Deadline: 13 June 2017
The Newton Fund, a UK Government initiative funded by the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), is seeking applications for its Newton Researcher Links Workshop Grant” with an aim to promote the economic development and welfare of either the partner countries or, through working with the partner country, to address the problems of low-income and vulnerable populations.
Newton Researcher Links Workshops bring together early-career researchers from the UK and a partner country to make international connections that can improve the quality of their research. Once funded, grants are available for early-career researchers in the UK and the country hosting the workshop to attend.
Objectives
- Support international development-relevant research
- Contribute to capacity building of early career researchers
- Establish new research links or significantly develop existing links, with the potential for longer-term sustainability
Challenge Areas
- Food Security
- Sustainable and Renewable Energy
- Health
- Environment and Climate Change
- Manufacturing for SMEs
- Governance and conflict resolution related to development
- Cross-Cutting Themes
Eligibility Criteria
- The proposal must be a joint application, with one coordinator based at a UK institution and one based at a South Africa institution.
- Applications must have the support of the home and partner institutions, confirmed by supporting letters uploaded in the online application.
- In this round, only one application may be submitted per coordinator, but there is no limit to the number of applications submitted per institution. Proposals must fulfill 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 South Africa
- Principal Applicants must be Leading Researchers or Established Researchers, and can work in partnership with Early Career/Emerging Researchers in drafting the application and planning the workshop
- 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).
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via given link.
For more information, please visit British Council-Newton Fund.