Applications Open for Research Environment Links (REL) Grants!

Deadline: 21 July 2017

Applications are open for “Research Environment Links (REL) Grants” that build research and innovation partnerships with partner countries to support their economic development and social welfare, and to develop their research and innovation capacity for long-term sustainable growth.

REL grants aim to support international collaboration through training programmes, the exchange of knowledge and best practice, the development and implementation of pilot activities in the areas relevant to the Newton capacity building strands.

This call is part of the Newton Fund Professional Development and Engagement (PDE) programme, provided by the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and delivered by the British Council.

Objectives

Contribute to capacity building in partner countries
Support international development objectives
Establish new links or significantly develop existing links in the areas relevant to the Newton Capacity Building work

Funding Information

Size of grant: £50,000 – £140,000
Duration of the grant: 12 months

Eligibility Criteria

Proposals must fulfill the following criteria in order to be eligible for funding under this Programme:

Each proposal must have one Lead Applicant from Vietnam and one partner from the UK.
Lead Applicants are limited to one REL application per call.
Lead Applicants in Vietnam must be based at one of the following Institutions:
- A not-for-profit higher education institution with the capacity to undertake high-quality research, unless specified.
- Institutions with courses relevant to the technical skills required for supporting research intensive areas.
- A not-for-profit research organisation with the capacity to undertake high-quality research.
- Regional/Local Authorities that utilise research outputs to inform strategies for managing public services.
The Lead Applicant’s institution (the ‘Lead Institution’) must have the capacity to administer the
Individual departments within a single institution can make multiple applications per call provided that the proposed activities and aims are clearly different and that each is led by separate Lead Applicants and matching funds are from different sources.
Lead Applicants can include in their proposals Associated Partners affiliated with:
- Research or higher education institutions.
- Technology transfer offices.
- Other Education Organisations/Charities/Foundations.
- Not-for-profit organisations (including non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
- For-profit/commercial organisations, including small and medium enterprises (SMEs)