The Sustainable Society Network+, funded by the RCUK Digital Economy Programme, provides £1.5 million over 3 years from 1st April 2012 to develop a group of leading researchers, industrial stakeholders and third sector members with a common interest in applying digital technologies to achieve measurable, real-world outcomes in order that the UK and the world achieves its goals in this space.
We Aim to:
Ø Develop links betweenacademics, companies and NGOs
Ø Provide support to move research into the real world
Ø Provide funding for pilot studies
Ø Identify grand research challenges in using digital technology to create a sustainable society
The Sustainable Society Network+ Research Call was announced on 23rd August with £200,000 available for up to 5 projects. Closing date 31st October 2012. See link: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/open/Pages/ssnrc.aspx
PI: Dr Catherine Mulligan (Nottingham University)
CIs: Prof John Nelson (Aberdeen University) and Prof Ruth Rettie (Kingston University)
Interested?
For more information please contact us:
desustainablesociety.blogspot.com
@SustainableSoci
DE Sustainable Society Network+
Or email: sustainable-society@nottingham.ac.uk