British Academy International Partnership and Mobility Scheme 2015 successes

The Centre for Advanced Studies is very pleased to congratulate academic colleagues from our Faculties and beyond on successful applications to the British Academy IPM Scheme in the 2015 round.

Of the 33 awards made three have been made to academics here at the University of Nottingham, a remarkable success rate and one we hope to consolidate in the next round, which opens in February 2016 (details at foot of page). We look forward to welcoming co-applicants from overseas to Nottingham over the course of the next year.

BA IPM 2015 Awards have been made to:

East and South East Asia	Dr Jeremy Taylor, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies	Cultures of the Chinese Cold War in British Southeast Asia, 1949-1963	Dr Lanjun Xu, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Eurasia	Dr Adam Swain, School of Geography	Displaced economy? The relocation of economic activities as a result of the armed conflict in the Ukranian Donbas	Dr Mychailo Wynnyckyj, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine
The Middle East and North Africa	Dr Ruth Filik, School of Psychology	Towards a unifying theory of sarcasm comprehension	Professor Rachel Giora, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Please note: the 2016 competition is now open, deadline for applications Wednesday 10th February, further details here. Anyone interested in the scheme or intending to apply should be in touch with Sue Hopcroft and Lisa McCabe in CAS at the earliest opportunity to begin building their application and align fully with internal support processes.