STFC’s Computational Science Centre for Research Communities (CoSeC) is delighted to announce the release of a new funding opportunity: Collaborative Computational Communities: towards new CCPs. The call is now live, with a closing date of 24 October. Subject to quality, funding of up to £1.3 million is available through this opportunity and the FEC of each funded project can be up to £260,000. STFC will fund 80% of the FEC.

This funding is to develop and proliferate the Collaborative Computational Project (CCP) model across research communities within UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), creating a strong and stable landscape of communities to support the concept of research computing software as an infrastructure.

This funding comes via STFC from UKRI’s Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) programme and is curated by CoSeC. The expectation is that CoSeC will be a part of the plans and activities within each community, providing a collaborative relationship between them.

The purpose of this funding is to enable community scoping to identify and define viable new CCPs that can be incorporated into the existing and rich community landscape, expanding its overall research remit and the reach of the collaborations it can provide.

Anyone who has an idea for a potential new community is encouraged to apply; or if anyone has contacts from eligible institutions that could be interested in forming a new community, please encourage them to apply.

If you have any questions or require further information please refer to the call website in the first instance. If you are unable to find an answer or would like to discuss an idea in more detail then you can contact us at CoSeC@stfc.ac.uk.