Deadline: 1 July 2019
Applications are now open for HELINKS Workshop Grant to provide the small-scale match funding for institutional collaborations between Argentine and UK HEIs.
The outcome of the workshops will be a final project proposal for the sustained continuation of the collaboration.
Programme Goals
The goals of the HELINKS Workshop Grant programme are to:
- Establish or significantly develop institutional links between Argentine and UK HEIs with the potential for long-term sustained collaborations in the form of mobility agreements, joint research, or transnational education.
- Contribute to the capacity building of workshop participants, supporting their professional and personal development.
- Support the development of bilateral projects aimed at achieving a specific development goal in Argentina.
- Promote the inclusion of HEIs in a wider development agenda, through engagement with relevant actors in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors involved in development initiatives.
Relevance to Economic Development and Welfare: In order to be considered for funding, proposals must clearly articulate a plausible pathway to positive impact in these areas within a short to medium term time frame (1-5 years). Applications which do not meet this criterion will not be considered eligible for funding under the Programme.
Priority Areas
- Student Employability & Competitiveness: These collaborations are expected to share best practices to build a final proposal aimed at improving student employability and developing student competencies to respond to local or national industry needs in Argentina.
- Research & Development: It is expected that Argentine HEIs will host workshops with UK institutions that have a track record in R+D+i, innovation management and/or knowledge transfer activities to develop a final project with the potential to strengthen the Argentine institution’s R+D+i agenda for the benefit of socio-economic development in Argentina.
- Social Innovation & Inclusion: Proposals for social innovation projects should focus on sharing best practices and develop a final project for improvements in the local/national arena in Argentina.
Funding Information
- HELINKS Workshop Grants provide funding of ARS 300,000 (or ARS 500,000 for past recipients of HELINKS grants who wish to apply for a grant to develop a larger scale institutional project with the key objective of consolidating the HEI partnership) to selected proposals Workshops.
- HELINKS Workshop Grant contributes towards the cost of developing and executing the workshops.
Please Note: A condition for receiving HELINKS funding is that match funding is provided by the participating institutions, in the form of financial and/or in-kind contribution towards workshop planning and delivery.
Workshops
- Location: Workshop sessions will take place at the Argentine HEI’s main location (in the case where more than one Argentine HEI is participating in the collaboration, this should be the main location of the Argentine Lead Institution). If there is a compelling reason for the workshop sessions to take place in a different venue, this should be detailed in the proposal.
- Duration: The minimum duration of workshop sessions is three days and the maximum duration is five days.
- Timing: Workshops must take place between 1 August 2019 and 28 February 2020.
- Language: Workshops will be held in English. Consideration should be given to non-English language speakers and interpreting services should be budgeted for.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for funding, proposals must meet the following criteria:
- Participation of one UK and one Argentine higher education institution (HEI). In the case where more than one institution in Argentina will participate in the collaboration, the application should be submitted by an individual based at the Argentine HEI that is leading the proposal (‘Argentine Lead Institution’).
- Applicants in Argentina must be individuals based at:
- A not-for-profit HEI, including universities and research centres.
- The counterpart participating UK institution must be one of the following:
- A not-for-profit HEI, including universities and research centres.
- Both the Argentine Lead Institution and the UK organisation must have the capacity to administer the grant.
In addition to the participation of UK and Argentine higher education institutions, the collaboration may also include participation of institutions and organisations from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
How to Apply
Applications should be submitted by email given on the website.
For more information, please visit https://argentina.britishcouncil.org/en/programmes/education/call-higher-education-links
