[ckan-discuss] Fwd: JISC Grant Funding 14/09: Managing Research Data Programme

[Jonathan Gray]

I wonder if CKAN is a good fit for "Strand A: Citing, Linking and
Integrating Research Data"?

Does anyone have any thoughts? In particular about using CKAN for
working with data in different domains?

Jonathan

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From: Jennifer STOCKFORD [7072] <j.stockford at jisc.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:46 PM
Subject: JISC Grant Funding 14/09: Managing Research Data Programme
To: JISC-ANNOUNCE at jiscmail.ac.uk


***Apologies for Cross Posting***
Due to the recent funding announcement (see news section of the web
site), the 14/09 Managing Research Data Programme Call (#jiscmrd) was
previously frozen and is now released with some modifications.
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) invites institutions to
submit funding proposals for projects under two separate strands of
the Managing Research Data Programme. JISC wishes to fund projects:

To demonstrate the innovative potential for research and scholarly
communications of improving methods for citing, linking and
integrating research data.
To explore innovative technical and organisational models for data
publication by scoping and piloting enhanced publications for research
data in the form of ‘data journals’, ‘overlay journals’, or similar.

Strand A: Citing, Linking and Integrating Research Data
Projects to demonstrate the innovative potential for research and
scholarly communications of improving methods for citing, linking and
integrating research data.
Total funds: up to £120,000 available per project and up to 10
projects will be funded. Projects will last up to 12 months’ duration.
Strand B: Innovative Publications for Research Data
Projects to explore innovative technical and organisational models for
data publication by scoping and piloting enhanced publications for
research data.
Total funds: up to £200,000 available per project and up to 4 projects
will be funded. Projects will last up to 12 months’ duration.
Total funds for both strands: £1,000,000. JISC intends to allocate
roughly £600,000 to Strand A and up to £400,000 to Strand B. However,
should either strand attract an oversubscription of particularly
strong bids, adjustments in the distribution of funding between
strands may be made to reflect this.
The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is
12:00 noon UK time on Tuesday, 25 May 2010.
Funding is available for projects starting from 1 August 2010 for any
duration up to 12 months. All projects must complete by 31 July 2011.
Eligibility
Proposals may be submitted by Higher Education (HE) Institutions
funded by HEFCE or HEFCW. HE and FE institutions in Northern Ireland
and Scotland and FE institutions in England and Wales are not eligible
to bid but may be involved as partners in proposals led by HE
institutions funded by HEFCE or HEFCW.
Proposals may be from single institutions or consortia. Partnership
arrangements may be developed outside the sector (for example with
research council sites, publishers, commercial suppliers), but the
lead partner must meet the criteria outlined above. Funds can only be
allocated through the lead partner.
Further information can be found in the full call document here.

Jennifer Stockford
Committee Support Officer JLT JSR
JISC Executive





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