[Academic] Fwd: International Funding Bulletin

Sun Jan 24 23:52:24 GMT 2016

Hi Everyone,

Please see the bulletin below, detailing a variety of international funding opportunities.

Best regards,
Andrew

From: Michael McTernan
Sent: 20 January 2016 14:16
Subject: International Funding Bulletin

Dear all,

I’ve put together a short bulletin on International Funding opportunities, which I hope will be useful.

It includes:

•         The latest Newton Fund calls ( with a lot of new opportunities for international fellowships and mobility grants; plus innovation and industrial research calls with China, India and Mexico).
•         News on the significant announcement that Chinese and Hong Kong-based organisations will now be funded to participate in Horizon 2020.
•         Info on the new UK-China Prosperity Fund call.
•         A link to the RKES factsheet on 2016-17 H2020 calls and deadlines.
•         Details on a new NORFACE transnational call on dynamics of inequality across the life course.
•         Information on the Strathclyde Global Engagements Fund, which aims to support academics interested in developing collaborations with excellent researchers and organisations worldwide.
•         Notice of international funding calls expected on clean energy on the back of “Mission Innovation” and the “Breakthrough Energy Coalition”.

Together with the international team in RKES, I’m very much on hand to offer support on these calls should they be of interest, or on international funding opportunities more generally. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if it’s helpful to meet at any point.

NEWTON FUND

DEADLINE

DETAILS OF CALL

27 January 2016

INDIA- UK- India research and innovation bridges competition: Agri-food<http://universitiesuk.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4db2235512f3ee2993ceaec5a&id=25c77e7a81&e=5fde04da18>

04 February 2016

29 February 2016

1 March 2016

02 March 2016

09 March 2016

MEXICO- UK- Mexico Collaborative Industrial R&D Competition<http://universitiesuk.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4db2235512f3ee2993ceaec5a&id=9cc6b28463&e=5fde04da18>

MALAYSIA – Dengue Tech Challenge 2015<http://www.platcomdiscovery.com/denguetech/>

CHINA – UK-China AMR Partnership Initiative<http://www.mrc.ac.uk/funding/browse/uk-china-amr-partnership-initiative/>

BRAZIL, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, SOUTH AFRICA, TURKEY – Newton Research Collaboration Programme (Royal Academy of Engineering)<http://www.raeng.org.uk/grants-and-prizes/international-research-and-collaborations/newton-fund-programmes/newton-research-collaboration-programme>

BRAZIL, MALAYSIA, CHINA, MEXICO, SOUTH AFRICA, THAILAND, TURKEY – Newton Advanced Fellowships (Royal Society)<https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/newton-advanced-fellowships/>

BRAZIL, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, SOUTH AFRICA, THAILAND, TURKEY – Newton Advanced Fellowships (British Academy)<http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/newton_advanced_fellowships.cfm>

BRAZIL, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, SOUTH AFRICA, THAILAND, TURKEY – Newton Mobility Grant (Royal Society<https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/newton-mobility-grants/>)

BRAZIL, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, SOUTH AFRICA, THAILAND, TURKEY – Newton Mobility Grant (British Academy)<x-msg://48/BRAZIL,%20MALAYSIA,%20MEXICO,%20SOUTH%20AFRICA,%20THAILAND,%20TURKEY%20%E2%80%93%20Newton%20Mobility%20Grant%20(Royal%20Society)>

BRAZIL, SOUTH AFRICA, TURKEY – Newton Advanced Fellowships (Academy of Medical Sciences)<http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/careers/funding-schemes/newton-advanced-fellowships/>

CHINA, INDIA – Newton International Fellowships (Academy of Medical Sciences)<http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/careers/funding-schemes/newton-international-fellowships/>

BRAZIL, MEXICO, SOUTH AFRICA, TURKEY –Newton International Fellowships (British Academy)<http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/intl/newton_international_fellowships.cfm>

BRAZIL, CHINA, INDIA, MEXICO, TURKEY – Newton International Fellowships (Royal Society)<https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/newton-international/>

23 March 2016

CHINA- UK-China research and innovation bridges competition<http://universitiesuk.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=4db2235512f3ee2993ceaec5a&id=deeaaa469d&e=5fde04da18>

20 April 2016

INDIA- UK-India collaborative industrial research and development competition: Clean-tech, affordable healthcare and ICT<http://universitiesuk.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4db2235512f3ee2993ceaec5a&id=9d3fdb8764&e=5fde04da18>

APPLICATIONS ON A ROLLING BASIS

TURKEY- Fellowships for Visiting Scientists and Scientists on Sabbatical Leave<http://universitiesuk.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4db2235512f3ee2993ceaec5a&id=8c07e5a575&e=5fde04da18>

HORIZON 2020 – Download the RKES Fact Sheet on Key 2016/17 Deadlines

Accessible here - ><https://moss.strath.ac.uk/rkesportal/Research/funding/horizon2020/Horizon%202020/H2020%20Deadlines%202016_2017.pdf>

EU - CHINA  - Chinese organisations will now be funded to participate in Horizon 2020

The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology has launched the first call for applications for funding, aimed at Chinese researchers participating in Horizon 2020 projects.

The Co-funding Mechanism aims at facilitating the participation of Chinese organisations in Horizon 2020 by enabling them to receive funding from the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).

The priority areas<http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/hi/h2020_localsupp_china_en.pdf> to be supported in 2016 mainly cover agriculture (including food), biotechnologies, ICT, space, aviation, energy, health, transport, water resources, energy conservation and emission reductions, advanced manufacturing, new materials, sustainable urbanisation, and exchange of young scientists.

More details - ><http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/index.cfm?pg=china>

EU- HONG KONG  - Hong Kong organisations will now be funded to participate in Horizon 2020

The Research Grants Council of Hong Kong and the European Commission, reached agreement to set up a collaboration scheme for research and innovation which will allow co-funding of Hong Kong researchers in the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020.

More details -><http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/hong_kong/documents/news/press_release_hk1_final.pdf>

UK- CHINA - China Prosperity Fund call for proposals is now open

The 2015 UK Strategic Defence and Security Review<https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/478933/52309_Cm_9161_NSS_SD_Review_web_only.pdf> announced a £1.3bn Prosperity Fund over the next 5 years to promote the economic reform and development needed for growth in partner countries. This fund has now issued a call for engagement proposals with China.

6 key areas; Financial Sector; Domestic & Cross Border Investment; International Engagement on Economic and Trade Issues; Structural Reform; Energy & Resource Security; Clean & Low Carbon Transition

The deadline for submission of project concept bids is: 5pm China time on Friday 26th February 2016 for Objectives 5-6 in the Strategy, Friday 4thMarch 2016 for Objectives 1-4 in the Strategy.

More details - ><https://www.gov.uk/guidance/china-prosperity-fund-bidding-round>

UK-CHINA - new agreement on technology innovation in Strategic Emerging Industries

Agreement signed by UK Prime Minister and Chinese Premier in Nov 2015. This new collaboration will support joint development of the technologies and markets of the future, focusing on new energy, new energy vehicles, life sciences, satellite applications and ICT.

Funding calls expected in 2016

UK- BRAZIL  - BBSRC and FAPESP call on to support collaborative research in science
Collaborative research proposals may be submitted in any area of science that is within the remit of both BBSRC and FAPESP.
Closes on 11 May, 2016
More details - ><http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/filter/fapesp-joint-funding-research/>

NORFACE - a new transnational research programme on dynamics of inequality across the life course

The main focus of this research programme will be on understanding the dynamics of inequalities as they unfold over the lifecourse, causal processes in relation to these inequalities, the impact on social cohesion and the identifications of opportunities for policy interventions.

The funding available for this major trans-national programme over a period of three years has been set at a minimum of 15 M€ (bids must bring together research teams in three or more different NORFACE countries)

Closing date: 30th March

More details -><http://www.norface.net/programmes/dial/>

ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures  - new funding opportunity for transnational proposals addressing urgent and long-term challenges facing cities and civil society in Europe

Funding agencies from 18 European countries are involved with a total pool of €23.8m of funding potentially available. The UK component is led by ESRC with support from AHRC and EPSRC.

Closing date: 15 March

More details -><http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/funding/opportunities/current/jpi-urban-europe/>

MISSION INNOVATION and BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY COALITION  - international funding calls expected on clean energy

Mission Innovation<http://mission-innovation.net/> - 20 countries are committing to double their respective clean energy research and development (R&D) investment over five years. These countries include the top five most populous nations -- China, India, the United States, Indonesia and Brazil – as well as the UK andmany others.<http://www.mission-innovation.net/countries/>

Breakthrough Energy Coalition<http://www.breakthroughenergycoalition.com/en/index.html> - Mission Innovation is complemented by a separate private sector-led effort that has pledged to invest significant levels of private capital in clean energy, focusing on early-stage innovations. This parallel initiative -- spearheaded by Bill Gates -- includes a coalition of over 28 significant private capital investors from 10 countries. Investment principles - ><http://www.breakthroughenergycoalition.com/assets/resources/breakthrough-energy-coalition-investment-principles.pdf>  Some of the coalition members will invest directly in energy technologies and others will invest through a fund that the coalition will create.

Funding calls expected in 2016

GLOBAL ENGAGEMENTS  - Internal fund to support new international engagements

The Global Engagements Fund enables groups of researchers to develop collaborations with excellent researchers worldwide and international organisations that provide research/consulting funding such as the World Bank, World Health Organisation, UN agencies, etc.

Funding will be made available for activities such as: researcher/academic exchanges; sandpit events; to leverage grants from external funders; and to develop new institutional relationships with international organisations that provide research/consulting funding . Funding can be for emerging/new relationships or for developing relationships.

Contributions of typically £1-5K can be requested; in exceptional circumstances up to a maximum of £10K may be awarded.  Please note that the budget will not fully fund activity; support from other sources should be sought, such as from internal departmental/special funds or external sources.

More details - ><https://moss.strath.ac.uk/rkesportal/Research/funding/globalengagements/SitePages/Home.aspx>

Michael McTernan | International Funding Manager
Research & Knowledge Exchange Services
University of Strathclyde
Graham Hills Building (Level 3)
50 George Street
Glasgow
G1 1QE
Telephone +44 (0)141 548 4341

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Research & Knowledge Exchange Services can be found on the University’s website www.strath.ac.uk/rkes<http://www.strath.ac.uk/rkes/>
Information for University staff, researchers and postgraduate students can be found on the R&KE Portal www.strath.ac.uk/rkeportal<http://www.strath.ac.uk/rkeportal>

The Internationalisation Information Portal for staff is available at https://moss.strath.ac.uk/internationalisation
www.university-technology.com<http://www.university-technology.com/> – for companies to search all university technologies by market sector
If your email relates to a Freedom of Information request please send the request to foi at strath.ac.uk<mailto:foi at strath.ac.uk>.

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