Apply for UK-Russia Institutional Links Grants!

Deadline: 19 September 2017

Applications are open for “Institutional Links Grants” with an aim to build UK-partner country research and innovation collaborations centred on shared research and innovation challenges.

This programme is designed to establish links beyond the level of the individual researcher and innovation practitioner, opening up opportunities for more sustainable, solution-oriented collaborations between academic groups as well as with the private and third sector (e.g., SMEs, NGOs, technology transfer offices and other not-for-profit organisations).

Size of Grant

Up to £300,000 with a maximum of £150,000 requested on the UK side and £150,000 requested on the Russian side.

Partner Countries

Applications can only be made for collaborations between the UK and Russia.

Eligibility Criteria

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
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 with the capacity to undertake high-quality research
- A UK higher education institution (all UK higher education institutions are eligible)
- A not-for-profit research organisation with the capacity to undertake high-quality research
- 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.
Individual departments within a single institution can make multiple applications per call provided that the proposed activities are clearly different
Principal Applicants may only submit one Institutional Links application per Institutional Links call.
Principal Applicants that have received Institutional Links grants in previous years can submit further applications for Institutional Links provided the proposed activities are clearly distinct from, or build on, any already funded through the British Council. Principal Applicants may not apply if they have already received an Institutional Links grant that year.
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.