{"id":724,"date":"2019-04-03T14:57:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T13:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/?p=724"},"modified":"2019-04-03T14:57:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T13:57:11","slug":"catherine-cookson-foundation-annual-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/2019\/04\/03\/catherine-cookson-foundation-annual-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Cookson Foundation, Annual call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Catherine Cookson Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/executive\/office\/responsibilities\/CatherineCooksonFoundation.htm\">https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/executive\/office\/responsibilities\/CatherineCooksonFoundation.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Catherine Cookson Foundation was set up by the generosity of the late Dame Catherine Cookson to support academic initiatives within the University.<br \/>\nIt has been able to make a valuable and distinctive contribution through a wide variety of awards.<br \/>\nThe Foundation is happy to consider applications from staff and students of the University.<\/p>\n<p>An annual call for applications is made in the Spring Term for consideration by the trustees at an annual meeting in June\/July each year, however, if there are funds available, the Vice-Chancellor and President is also happy to hear at any other time about possible projects requiring support and which meet the criteria below.<\/p>\n<p>Small grants, normally in a range between \u00a3500 and \u00a35000, are made on a one-off, non-recurrent basis to projects where the Trustees consider their intervention will make a significant difference between success and failure, and where there are no other obvious routes to obtain significant support.<br \/>\nSee list of previous award winners to get a flavour of the type of projects that have been supported already.<br \/>\nUnfortunately the Trustees are not able to consider applications for PhD study or applications which are of a standard research grant format, the latter should be directed to the relevant research council.<\/p>\n<p>The criteria used in selecting projects for support are, that they:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>should be of modest size;<\/li>\n<li>should be the type of activity in which Dame Catherine Cookson herself might have had an interest;<\/li>\n<li>should have no obvious alternative source of support, or be the sort of project where support from the Foundation could be pump-priming for other financial help;<\/li>\n<li>should have local interest;<\/li>\n<li>should be of benefit to students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is a condition of any grant that a final report on the project is submitted to the Trustees.<br \/>\nThis should take the form of an A4 document, two pages in length, listing original objectives and saying to what extent they have been met together with a statement of how much was received from the Foundation and how it was spent.<br \/>\nIf a final report is not forthcoming within a reasonable time, the Trustees reserve the right to request the return of the funds.<\/p>\n<p>The closing date for the annual call for applications is <strong>5pm on Friday 21 June 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The application form is available here and should be made in the form of a single pdf document (combining application form, supporting statement and cv if appropriate) and submitted to <a href=\"mailto:Sam.Taylor1@ncl.ac.uk\">Sam.Taylor1@ncl.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine Cookson Foundation https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/executive\/office\/responsibilities\/CatherineCooksonFoundation.htm The Catherine Cookson Foundation was set up by the generosity of the late Dame Catherine Cookson to support academic initiatives within the University. 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