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2010 Spending Review
Context
Outcome:Flat cash (capital)Internal allocations even-handedQR maintainedRing-fence
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Adrian Smith consultation on research needs
British Academy submission:
Focus on Excellence Develop a long term framework for research Maintain diversity and breadth in funding Maintain balance between QR and project funding Examine distribution of non-QR research funding Encourage international networks and collaboration Invest in the most talented researchers
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Academies role: Support for the most capable academics
Links with the best researchers overseas Source of authoritative, impartial advice Support for public engagement with research.
British Academy: Smaller budget than RCs (some 25m) Niche; distinctive and complementary Hums & Soc Sciences; post-doctoral Distinguished Fellowship
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Individuals 16,256m
International 6.66m
Excellence and Engagement
1.3m
Languages and Quantitative
Skills 0.95m
British Academy allocation (2011-12)
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Early Career (Postdoctoral
Fellowships) 10.169m
Mid-Career (MC Fellowships)
2.28m
Sunsetting old schemes (SGs,
CGs, BARDAs) 2.9m
Newton International
Fellowships 1.408m
International partnerships andmobility 1.1m
Support for individuals (16.25m)
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Support for individuals:
Postdoctoral fellowships (3 years, c 50) Early career (within 3 years of doctorate)
Mid-Career Fellowships (1 year, c 35)
Mid-career (research and communication)
Newton International Fellowships (2 years, c12)
Early career: for overseas scholars
To be phased out:
Small Research Grants
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International
Represent UK researchers
Build links, create opportunities: Focus on Latin America & the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle
East, China, South and South-East Asia
New international Partnerships and Mobility scheme:scholarly linkages; short visits.
6 overseas research institutes, with premises in Ankara,Athens, Nairobi, Tehran, Rome, Amman
New access arrangement through a European consortium to23 field centres across Asia
Newton International Fellowships: attract the best
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Excellence and Engagement
Communicating the value of research:
Events programme: lectures, discussions,workshops, conferences
Publications: monographs, BA Review.
Kitemarking excellence: Election to the Fellowship
Prizes and medals (new: Presidents medal)
40 long-term infrastructural projects recognised
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Authoritative and impartial advice
BA Policy Centre (AHRC and ESRC support)
Public policy: shedding lightE.g. Family, Electoral systems, Cultural Heritage
HE policy: research funding and context:
E.g. SR submission, REF, language learning
BA Policy Forums
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Languages and Quantitative Skills
New programme: 5m over 4 years, to helpstrengthen skills in theses areas, esp in research
3 strands:
Fellowships (exemplary, champion, acquisition) Partnership awards
Promotional activity: policy studies, events,communications, prizes
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Academy focus: Fellowship schemes for the very best academics, at early and
mid-career level (post-doctoral)
Phasing out project awards (incl. small grants)
Developing international leadership
Public and policy engagement (esp. on HE issues)
Working together: Health of disciplines (also HEFCE on vulnerable subjects)
Languages and quantitative skills
Public policy engagement
National Strategic Forum on the Social Sciences
Forum for Learned Societies in H&SS
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