Deadline: 30 November 2018
Applications are open for the Researcher Links Workshop grants which are designed to provide financial support to bring together a UK/Russia bilateral cohort of early career researchers to take part in workshops to meet the overarching objectives. The programme is supported by UK government.
Objectives
- Establish new research links or significantly develop existing links, with the potential for longer term sustainability – Principal Applicants must outline the specific outputs anticipated from the workshop. The aim of the workshop is to stimulate longer term links between the UK and Russia, as well as to contribute to the personal and professional development of the participants. The workshop proposal should include an explanation of the mutual benefits to the UK and Russian researchers and institutions. They should also explore any potential longer term benefit that might arise, thinking about who might benefit and how they might benefit and describing the actions that will be taken to ensure that potential impact is realised.
- Contribute to capacity building of early career researchers – The proposal must include a description of how the workshop will contribute to the personal and professional development of the participants. Principal Applicants should indicate how they envisage this occurring, including any plans for long-term mentoring of early career researchers (either within each country, or cross-nationally).
Priority Areas
Natural Sciences and Applied Sciences
Partner Country
The partner country is Russia. Workshops can be proposed between the UK and Russia.
Eligibility Criteria
Proposals must fulfil the following criteria in order to be eligible for funding under this Programme:
- Each proposal must have one Principal Applicant from the UK and one Principal Applicant from Russia
- Both Principal Applicants must be Leading Researchers or Established Researchers
- Prinicipal Applicants cannot assume role of workshop Mentors
- Principal Applicants must be permanent employees of one of the following (this means that Emeritus and Honorary Professors may not apply as lead):
- A not-for-profit higher education institution
- A UK higher education institution (all UK higher education institutions are eligible)
- A not-for-profit research organisation. A Catapult Centre (in the case of the UK Principal Applicant).
- Both of the Principal Applicants’ institutions (the ‘Lead Institutions’) must have the capacity to administer the grant where contracting requires
- Individual departments within a single institution can make multiple applications per year (ie between the April and October call 2018 provided that the proposed activities are clearly different
- Principal Applicants may only submit one Researcher Links application in 2018. If an applicant applied for the April 2018 then this application will be considered alongside applications in this call. Applicants for the April 2018 call cannot reapply or amend their application at this stage.
- Principal Applicants that have received Researcher Links grants in previous years can submit further applications for Researcher Links in 2018 provided the proposed activities are clearly distinct from, or build on, any already funded. In all cases the additionality must be clearly articulated in the application.
- Organisations affiliated to higher education institutions in the UK or any other country and based in Russia, (e.g. an overseas campus) may apply as the Lead Institution in Russia provided that other eligible higher education institutions or research organisations are also involved as Associated Partners in-country.
- Organisations cannot apply as Lead Institutions in Links with their own affiliates in other countries.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit Researcher Links Workshop Grants.
