Cities Programme Stockholm: 2022 Call for Collaborative Research Proposals

UCL, Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University

2022 Call for Collaborative Research Proposals (closing 14 November 2022)
Summary of call

The Cities Partnerships Programme Stockholm, comprising UCL and the Stockholm Trio of Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology & Stockholm University (KI, KTH & SU), announces a new round of joint research funding to continue to support collaborative research projects and to build on the existing partnerships between the three institutions. The aim of the fund is to catalyze new collaborations and in the longer term to build international teams who are well positioned to apply for external research funding.

With these funds, and a workshop hosted in Stockholm in late March, the Programme intends to develop collaborations in five key research areas:

·       Social and/or institutional aspects of climate action e.g. inequalities, public and/or market engagement, technology and behaviour, relationship with rights, regulations, law, etc.

·       Public health and mental health in climate adapting cities e.g. climate-health governance, individual/ social wellbeing, etc.

·       Digitalisation of climate change and/or health in cities e.g. the role of Big Data, Metaverse, AI, etc.

·       Housing e.g. affordability, supply, noise pollution, allergens in the living environments, access to green spaces, housing for young people, green gentrification, social segregation, etc.

·       Urban safety and security e.g. urban crime, terrorism or warfare in the city, unsafe urban mobility, environmental and health disasters, etc.

This call gives an opportunity for academics to engage in the above-mentioned emerging networks, which are being actively developed between London and Stockholm. However, the fund is open to all areas and we encourage applicants from any discipline to submit collaborative proposals.

Proposals will be assessed and recommended for selection by a panel composed of academic staff from all four universities, starting with each university taking the lead on assessment and recommendation of its own proposals.

The call particularly welcomes proposals involving UCL and multiple institutions in the Stockholm Trio, in recognition of the quality and depth of collaboration between the universities (though the panel recognizes that some excellent projects will need to draw on scholars from UCL and a single Stockholm university, and will welcome such applications).

For UCL, these funds are offered as part of the wider portfolio of Research, Innovation and Global Engagement (RIGE) funding streams.

How to apply

1) Applicants are invited to submit their proposals on behalf of their project team via this application portal.

2) A brief summary of the principal participants and the summary project details are required.

3) The detailed project outline should be submitted via a Word document upload. A template project form can be found here. This must be submitted via this portal in Section 4.

4) Proposals will be assessed and recommended for selection by a panel composed of academic staff from all 4 partners

5) For UCL costs, successful recipients will receive funds using the internal transfer process known as 'journal transfer' (JT). UCL Global Engagement will request a PTAE code for this transfer in the award notification email. Costs within partner universities will be disbursed in the usual manner.

Key dates

Deadline for application: Monday 14 November 2022 (22h59 UK time, 23h59 Swedish time)

Decisions communicated to applicants on or before: mid December 2022
Section 1: About the Project
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Section 2: About the Project Team
A. UCL Applicant Information

Criteria:
Each proposal MUST include a Co-I from UCL and at least one Co-I from KI, KTH or SU. Applications involving more than two partner institutions are particularly encouraged (though the panel recognizes that some excellent projects will be able to draw on scholars from a single Stockholm university, and will welcome such applications). There must be more than one researcher i.e. academic member of staff, post-doctoral researcher or PhD student, from each partner on the project team. For further info please see eligibility criteria in the guidance document.

In line with our commitment to equality and diversity, we encourage applications from a range of backgrounds regardless of career stage, age, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and religion.
Name of UCL lead applicant *

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Name of UCL co-applicant

Prefix First Name Last Name
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B. Partner Applicant Information
Name of KI/KTH/SU lead applicant *

Prefix First Name Last Name
University
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Department (if applicable)
Faculty or equivalent (if applicable)
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Name of KI/KTH/SU co-applicant

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Department (if applicable)
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Section 3: Additional Information
Please add any additional Information you wish to bring to our attention, for which there was not space in the uploaded application.
Section 4: Application Upload
Your group's proposal should be submitted via a Word document (.doc or .docx) upload, using the button below.

Proposals should include:-

a) Applicants’ details – affiliations from each institution with contact details
-        Co-Investigator information

-        Project team information

b) Research Proposal – details of the project
-        Title: of the Research Project

-        Abstract (project design and rationale): a brief description of the project.

-        Proposed Timeframe (project design and rationale): project dates, a project timeline and a description of the planned activities.

-        Project clarification: if you have previously received a seed-funding grant, please clarify in which way your new project proposal is eligible, for example, if it is either an innovative development of the previous project, or a new project.

-        Collaborator complementarity and impact: A description of how the proposed activities combine mutual areas of interest and strength and the added value of this combined expertise. Include any corresponding deliverables, e.g. a publication, blog, a meeting, a report etc. Also include any involvement of early-stage/early career researchers and/or graduate researchers/PhD students and any direct anticipated benefits to those researchers themselves.

-        Capacity for future collaboration/funding: A description of the potential future collaborations and outcomes that will be possible as a result of having undertaken the current collaboration. For example, joint publications, joint supervision of graduate researchers, joint teaching, joint patent applications, joint reports to governments, joint funding applications etc.

-        Potential impact: The anticipated benefits of the collaboration to the faculty member’s other active research projects and on strengthening the overall partnership between KI, KTH, SU and UCL. In addition, improvement and changes within/between the university/universities, the local community, wider society, country or globally.

c) Proposed budget
-        A breakdown of the cost of the activity e.g. flights, travel, hotels etc.

d) Support documents (pasted into the word document)
-        Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae: (not more than 2 pages) of the Co-PIs with a selected list of publications.

-        A letter of support: from your Line Manager or Head of Department to apply for the grant, including an explanation of how the project aligns with your Faculty’s strategy.

e) Communication feedback
-        Confirmation of how you heard about this fund, this will help us to promote future funds.

f) Declaration and approval
-        Confirmation you understand the rules and regulations of the fund.
Please upload your proposal here [If you experience any issues uplodaing your document please email it to uclglobalengagement@ucl.ac.uk in addition to submitting this form]:
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UCL, Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University

Section 1: About the Project

Section 2: About the Project Team

Section 3: Additional Information

Section 4: Application Upload