COASTAL FORUM FLEXIBLE SMALL GRANTS CALL

1. Title: COASTAL FORUM FLEXIBLE SMALL GRANTS CALL2. Awarding Authority: Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS), Scottish Oceans Institute East Sands, Fife, St Andrews, GB, KY16 8LB. Email: masts@st-andrews.ac.uk. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: The Awarding Authority Coastal Forum are offering the opportunity to bid for up to £500.The application must fall within the coastal discipline.Applicants can bid for funds to cover research expenses (e.g. survey costs, fieldwork costs, costs for small pieces of equipment or consumables), knowledge exchange activities, student internships or any other great ideas you may have, including desk-based projects that can be delivered despite the current COVID-19 lock-down. We are particularly interested in receiving proposals from PhD students and Early Career Researchers (UKRI definition of ECR within 8 years of PhD), where funds are sought to develop new research initiatives and can be used to demonstrate independence from their supervisor/line-manager.These funds will not cover staff costs or travel to conferences.Funds must be used within one year of award.5. CPV Code(s): 73110000, 731120006. NUTS code(s): UKM, UKM7, UKM727. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Scotland, Eastern Scotland, Clackmannanshire And Fife.8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: opportunity to bid for up to £50010. Applications should be submitted before 26.6.2020 (16:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information and instructions in the above contract notice please visit website: 12. Other information: One electronic copy of the application form together with any supplementary material should be returned to awarding authority before 16.00 on Friday 26th June 2020.Queries should be directed to awarding authority.To apply, you must be a postgrad student or employee of the following Universities and institutions: Universities of Aberdeen, Stirling, St Andrews, Strathclyde, Glasgow, Heriot Watt, Edinburgh Napier, UHI, SAMS, Dundee, Edinburgh & West of Scotland. MASTS members also include Marine Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, British Geological Survey, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Joint Nature Conservation Committe & St Abbs Marine Station.Please refer the website above for documentation# funding opportunity# COVID-19