Applications open for Research Collaboration Grants (UK)

Funding Information

• Maximum £10k for up to 2 years.

Eligible Projects

• Applicants may submit only one proposal to each award (Small Research Grants or Research Collaboration Grants). If an applicant applies to more than one award, the applications must be for different projects. Applicants submitting to more than one award should ensure that they detail how they will manage their time on all projects if each is successful. Applicants should apply to the award best suited to the proposed project.
• RSE Research Collaboration Grants can be held in any discipline or subject area.
  Any events organised must be outwith the RSE’s and Young Academy’s own programme of meetings.

Eligibility Criteria

• The awards are open to applications from Principal Investigators from all academic disciplines and all career stages who are eligible as one of the following:
  • a full or part-time academic in any academic discipline and are tenured and/or salaried staff of a higher education institution (HEI), further education institute (FEI), research institution (RI) or cultural institution (CI) where the main offices and facilities are located in Scotland. Applicants must be on open-ended, continuing, or fixed-term contracts which extend three months beyond the end date of the envisaged award period. The RSE award cannot be used to extend an applicant’s contract.
  • a retired academic in any academic field who retains demonstrable links with a Scottish HEI, RI or CI with a demonstrable commitment to teaching and research within that institution.
  • a full or part-time practitioner or research-active member of staff in any academic field employed by a Scottish Cultural Institution with a demonstrable commitment to teaching and research within that institution.
• Applicants on short or fixed-term contracts should ensure their contracts extend for at least three months after the end of the proposed project. Early career researchers on staged contracts to permanent lectureship positions are eligible but must be in contract for the duration of the award.
• Joint applications are accepted for the Research Collaboration Grants to bring together complementary skills and expertise.
• Collaborations may be between Scottish or overseas (UK and overseas) HEIs and/or practitioners, policymakers, Research Institutions and Cultural Institutions provided that: the lead applicant is based in Scotland and the key principles of the awards scheme are recognised.
• Applicants may add up to two co-applicants. Co-applicants may be based in or outwith Scotland (UK and overseas). However, they must fulfil the rest of the eligibility criteria for the Principal Investigator. Co-applicants are expected to carry the same status as the Principal Investigator. The award payment will remain between the RSE and the institution to which the Principal Investigator belongs.
• A new application will not be considered when a report on a previous RSE award is overdue.

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