Deadline: 13 January 2017
In partnership with the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society (‘the Academies’) and with generous support from the Leverhulme Trust, the APEX award (Academies Partnership in Supporting Excellence in Cross-disciplinary research award) scheme offers established independent researchers, with a strong track record in their respective area, an exciting opportunity to pursue genuine interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven research to benefit wider society.
Objectives
The objectives of this scheme are to:
- support outstanding interdisciplinary research which is unlikely to be supported through conventional funding programmes
- promote collaboration across disciplines, with a particular emphasis on the boundary between science and engineering and the social sciences and humanities
- support researchers with an outstanding track record, in developing their research in a new direction through collaboration with partners from other disciplines
- enable outstanding researchers to focus on advancing their innovative research through seed funding
Funding and Duration
This scheme provides:
- an award of up to £100,000 to fund staff costs of which no more than 25% may be used for associated research costs.
- this can include consumables, equipment, collaborative travel expenses
- costs of a teaching replacement to relieve the applicant from some of their teaching and administrative duties
- grants can be held for up to 24 months
Eligibility Criteria
Applications should be within the remit of more than one of the Academies.
Anyone can apply for this scheme if they are:
- an exceptional researcher with a strong track record as an established independent researcher (this can include engineering researchers, humanities and social sciences scholars and scientists)
- based at a UK University or not-for-profit research institution for at least the duration of the project
- applicants will be expected to collaborate with a research partner from a different discipline from their own or a different university in the UK.
How to Apply
Applications should be submitted through the Royal Society’s electronic grant application system.
Eligible Country: UK
For more information, please visit APEX Awards 2017.