Request for Applications: International Exchanges Grant Programme – UK

Grants can cover either a one-off short visit to explore opportunities for building lasting networks or bilateral visits to strengthen emerging collaborations.

Objectives

• The objectives of the International Exchanges scheme are to:
  • Stimulate the development of new research collaborations between UK researchers and researchers from around the world
  • Provide seed corn funding to establish partnerships, gather preliminary data, develop research ideas and strengthen applications for further funding
  • Enable UK and international research groups to exchange research staff, to share expertise and exchange ideas.

Categories

• Global rounds: The Global rounds are available for travel to/from all countries/territories outside the UK. The amount of funding available is dependent upon the length of the visit and can be used for both the UK and overseas partner.
• Cost Share rounds: The Cost Share rounds cover cooperation arrangements that the Royal Society has in place to co-fund International Exchanges grants with overseas funding bodies. The Royal Society provides funding for the UK partner and the overseas funder provides funding for the overseas partner.

Funding Information

• Global rounds:
  • The funding available is dependent upon the length of the visit:
    • up to £3,000 for a one-off visit lasting up to three months
    • up to £6,000 for multiple visits to be completed within one year
    • up to £12,000 for multiple visits to be completed within two years
• Cost Share rounds:
  • Grants are available for multiple visits to be completed over a fixed period of two years:
    • up to £12,000 from the Royal Society
    • an additional up to £12,000 equivalent from the Royal Society’s overseas cost-share funding partner.

Eligibility Criteria

• This scheme is for you if:
  • You have a PhD or have equivalent research experience
  • You hold a fixed or permanent contract at an eligible organisation for the duration of the project (ineligible organisations include industrial, private and commercial organisations, university spin-out companies and government bodies)
  • You are based in the respective countries/territories at the time of application
  • Your research is within the Royal Society’s remit of natural sciences, which includes but is not limited to biological research and biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics.
  • Collaborations should be based on a single project and travel can only take place between the UK and a country/territory where the overseas collaborator is based.

Ineligibility Criteria

• This scheme is not intended to support continued research activities between a UK applicant and a co-applicant who was a former colleague or PhD student or to support other existing or recent collaborations between the applicant and co-applicant. Rather, the scheme is intended to stimulate new collaborations between scientists in the UK and overseas.

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