The SEFARI Gateway is delighted to launch our 2018 call for applications to our Responsive Opportunity Fund.  Funds of up to £10K are available per award for new and collaborative knowledge exchange ideas which add value.

The Responsive Opportunity Fund is designed to increase the visibility of the invaluable contributions the Strategic Research Programme makes towards sustainable economic growth and improving the lives of people in Scotland and beyond. Funded projects must be lead by research staff within the SEFARI collective and be inter-disciplinary, cross-institutional, timely, have clear stakeholder involvement, show creativity and demonstrate how they will improve impact.

The closing date for this call is 5pm Friday the 11th of May 2018.

To date, Responsive Opportunity projects have combined a variety of research with a range of different media and stakeholder interactions. For example, the ‘Beauty of Roots’ project has brought together artistic and scientific processes to create an exhibition showing the beauty and complexity of roots; while the ‘My Food, Our World’ project is creating cutting-edge online/digital content designed to provide an interesting insight into SEFARI research and how this supports the Good Food Nation.

More information about our Responsive Opportunity projects can be found here.