Funding opportunities
There are a number of internal and external funding opportunities, which aim to facilitate the development of international research collaborations. See more information below.
Faculty
International Partnering Travel Award 2024
The Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health (FBMH) is pleased to introduce the new International Partnering Travel Award (IPTA). The purpose of the award is to provide funds for FBMH research teams to build relationships with groups of overseas researchers and technical specialists, through a series of secondments to international institutions. Collaboration with overseas researchers leads to huge benefits for our research and innovation community. It is therefore important that we continue to ensure that strong linkages are developed and sustained across our research themes. This new award aims to support the development of long-term relationships between FBMH research teams and groups of international collaborators. An award of up to £30,000 will be allocated over three years.
Scope
Applications are invited from research teams to support FBMH colleagues to undertake secondments in overseas research institutions. Awards can be used to fund travel and accommodation costs for PhD students, Post-Doctoral Research Assistants (PDRAs) and Experimental Officers only. Funds to cover the costs associated with lab space and consumables should be covered by the host institution.
The IPTA will fund secondments (for PhD students, PDRAs and Experimental Officers), which will enable collaboration between teams of research groups, rather than partnerships between individual research groups. The focus of this award is to facilitate a ‘team research’ approach to the development of international partnerships. Secondments should enable high-level collaboration between laboratories, with a view to submitting joint applications to larger international research funding sources as well as the production of high-quality research outputs.
Deadline for submission: Midday 28th October 2024
External
International Partnership: Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases
Apply for funding for internationally collaborative projects to understand the ecological, evolutionary and social drivers of infectious disease transmission in animals, humans and plants, using a quantitative or mathematical approach combined with qualitative principles.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for funding from UKRI or Defra and collaborate with a partner from the USA. You can also have partners from China and Israel to form tri or quadrilateral collaborations.
The full economic cost of your project can be up to £1 million, funding available for up to four years.
Closing Date: 4pm, 30th November 2024
Horizon Europe
There are currently 469 calls open for submission.
BBSRC International Travel Award Scheme (ITAS)
Closing date: rolling call
To help scientists to add an international dimension to their BBSRC-funded research by making and establishing new contacts with international counterparts. Applicants must hold an active BBSRC grant.
UKRI Collaborate with researchers in Brazil
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and FAPESP have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support collaborative applications. It provides for a lead agency agreement whereby participant UKRI research councils receive and assess joint applications from eligible UK and Brazil-based researchers from the state of São Paulo on behalf of both organisations.
Closing date: Open - no closing date
MRC Pre-announcement: Japan research collaboration in neuroscience, neurodegenerative diseases and dementia
Closing date: TBC
Apply for funding to work with researchers in Japan in the fields of neuroscience, neurodegenerative diseases and dementia. MRC will provide matched funding with the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED).