A total of 22 valid applications were received by the 1 June 2005 deadline. These were assessed jointly by ESRC and SSRC, and the following 14 awards were made:
Applicant: Dr Mark BIRKIN, Geography, Leeds University
ESRC affiliation: National Centre for e-Social Science
North American host: University of California at San Diego
Topic: Collaboration on e-social science developments
Applicant: Annette BOAZ, Politics, Queen Mary University of London
ESRC affiliation: Evidence Based Policy Network
North American host: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, Ottawa
Topic: Promoting knowledge transfer in Canada and UK
Applicant: Professor Norman DENZIN, Communications Research, University of Illinois
ESRC affiliation: National Centre for Research Methods
North American host: -
Topic: Multi-modality and multi-dimensionality in qualitative enquiry
Applicant: Dr Andrea DOUCET, Sociology & Anthropology, Carleton University
ESRC affiliation: Families & Social Capital Group
North American host: -
Topic: Social capital, social networks and fathering in Canada and UK
Applicant: Dr Paul HIGGS, Behavioural & Social Sciences in Medicine, UCL
ESRC affiliation: Cultures of Consumption Programme
North American host: Trent University, Toronto University
Topic: From passive to active consumers: Ageing and consumption in Britain 1963-98
Applicant: Professor Cynthia HINRICHS, Agricultural Economics, Pennsylvania State University
ESRC affiliation: Rural Economy & Land Use Programme
North American host: -
Topic: Relocalization of agri-food systems in USA and UK
Applicant: Dr Andrew HOSKINS, Media & Communication Studies, Swansea University
ESRC affiliation: New Security Challenges Programme
North American host: Marquette University, Wisconsin
Topic: Conflict in a media age
Applicant: Professor Lane KENWORTHY, Sociology, Univeristy of Arizona
ESRC affiliation: Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
North American host: -
Topic: Rethinking poverty and inequality
Applicant: Professor Philip MARTIN, Agriculture & Resource Economics, U. California at Davis
ESRC affiliation: COMPAS Centre
North American host: -
Topic: Managing international migration for employment
Applicant: Dr Candice ODGERS, Psychology, Simon Fraser
ESRC affiliation:Social Contexts of Pathways in Crime Network
North American host: -
Topic: Impact of neighbourhood social cohesion and exposure to violence on developmental trajectories of antisocial behaviour
Applicant:Dr Raymond PAWSON, Sociology & Social Policy, Leeds University
ESRC affiliation: Research Methods Programme
North American host: University of Victoria, BC
Topic: Evidence based policy, theory based synthesis, practice based reviews
Applicant: Professor Greg SHAFFER, Business Adminstration, University of Rochester
ESRC affiliation: Centre for Competition Policy
North American host: -
Topic: Buyer power in merger control
Applicant: Dr Susan SPEER, Psychology, Manchester University
ESRC affiliation: Social Identities Programme
North American host: U California at Los Angeles
Topic: Transsexual identities: constructions of gender in an NHS gender identity clinic
Applicant: Dr Claire WATERTON, Environment, Philosophy & Public Policy, Lancaster U
ESRC affiliation: Science in Society Programme
North American host: University of Santa Clara
Topic: Databases, naturalists and the global biodiversity convention