Applications for the CAP seed grants are currently closed.

The Application criteria for the Seed grants were:

Current CAP Research Seed Grants

Click here to download a copy of the Research Seed Grant Application Guidelines

Application Guidelines
Established in 2006, the Changing Ageing Partnership funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies is a partnership between:

CAP’s vision is of creating a strong, informed voice capable of challenging attitudes and approaches to ageing. To this end, the Institute of Governance is working towards the development of a robust evidence base to inform policy development with respect to older people. CAP research is currently underway in a range of areas including: law, economics, politics, sociology, pharmacy and environmental planning.

  1. Aim of the Seed Grant Scheme
    The aim of the CAP Research Seed Grant is to stimulate and further develop research focused on the needs of older people within Queen’s University, by strengthening the capacity of staff to obtain long-term and large-scale research funding in this area.  This will be achieved by enabling researchers to undertake, primary or secondary research related to the needs of older people. For example, the researcher/s may carry out a small pilot study or an extended literature review or they may perform secondary analysis on existing data/statistics.  It is envisaged that researchers will be able to use this work as a foundation on which they can base other long-term research and attract additional large-scale funding.
  2. Financial basis of the grant
    Grants of between £5,000 and £10,000 are available and are tenable for up to 12 months beginning in October 2007.
  3. Eligibility
    The Institute of Governance invites applications from individuals/teams across the University, who can demonstrate the relevance of their proposed research to the goals of CAP. A CAP briefing paper is available to download on the Institute of Governance webpage
    Electronic applications are acceptable. The deadline for receipt of applications is 4.00pm on 20 September 2007.
  4. Suitable applicants
    The CAP Seed Grants are intended to provide opportunities for research-active staff, from across the University, to develop a research portfolio relevant to policy focused on older people. The principal purpose of the awards is to act as a springboard, stimulating the generation of large-scale and long-term research funding. It is therefore likely that the applicant/s will be experienced researchers, with a strong track record in the research area or the proposed methodology.
  5. Suitable fields
    Applicants for the CAP Seed Grant should ultimately be intending to use their study, or the product of their analysis, to pursue original, independent research on ageing in any field of study within the humanities or social sciences.  Applications focused on the following areas are encouraged.
    • Social and economic rights (including extension of retirement age and pension; denial of goods, facilities and services)
    • Older people and leadership
    • Community planning
    • Multiple identity
    • Impact of the urban/rural; divide
    • Social capital and isolation
    • Digital culture
    • Attitudes of health professionals to older people (models of confidentiality; consent and decision making)
    • Older people as carers
  6. Criteria
    Applications will be assessed using the following criteria:-
    • Timeliness and relevance to the policy agenda
    • Potential to attract further funding and to develop into a larger study
    • Feasibility of the study within the timescale and budget available
  7. Deliverables
    On completion of their work, the successful applicants will be required to deliver the following:-
    • Two policy-based seminars
    • A two-page briefing report
    • Two [RAE-quality] publications

The Institute of Governance reserves the right to provide access to all emergent papers through its web page. 
 
Proposal
The proposal: maximum 2,000 words, double-spaced and should provide clear information on the following:

  1. a description of the issue that the project will address and justification of its relevance to the Institute of Governance’s Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP);
  2. a brief summary of the relevant literature/policy and the relationship to the proposed research;
  3. a concise statement of the project’s research question(s);
  4. a detailed description of the project’s research design and conceptual framework;
  5. a discussion of the new knowledge about ageing expected to result from the project and
  6. an outline of future plans for research in this area.

Cover Page

  • Title of research study
  • Four keywords
  • Amount requested
  • Submission date
  • Name and contact details of principal applicant

Additional information

  • a short (max 100 words) summary of the study written for the lay person;
  • a detailed budget for the application; maximum one page. Include information on other funds available for the proposed research and efforts to obtain other funding;
  • approval of the budget from the appropriate QUB finance officer; and
  • a brief curriculum vita(e) of the principal investigator(s); maximum 2 pages.

Further information
Applicants in any doubt about their eligibility or any other aspect of their application are advised to contact Dr Una Lynch, Research Manager, Changing Ageing Partnership ext: 3650 u.lynch@qub.ac.uk