HMRC/HMT/ESRC Collaborative Tax Administration Research Centre

The HMRC/HMT/ESRC are inviting outline proposals for a Centre for Research on Tax Administration. Applications may be made for up to £2.5 million (at 100 per cent fEC) for a period of up to five years. The Scheme is open to all staff at Research Organisations (RO) eligible for Research Council Funding. Consistent with the Research Councils’ arrangements for fEC, the ESRC will contribute 80 per cent of this cost and the remaining balance must be guaranteed by the Research Organisation.

Proposals are invited that offer high quality research and related activities on tax administration able to strengthen the theoretical and empirical understanding of the design and delivery of tax operations and policy.  It is expected that the centre will develop new approaches and insights to exploit the data resources available though the HMRC Datalab and the ESRC-Funded Secure Data Service. The centre is also expected to provide a focus for academic and practitioner networking, stakeholder engagement, knowledge exchange and the development of research capacity in tax administration. 

For full details refer to the call specification.

The deadline for submission of outline proposals is 16.00 on 22 March 2012. Proposals received after this time will be rejected.

Applications should be made via the Research Council Joint Electronic Submission System (Je-S). All applications must be costed and approved by the relevant institutional authority at the Research Organisation.

Any query regarding the call should be made to the project team at tax-centre-team@esrc.ac.uk

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European JPI Climate Joint Call for Transnational Collaborative Research Projects- topic 1

The ESRC is participating in the Joint Programming Initiative Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe (JPI Climate) under topic 1 "Societal Transformation in the Face of Climate Change."

JPI Climate seeks to facilitate integrated climate knowledge and decision support services for societal innovation towards a climate-friendly and climate-proof Europe. A total of approximately €8.5 million will be provided by 11 national funding agencies across Europe for transnational collaborative research projects.

The call is administered to successful research consortia via each countries respective national funding organisations (ESRC in the UK) according to their standard terms and conditions for project funding. JPI Climate is seeking consortia which bring together different scientific disciplines and include partners from at least three of the participating European countries. Involvement of partners from civil society, policy makers, public administration or industry for co-designing research questions and co-production of knowledge is also encouraged. Projects should be genuinely collaborative, and should display clear links to decision-makers and users of climate knowledge as well as potential change agents in society.

Topic 1 is comprised of five thematic areas:

The normative and social justice dimensions of climate changeThe role of knowledge and risk perception in climate related policiesThe societal capacity and governance to respond to climate changeThe role of economy and finance in societal transformationIntegrative studies on societal transformation, visions and pathways under climate change.

One of the purposes of Joint Programming Initiatives is to facilitate the alignment of national research programmes at the European level. ESRC's intention through this call therefore, is to encourage applicants to build up on current or previous RCUK-funded social science research, working with a broader set of international partners. Applicants will need to clearly justify how their proposal builds upon previous RCUK-funded social science research, and their consortia should include members who were in receipt of the RCUK-funding that is referenced.

All UK applicants requesting funding from the ESRC must be associated with an eligible Research Organisation. Applicants are encouraged to consult the ESRC Research Funding Guide for eligibility information.

Applicants will be required to submit a pre-proposal via the official portal.

Call opens - 30 September, 2013Pre-proposal deadline - 29 November 2013 12.00 CET

ESRC's national agency contact:

For further information and how to apply, please visit the JPI Climate website.

Further guidance on costing of applications will be provided to applicants invited to submit full proposals. However, once final decisions have been agreed, all successful UK applicants will need to submit their application through Je-S, therefore all UK applicants and co-investigators will need to be Je-S registered.

Funding decisions will be made in the summer of 2014Invitation to submit full proposals 3 February 2014Full proposal deadline: 28 March 2014 12.00 CETFunding decision announced Summer 2014Start of projects Autumn 2014

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