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The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) are taking forward a joint £8.1m programme entitled Science and Heritage to support leading-edge research which will explore new ways to understand the cultural and physical nature of heritage and to prepare society for the challenges that cultural heritage will face in the 21st Century.
The AHRC / EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme would like to announce two competitions for funding, full details of which will be published soon:
Interdisciplinary Research Grants
· Up to £800,000 fEC
· Duration 1-3 years
· Must involve at least two collaborating organisations
· Open call for outline proposals, followed by request for full applications from short-listed candidates
Outline stage deadline: Thursday 14th May 2009
Full proposal stage deadline: Thursday 17th September 2009
Post-doctoral Fellowships
· To support outstanding early career researchers to carry out research and so establish an independent research career in heritage science
· Duration equivalent to 3 years full-time
· Open to researchers with no more than 5 years post-doctoral or equivalent experience
· Funding will cover Fellow’s salary and a small amount of travel and subsistence, equipment and consumables
Deadline: Thursday 10th September 2009
The full Programme Specification, including further details of the themes, will be made available soon. Further details on other activities under the Science and Heritage Programme, and the research already funded, can be found here .
Contacts
Science and Heritage Programme
Professor May Cassar, Programme Director
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020 7679 1780
AHRC
Dr Gail Lambourne, Programme Manager, Heritage
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0117 987 6670
Helen McConnell, Senior Awards Officer, Heritage
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0117 987 6659
EPSRC
Dr Louise Tillman, Portfolio Manager Mechanical and Materials Engineering
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01793 444510
Please see the following Word document about the survey:
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Proposals are now being accepted for The Royal Society's 2009 Summer Science Exhibition. The exhibition provides the opportunity for science-based researchers, including those working in the field of heritage science, to showcase their research to the public and media as well as to the wider scientific community.
Exhibits are selected according to how they rate in three broad areas
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The quality and cutting-edge nature of the science
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The potential they display for interactive and hands-on elements
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The interest of the subject matter to a broad audience
General information about the exhibition can be found on The Royal Society website and proposal forms can be downloaded by clicking here.
The Royal Society 2009 Summer Science Exhibition will take place from Tuesday 30 June to Saturday 4 July 2009 at the Royal Society in London. The closing date for proposals is 20 October 2008.
The Science Group organised an exciting two-day seminar on Archaeometry and Heritage Science. For full details of the event, download the programme.
Several papers/power point presentations have been provided here for downloading:
May Cassar (Centre for Sustainable Heritage, UCL) - Update on the AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme  61.04 Kb
David Thickett (English Heritage) - Research priorities for preventive conservation of archaeological materials
Sonia O'Connor (University of Bradford) and David Crombie (National Museums Liverpool) - Overview of digital radiography and use of computed radiography in Liverpool Museums
Dana Goodburn-Brown (Conservator in Private Practice) - Use of 3-D measuring and radiography in the field on block-lifted Roman furniture
Julie Eklund (Oxford University Centre for the Environment) - Considering the Effects of Preparation and Conservation Treatments on DNA
Julian Carter (NMGW) – Preserving the biomolecular component in fluid-preserved natural history collections.
Tim Wess (Optometry, Cardiff University) – X-ray scattering a tool for archaeology and conservation
Mary Davies (NMGW) – Technological investigations of Iron Age and Roman enamelled metalwork
Manolis Pantos (Daresbury Laboratory) – The Craft and Science of Egyptian Faience: the case of the Step Pyramid tiles.
Pangiota Manti (HISAR, Cardiff University) – Looking into the technology of ancient Greek helmets
Ian Freestone (HISAR, Cardiff University) - New approaches to early glass 1.13 Mb
Evelyne Godfrey (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) -: Conservation and characterisation of early iron: establishing a guide to good practice 250.05 Kb
Rob Janaway and Andy Wilson (University of Bradford) From Arrowheads to Bully Beef tins: issues relating to metallic corrosion and battlefield archaeology
David Watkinson (HISAR, Cardiff University) – Routes out of the Dark Ages; iron corrosion and conservation
Phil Parks (HISAR, Cardiff University) - CT Scanning and X-Radiography of a 21st/22nd Dynasty Coffin
Topic 1 - House of Lords Enquiry into Science and Heritage
Topic 2 - AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme
Topic 3 - Towards a UK National Heritage Science Strategy
Topic 4 - Icon Science Group Business
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