Seedcorn Awards

The aim of the ASRF Seedcorn Fund is to support researchers across the College to develop research ideas, make new inter-disciplinary research partnerships, stimulate future research grant applications and produce quality published outputs.

Proposals should address one or more of the following cross-College research themes:

  • Globalisation, Competitiveness and Sustainability
  • Governance, Policy, Accountability and Risk Management
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Inequalities, Inclusion, Identities and Social Change
  • Justice, Rights, Security and Conflict
  • People, Places, Engagement and Change
  • Learning Across the Professions

The Call for Proposals for 2013/14 is now open. Full details of the call and application forms are available to download (links on right, above).


Seedcorn Fund Projects Awarded for 2013

NameSchoolTitleAwarded
Tang, Yee Kwan / Young, Stephen / Konde, Victor Business

Facilitating entrepreneurship in Africa: a pilot study on the effectiveness of electronic business platforms

£1,990
Tsoukas, Serafim Business Promoting Asian financial markets in th eaftermath of the recent global financial crisis £1,997
Mackenzie, Mhairi / Hastings,  Annette / Watt, Graham Social & Political Sciences Proportionate universalism: testing concepts and piloting methods £1,751
Head, Naomi Social & Political Sciences A site of sanctuary £1,830
Hewitt, Lucy Social & Political Sciences A cartographic art: the use of social mapping by urban planners in Paris and London, 1910-1918 £1,980
Shaw, Deirdre / Allen, Matthew / McMaster, Robert Business Developing the Role of Image Elicitation in Social Scientific Research: The Financial Crisis and Care £1,920
Bold, Valentina / Given, Michael Interdisciplinary Studies StorySCAPE £1,972
Moskal, Marta Education International Students in Scottish Higher Education: Institutional Settings and Individual Life Projects and Identity Change - a pilot study £2,000
Borthwick, David Interdisciplinary Studies Practitioners and poets in a changing landscape £1,182

Award holders should complete an ASRF Seedcorn End-of-award Report Pro-Forma on completion of their research.

Previous awards


Seedcorn Fund Projects Awarded for 2012

NameSchoolTitleAwarded
Allen, Matthew ASRF The brith of the memory clinic £1,500
Chen, Yu Social & Political Sciences New generation migrants in urban China: Choices and constraints in labour and housing markets £1,800
D'Angelo, Alfredo / Dimitratos, Pavlos Business Internationalisation, innovation and performance of firms £1,997
Gibb, Ken / Munro, Moira Social & Political Sciences Behavioural economics and housing choices: a qualitative pilot study of moving owner-occupiers £1,988
Graham, Paul / Lundberg, Tom Social & Political Sciences Political participation and health outcomes £1,000
Mackenzie, Mhairi / Conway, Ellie Social & Political Sciences Connecting ‘resilience’ and domestic abuse: a preliminary literature review £1,898
McCarthy, Frankie / Mair, Jane Law Marriage: A meaningful relationship?  £1,770
McMahon, Margery Education Cultures of change or conservatism? Comparative analysis of public consultation on teachers' pay and conditions of service between 2001 and 2011 £1,869
Phillips, Jim Social & Political Sciences Deindustrialisation and work in Scotland since 1945 £1,200
Smith, Andy / Fowler, Bridget Social & Political Sciences Reading poetry in Govan £1,882
Townsend, Tony / Pisapia, John Education Strategic leadership and interdisciplinary teams  £1,990
Virdee, Satnam / Ashe, Stephen Social & Political Sciences Research class, gender and 'race' in the workplace  £1,733
Wardle, Georgina Education Children's psychological and emotional wellbeing: What are the motives for peer-directed antisocial behaviour in primary schools? £1,560
Zhang, Haina Business Strategies for success of UK banks in emerging markets: A case study of HSBC in China £1,990

Award holders should complete an ASRF Seedcorn End-of-award Report Pro-Forma on completion of their research.

Previous awards


Seedcorn Fund 2010/11

*2010/11 Round 2 Awards*

NameSchoolTitleReports etc.Awarded
Stephen McKinney Education Positive School Leaver Destination in Areas of Deprivation Report £1,280
Robert McMaster Business

Health Care Economics: Making Care Matter in Health Economics

 

£913
Jon Oldfield Social & Political Environmental Histories of East-West Relations post-1945  Event report £1,640
Gwilym Pryce and Nema Dean Social & Political

Measuring local inequality/segregation and making links with the causes and consequences of crime

 

£1,983
Nicholas Tsagourias Law Cyber Attacks and International Humanitarian Law  Journal article £2,000

Award holders should complete an ASRF Seedcorn End-of-award Report Pro-Forma on completion of their research.

Previous awards


Seedcorn Fund 2010/11

*2010/11 Round 1 Awards*

NameSchoolTitleReports, etc.Awarded
Matt Davies, Valenitna Bold, Don MacLeod, Steven Gillespie, Bethan Wood Interdisciplinary Studies Participatory identification of research challenges for the Galloway and South Ayrshire Biosphere Website £1,540
Nigel Sprigings Social & Political Young People's Housing Pathways   £1,600
Mhairi Mackenzie Social & Political A criticial interpretive review of the applicability of 'candidacy' as a concept in understanding access to public services Report on outcomes £1,978
Vivien Beattie, Ignacio Canales, Richard Harris, Robert MacIntosh, Donald MacLean, Graeme Martin, Robbie Paton, Ray Stokes Business Inter-organizational Strategy and Renewable Energy   £2,000
Dot Reid Law Inheritance Rights and Scottish Families   £1,550
Ian Menter and Moira Hulme Education Pilot Study of Early Career Teachers   £1,400
Nicki Hedge and Penny Enslin Education Citizen Identities: from Local to Global? - Phase One   £1,994

Award holders should complete an ASRF Seedcorn End-of-award Report Pro-Forma on completion of their research.

Previous awards