JISC funding update

JISC have just issued the following press release relating to the recent suspension of certain calls:

News release

3 February 2010

HEFCE funding decision

As a result of the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s (HEFCE) recent board meeting, JISC is able to confirm that the funding calls which had previously been postponed on 5 January 2010, as a consequence of HEFCE’s review of JISC’s capital funding, will now take place.

The managing research data grant funding call
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/12/1409researchdata.aspx14/09
and strand two of the developing community content grant funding call
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/12/1309bce.aspx 13/09 will now go ahead with some amendments.

The revised calls, along with deadlines for proposals which were postponed will be published shortly at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities.aspx
A message will be sent to this mailing list when the revised calls are available.

The deadline for proposals for phase one of the developing community content grant funding call 12/09 remains the same at 8 February 2010.