Crossings & Coasts (C&C): Innovation Springboard
Crossings & Coasts (C&C): Innovation Springboard is an AHRC IAA-funded programme designed to spark new interdisciplinary research, engagement and impact partnerships across Lancaster (LU), Teesside (TU) and Ulster (UU) Universities.
It supports researchers who want to collaborate across disciplines and places to address shared priorities, challenges and opportunities within the creative industries.
Is this programme for you?
This programme will appeal to researchers who:
- are open to collaborating with researchers from other institutions and disciplines to address shared priorities, challenges and opportunities within the creative industries
- want to engage new research-collaborators and external partners to secure scaled up multi-partner/multi-year funding (from UKRI or other sources).
- hold an academic contract at one of the three partner universities
- are at an early or mid-career stage.
You don’t need to be a creative industries or arts and humanities specialist. Many disciplines intersect creatively with the sector, including advertising & marketing; architecture; crafts; design and designer fashion; film, TV, radio and photography; museums, galleries and libraries; music, performing & visual arts; publishing; and IT, software, computer services and video games).
Programme benefits:
- online sessions, including kick-off session and development workshops/writing day on co-design with external partners, narrative development, interdisciplinarity, and impact planning
- two researcher-focussed in person events (travel and subsistence fully funded) focussing on ideation, team formation, project refinement, and an opportunity to access IAA seed-corn funding (£4,000 x six 6-month projects):
event 1: Belfast on 28 April
event 2: Manchester on 3 June - mentorship for project development (Leon Cruickshank, LU; Antonia Liguori, TU; Justin Magee, UU)
Selection approach
We will aim for a balanced cohort across institutions, disciplines and career stages, prioritising applicants demonstrating potential for interdisciplinary collaboration and external engagement, and with a connection with the creative industries and/or AHRC remit (51%).
Timeframe and how to apply
Complete the online form by Friday 20 March.
If you have questions or wish to find out more you are encouraged to attend the online webinar, to be held on Friday 13 March 1pm – 3pm. Join the online webinar or email s.blackburn-daniels@tees.ac.uk for a calendar invite.
| Stage | Your commitments | When |
|---|---|---|
| Apply | Submit your EOI (20 March deadline) | 2 - 20 March |
| Outcomes communicated | Commit to programme structure | 24 March |
| Early connections | Attend online kick-off meeting | w/c 13 April |
| In person event 1 | Attend Belfast in person workshop | 28 April |
| Online session | Join online cocreation and writing session/day | 22 May |
| In person event 2 | Attend Manchester in person workshop | 3 June |
| Funding stage | Submit short written mini IAA proposal | 12 June |
| Project delivery | Deliver mini-IAA project | June – September |
| Project delivery | Two online development sessions | June – July |
| Showcase | Present at end of programme showcase | October - November |
Contact us
For further information, please contact your institutional AHRC IAA contacts:
- Jamie Hodge: j.p.hodge@lancaster.ac.uk
- Sally Blackburn-Daniels: s.blackburn-daniels@tees.ac.uk
- Justin Magee: jdm.magee@ulster.ac.uk
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