Are you a newly unbiased researcher within the UK, captivated with international collaboration and able to lead groundbreaking scientific work with worldwide friends? The Royal Society’s International Collaboration Awards beneath the International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) supply a serious funding alternative to kick-begin your worldwide analysis profession.
What’s This Scheme All About?
The ISPF International Collaboration Awards are designed to help early-profession UK-primarily based researchers in growing lengthy-time period, equitable, and impactful partnerships with collaborators in chosen worldwide international locations. This initiative aligns with the “Tomorrow’s Talent” theme to drive inclusion, innovation, and international scientific progress.
Benefits of the ISPF International Collaboration Awards
Successful candidates can obtain:
- Up to £225,000 in complete funding over three years (£75,000 per 12 months) from the Royal Society
- Additional funding for ODA-eligible analysis with Brazil, South Africa, and Least Developed Countries
- Additional co-funding of as much as ₩360 million KRW (₩120 million/12 months) for Korean companions from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Covered prices embody:
- Research bills
- Travel and subsistence for UK and worldwide workforce members
- Research help
- Technical and non-technical coaching.
Note: The scheme doesn’t fund applicant salaries or oblique prices.
Who’s Eligible?
You are eligible to apply should you:
- Are a newly unbiased researcher primarily based within the UK and main your individual analysis group
- Have an unbiased worldwide collaborator from one of many eligible companion international locations
- Hold an unbiased tutorial put up or named fellowship for the total period of the grant
- Submit a co-developed analysis proposal along with your worldwide collaborator
- Conduct analysis inside the Royal Society’s remit in pure sciences, together with (however not restricted to):
- Biology and biomedical sciences
- Chemistry
- Engineering
- Mathematics
- Physics.
Special Note: For Brazil and South Africa, the analysis should meet Official Development Assistance (ODA) compliance.
Apply: https://royalsociety.org/grants/international-collaboration-awards-ispf/
The final date to apply for the International Collaboration Awards 2025 supplied by the Royal Society is 08 July 2025.
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