Cross Disciplinary Research for Discovery Science

在阿伯里斯特威斯大学（AU），我们将通过公开竞赛来分配探索科学奖的跨学科研究，以进行一系列较小的活动。这将通过现有的机制来实现，该机制旨在奖励我们的内部大学研究基金，尽管该呼吁将根据该跨学科奖项的具体要求进行定制。这种量身定制的方法在非盟过去已经成功地用于实现NERC学科跳跃计划的目标（2021/22）。对于非洲大学拟议的NERC发现科学跨学科研究计划，将向研究团队提供高达2万英镑的奖励，但如果可以提出案例并且有令人信服的计划在可用的时间框架内利用预算，则可以将更高金额的奖励视为例外。此次内部征集活动将于10月下旬启动，目标是在11月底至12月初进行评选。所有学科的研究人员都有资格申请，只要主要重点是NERC发现科学领域的跨学科研究。申请将由大学的研究和创新任务小组（RITG）进行评估，并根据符合跨学科奖励目的的标准进行评分。通过公开招募，所有符合条件的学术人员（非盟讲师（或同等）或以上级别的学者和研究人员以及博士后研究助理）都有机会申请。该呼吁指南还将明确指出，特别鼓励涉及早期职业研究人员和来自代表性不足群体的个人的申请。早期职业研究人员的成功申请者将被分配一名导师（来自其学院的高级研究员），以提供所需的额外支持。在非盟多元化和包容性经理的支持下，RITG将对发现科学基金跨学科研究的申请人和获奖者的多样性进行监督。平等影响评估结果将用于反映资金分配，并告知我们的非盟证据基础，以确定申请人多样性的积极变化，以及根据非盟2020-2024年战略平等计划在未来流程中进一步改进的机会。

At Aberystwyth University (AU) we will allocate the Cross-disciplinary research in Discovery Science award via open competition for a suite of smaller activities. This will be achieved through an existing mechanism set up to award our internal University Research Fund, albeit the call will be tailored to specify the requirements of this cross-disciplinary award. This tailored approach has been used successfully in the past at AU to achieve the goals of the NERC Discipline-hopping scheme (2021/22). For the proposed NERC Cross-disciplinary research in Discovery Science scheme at AU, awards of up to £20k will be made to Research teams, although awards of a higher amount may be considered as an exception if a case can be made and there is a convincing plan to utilise the budget within the available timeframe. The internal call will be launched in late October with the aim of making awards in late November to start early December. Researchers from all disciplines will be eligible to apply as long as the primary focus is on cross-disciplinary research within NERC Discovery Science. Applications will be assessed by the University's Research and Innovation Task Group (RITG) and will be scored against criteria in-line with the purpose of the cross-disciplinary award. By making this scheme an open call, all academic staff who are eligible (academics and researchers employed by AU at lecturer (or equivalent) level or above and Post-Doctoral Research Assistants) will have the opportunity to apply. The call guidance will also explicitly state that applications involving Early Career Researchers and individuals from under-represented groups are particularly encouraged. Successful applicants who are Early Career Researchers will be allocated a mentor (a Senior Researcher from their Faculty) to provide additional support as required. The diversity of applicants to, and award recipients of, open call Cross-disciplinary research in Discovery Science funding will be monitored by RITG with the support of the AU Diversity and Inclusion Manager. Equality impact assessment results will be used to reflect on funding allocations and inform our AU evidence base to identify positive changes in the applicant diversity as well as opportunities to make further improvements in future processes, in accordance with the AU Strategic Equality Plan 2020-2024.