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The CDCS Digital Research fund is for one-off purchases and discrete costs such as data-sets, equipment, software licences or a short period of research assistance. We expect most requests to be under £1K, but will consider request of up to £3K. Larger sums would be granted only to projects of exceptional strategic importance. 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The Edinburgh Research Office maintains an overview of the national and international funding landscape and provides guidance on research funders, as well as advice on targeting opportunities and identifying pathways to impact.</p> <p>The Scholarships and Student Funding Services provide a single point of contact for information about funding opportunities for postgraduate students, such as scholarships, bursaries and other awards. </p> <p>We are happy to provide feedback on draft funding applications for external bids. </p> </div> <div class="link-button field field-name-field-button"><a href="https://www.ed.ac.uk/research-office/winning-research-funding/identify-funding">Funding opportunities (Edinburgh Research Office)</a><a href="https://www.ed.ac.uk/research-office/winning-research-funding">Funding Support (Edinburgh Research Office)</a><a href="https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/postgraduate">Postgraduate student funding</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph--color paragraph--color--rgba-pink-strong standard paragraph paragraph--type-text-image paragraph--view-mode-default ds-2col clearfix twin" id="paragraph-id--159"> <div class="paragraph__column inner"> <div class="group-right"> <figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser ds-1col clearfix"> <img loading="lazy" src="/files/styles/medium_16x9/public/2019-08/FVS_Scrap_borriballoo_letter3.jpg?itok=243q2ODR" width="640" height="360" alt="manuscript page" class="image-style-medium-16x9" /> </figure> </div> <div class="group-left"> <blockquote><p>CDCS funding has enabled us to share these stories widely, not just with scholars but with everyone curious about women’s literature and history (or, indeed, the legacy of the Stevenson family). Data and encoding allow us to expand the reach of, and engagement with, our research so that these kinds of discoveries belong to a community instead of an individual. Now they can be easily accessed by students and researchers working on nineteenth-century literature, the short story, women's writing and the Gothic. </p> </blockquote> <p><em> Dr Robyn Pritzker, English Literature</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="sidebar_second sidebar col-md-3 order-last" id="sidebar_second"> <div aria-pressed="false" class="feature-sidebar-expand toggle-sidebar-second toggle-sidebar contracted" role="button"></div> <aside class="section" role="complementary"> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-features-menu" id="block-features" class="block block-menu navigation menu--features"> <h2 class="sr-only" id="block-features-menu"><none></h2> <ul class="clearfix nav navbar-nav"> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/about" class="support nav-link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/6">About</a> </li> </ul> </nav> </aside> </div> <footer id="footer" class="site-footer"> <div class="text-center"> <a href="#" class="scroll-to-top icon-arrow-up" title="scroll to top"></a> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="site-footer__top clearfix"> <section class="row region region-footer-first"> <div id="block-contact" class="block-content-basic block block-block-content block-block-contentefe408e3-a02f-46a3-8958-50a7fe12fb34"> <h2>Contact</h2> <div class="content"> <div class="block-content block-content--type-basic block-content--view-mode-full block block-"> <h4>Centre for Data, Culture & Society</h4> <p>Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI),<br> The University of Edinburgh,<br> 1 Lauriston Place,<br> Edinburgh EH3 9EF.</p> <p>e: <a href="mailto:cdcs@ed.ac.uk">cdcs@ed.ac.uk</a></p> <p class="social-icons"><a href="https://twitter.com/EdCDCS" class="icon-twitter" title="Twitter"></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/edcdcs/" class="icon-instagram" title="Instagram"></a> <a href="mailto:cdcs@ed.ac.uk" class="icon-email" title="Email"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="row region region-footer-second"> <div id="block-subscribetomailinglist" class="block-content-basic block block-block-content block-block-content100c268a-9e07-4571-93b4-73d22deae233"> <div class="block-content block-content--type-basic block-content--view-mode-full block block-"> <h2>Subscribe</h2> <form action="https://mailings.ed.ac.uk/signup.ashx" target="_blank" method="post" class="mailing-list-subscription"> <input type="hidden" name="ci_isconsentform" value="true"> <input type="hidden" name="userid" value="122785"> <input type="hidden" name="SIGe98c8985a46e4640f20f0b8c3ec2bba5b6f6dfb01d96cbab505b485f1806591e" value=""> <input type="hidden" name="addressbookid" value="15867141"> <input type="hidden" name="ReturnURL" value="https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/thank-you"> <input type="hidden" name="ci_userConsentText" value=" By clicking submit you consent to the CDCS, the University of Edinburgh to process and keep your contact data."> <input type="hidden" id="ci_consenturl" name="ci_consenturl" value="https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/"> <fieldset class="details"> <p class="legend">Subscribe to our mailing list to get updates from CDCS.</p> <p class="email-row"><input type="email" required size="48" class="form-text" name="email" placeholder="Your email" /></p> </fieldset> <fieldset class="actions"> <input type="submit" value="Subscribe" id="subscribe-mailing-list" name="btnsubmit" class="main-submit" /> </fieldset> </form> </div> </div> </section> <section class="row region region-footer-third"> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-b4cdcs-footer-menu" id="block-b4cdcs-footer" class="block block-menu navigation menu--footer"> <h2 class="sr-only" id="block-b4cdcs-footer-menu">Footer menu</h2> <ul id="block-b4cdcs-footer" class="clearfix nav navbar-nav"> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/about#paragraph-id--4" class="nav-link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/6">Contact</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/image-credits" class="nav-link" title="Image Gallery and Credits" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/62">Image Gallery and Credits</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/info/accessibility" class="nav-link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/4">Accessibility</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/info/privacy" class="nav-link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3">Privacy and cookies</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/info/terms" class="nav-link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/2">Terms and conditions of use</a> </li> </ul> </nav> <div id="block-legalnotice" class="block-content-basic block block-block-content block-block-content85b0ef8f-98e3-477f-9f79-e7337b291134"> <div class="content"> <div class="block-content block-content--type-basic block-content--view-mode-full block block-"> <p>The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336, VAT Registration Number GB 592 950700, and is acknowledged by the UK authorities as a “Recognised body” which has been granted degree awarding powers. 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