that any interview process will include an interview with the project board during this period.

The successful bidder will be expected to start work on or around Monday 12 April 2010 (indicative date).

The deliverables are expected to be delivered on or before Friday 2 July 2010

The contract may lead to some additional related work for the successful bidder, if appropriate.

Download the full invitation to tender below