Deadline: 27-Oct-22
The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) Scotland Asia Partnerships Higher education Research (SAPHIRE) Fund is now open for applications aimed at developing new, as well as enhancing and adding value to existing international research partnerships between Scottish universities, research institutes and partners in Australia, India, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, Singapore and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The RSE Scotland Asia Partnerships Higher education Research (SAPHIRE) Fund is a new grant scheme funded by the Scottish Government.
The fund will help Scottish universities/ research institutes to:
- Enable the research to include a focus on environmental issues and climate change;
- Develop new or expand existing research partnerships (e.g. to other Scottish universities/consortia);
- Develop a practical application for the research and engagement with industry; and
- Widen the scope of the existing partnership.
Research Themes and Geographies
- Key themes:
- Clean Energy and Environment (inc. animal welfare)
- Digital, Physics and Space,
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Health
- Sustainable Cities and Urbanisation
- Subthemes:
- Food, soil and water, environmental change
- Transport
- Energy, resources
- Advanced manufacturing
- Health (Medicine and life sciences inc. public health)
- Climate research, emissions research, or sustainable energy
- Sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, water and food, circular economy, biobased industries
- Sustainable Cities and Urbanisation (could include transport);
- Space, ICT, Big Data, Cybersecurity
- Robotics, autonomous systems, sensors/ internet of things and photonics
- Marine science (ocean science e.g. climate related, or coastal protection etc)
Funding Information
- The Scottish Government has made up to £103,500 available under the SAPHIRE scheme in Financial Year (FY) 2022-23.
- The scale of funding is £5,000 – 10,000 per project. They will give priority to smaller projects, in order to benefit as many partnerships as possible. The maximum any single university can receive under the scheme is £15,000.
- Projects can be up to 8 months.
Eligibility Criteria
The SAPHIRE scheme is open to researchers, from all Scottish universities and research institutes, on open ended or continuing contracts, that wish to establish new or further develop existing peer reviewed research projects which:
- Relate to one of the themes in points
- Are already receiving peer reviewed funding (from UK or international funding bodies). For new projects the applicant needs to have experience/ track record of being awarded peer reviewed funding.
- Include a partner from Australia, India, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, Singapore, and/ or ASEAN (other than Singapore) countries (projects can include additional partners from other countries).
- Industry participation welcomed as part of consortia.
- Applicants on short or fixed-term contracts should ensure their contracts extend for at least 3 months after the end of the proposed project. Early Career Researchers (ECRs) on staged contracts to permanent lectureship positions are eligible for the Research Fund but must be in contract for the duration of the award.
For more information, visit https://rse.org.uk/funding-collaboration/award/scotland-asia-partnerships-higher-education-research-fund-saphire/
