Funding for travel and more: the new Fellowship programme

[Simon Hettrick]

Hello,

Last year, the Software Sustainability Institute ran a scheme that gave
researchers �3000 for travelling expenses in return for information
about the conferences to which they travelled. We're about to launch the
scheme again. What's more, it's bigger and the funding can be spent on a
wider range of activities.

We're setting up the launch pages at the moment, but I'd appreciate it
if you could help generate some interest by letting researchers know
about the scheme. We're looking for anyone based in the UK, from PhD
students to Professors.

More information can be found from this link: http://bit.ly/FellowsNews
(the content of which, I've copied below):

Regards,

Simon.

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Simon Hettrick
The Software Sustainability Institute
(0)2380 598871


---Funding for travel and more: the new Fellowship programme---

In August this year, the Software Sustainability Institute will launch a
Fellowship programme that will fund researchers in exchange for their
expertise and advice. The programme will build on the success of the
Agents� network and will share the same goals: gathering intelligence
about research and software from all disciplines, and encouraging
fellows to develop their interests in the area of software sustainability.

Each Fellow will be allocated �3000 to spend over 18 months. The funding
will be flexible to support activities that are beneficial to both the
Fellows and the Institute: to fund travel to conferences, to set up and
run workshops, to organise software sustainability BoFs at domain
conferences, or to host or teach at a Software Carpentry bootcamp.

Recruitment of about 15 Fellows will start in August. A launch event in
early September will provide an introduction to the programme and will
give researchers the opportunity to ask questions in person (or
virtually, since the event will be webcast), as well as talking to
current recipients of the fellowships and members of the Institute team.

--How to apply--

Recruitment will open in August and will run through to mid-September.
First stage applications will be made through an online form. The
leading applicants will be invited to an event where a final selection
of the Fellows will be made.

--Who�s eligible--

We are looking to recruit Fellows across a wide range of experience, so
we�re looking for anyone from PhD students to Professors. Applicants
must be working in a research organisation based in the UK.

--More information--

More information will be made available on the Institute�s website over
the coming weeks. Keep an eye on our Twitter or news feed for the latest
news.

Website: http://www.software.ac.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/SoftwareSaved
News feed: http://www.software.ac.uk/news

[Simon Hettrick]

Hello,

Well I'm glad that a link from the Institute's website has such an
effect! I shall get onto repurposing blogs when I return from holiday on
Monday.

Cheers,

Simon.



On 11/07/2012 16:47, Sarbjit Bakhshi (TSB) wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> You've not repurposed my last blog posts and consequently, my readership has dropped off a cliff. Any chance of some promotion?
>
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> Subject: [CW12] Funding for travel and more: the new Fellowship programme
>
> Hello,
>
> Last year, the Software Sustainability Institute ran a scheme that gave

> researchers �3000 for travelling expenses in return for information

> about the conferences to which they travelled. We're about to launch the
> scheme again. What's more, it's bigger and the funding can be spent on a
> wider range of activities.
>
> We're setting up the launch pages at the moment, but I'd appreciate it
> if you could help generate some interest by letting researchers know
> about the scheme. We're looking for anyone based in the UK, from PhD
> students to Professors.
>
> More information can be found from this link: http://bit.ly/FellowsNews
> (the content of which, I've copied below):
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon.
>

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Simon Hettrick

Dissemination and Outreach
The Software Sustainability Institute
www.software.ac.uk
+44 (0) 2380 598 871