Environmental Sciences: Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund 2025 (UK)

Aim

• The aim of the GPSF is to support development of partnerships that are:
  • International (from any country)
  • New (partners you have not collaborated with previously)
  • Long-term (that will be self-sustaining beyond the lifetime of the grant)

Funding Information

• Total fund: £1,000,000
• Maximum award: £100,000
• They will fund your project for up to two years.

Eligible Activities

• Supported activities may include but are not limited to:
  • Programmes of exchange visits or staff secondments
  • Establishing networks on a common research area
  • Scoping, feasibility or proof of concept studies
  • Workshops
• New collaborations may enable UK researchers and international partners to share:
  • Unique or complementary data
  • Skills
  • Infrastructure
  • Field sites
• In all cases, activities must be undertaken with the clear and demonstrable intention of developing long-term sustainable collaborations.

Eligibility Criteria

• This funding opportunity is open to research groups and individuals. They:
  • Encourage multidisciplinary research and collaborations with other UK organisations.
  • Welcome applications from individuals at any career stage, subject to NERC eligibility criteria.

Ineligibility Criteria

• You can only submit one application as either project lead or project co-lead.
• You must not:
  • Resubmit applications
  • Apply as project leads or project co-leads (previously principal investigators and co-investigators) in two consecutive years
  • Hold an active Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund grant either as project lead or project co-lead at the time of the closing date

Assessment Criteria

• The areas against which your application will be assessed are:
  • Vision
  • Approach
  • Applicant and team capability to deliver
  • Ethics and responsible research and innovation (RRI)
  • International partnerships
  • Project partner letters of support

Application Requirements

• Applications must:
  • Include at least one new international partner
  • Focus on activities that require international expertise
  • Show long-term potential

For more information, visit UKRI.