USyd-Glasgow Ignition Grants
Ignition Grants with the University of Sydney
Applications are now closed for this round of the USyd-Glasgow Ignition Grants.
Details of the new round of funding will be available in 2024.
Applications are now closed for the USyd-Glasgow Ignition Grants, formerly known as the Partnership Collaboration Awards. Thank you to all of those who submitted applications this year. The applications will be reviewed and we will notify you of the outcomes in July.
USyd-Glasgow Ignition Grant
USyd-Glasgow Ignition Grants were formerly known as the Partnership Collaboration Awards. The name change highlights that the grant is seed funding and designed to ignite a project, a launch pad for staff wanting to collaborate with the University of Sydney. All projects supported by an Ignition Grant are expected to lead to publication outputs and leverage external international funding for continued collaboration.
In the 2023 round, up to ten projects may be funded:
- Each project will have two teams led by chief investigators, one from USyd and one from UofG
- The average award will be AUD 10,000 from USyd and GBP 5,000 from UofG
- In exceptional cases up to AUD 20,000 from USyd and GBP 10,000 from UofG may be awarded.
Preference will be given to projects that involve staff from many levels, such as PhD or masters by research students, postdocs, Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCR) and researchers on sabbatical leave rather than just a one-to-one staff research project.
Projects which are multidisciplinary in nature are also encouraged. Proposals which seek to address the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are highly encouraged.
Please see below for a list of last year’s successful applicants.
Contact
externalrelations-partnershipfunding@glasgow.ac.uk
University of Glasgow
University of Sydney
What are the Ignition Grants?
Ignition Grants were established to:
- Facilitate and support joint initiatives that will strengthen the two universities’ strategic priorities,
- Develop interdisciplinary cutting-edge research to create academic and societal impact.
Applicants are encouraged to submit funding applications for innovative and sustainable programs built around collaborative research linking the Universities of Sydney and Glasgow. Proposals for learning and teaching initiatives may also be considered if included as part of a larger collaborative research proposal.
How to apply
Application submission
All applications must be jointly submitted by a Chief Investigator from University of Sydney and a Chief Investigator from the University of Glasgow. All applications will also require the endorsement of the relevant Head of School from both institutions.
Please send a note of interest or any questions to the International Affairs Team at externalrelations-partnershipfunding@glasgow.ac.uk
Application details
The proposal must address the selection criteria (Quality & Relevance, Execution, Impact) and include the following elements:
- Project timeline (a timeline form is built into the online application)
- Project budget (a budget form is built into the online application)
- CV of the Chief Investigator of each university (maximum two pages in length).
All applications must be submitted online via the USyd Funding Schemes Site: http://sydney.edu.au/award-schemes
As the application software is based in Sydney, applications are initially opened by the Chief Investigator from USyd using their UniKey and password. Once this is done, Chief Investigators from Glasgow will be able to access and edit the applications following an invitation from USyd Chief Investigators to be a 'Member' of the bid.
Full details are available in the Ignition Grants - Guidelines for Applicants.
Eligibility, funding and reporting
Eligibility
Proposals are invited from academic staff from all disciplines at Universities of Glasgow and Sydney and their affiliated Research Centres and Institutes.
Chief Investigators must be employed on a full-time, part-time (appointed at least 0.5 FTE), fixed term or continuing basis. If on a fixed term contract, the end date must be beyond the funding period.
PhD students, masters by research students, post-docs, and research assistants/associates are not eligible to apply as Chief Investigators but they are welcome to join the applications.
Eligible grant activities
Activities that will be considered for funding include:
- Airfares: Only travel on economy class return airfares will be considered;
- Other travel expenses (e.g. train, rental car);
- Costs for hosting a seminar/conference or workshop;
- Accommodation and subsistence;
- Consumables; and
- Publications and printing costs.
Funding deadline
Please note, the project deadline for successful recipients is 31 July 2024. All funding must utilised by this date.
Funding and reporting obligations
Further to the eligibility criteria and funding details, all successful Ignition Grant recipients will be expected to complete a final report by 30 October 2024 with an update to this report submitted before 31 July 2025. This is part of the financial and reporting obligations incumbent on successful recipients.
Evidence of external funding submissions will be required in final project reports. See sections 7 and 14 of the Ignition Grants - Guidelines for Applicants for more details.
Previous recipients
2022/2023 recipients
| Title | UofG CI | UofG College/School |
|---|---|---|
| Policy Futures for the Digital Creative Economy for Cultural Transformations | Prof Philip Schlesinger | School of Culture & Creative Arts, CoA |
| Pre-Service Teacher Preparedness for Understanding Quality Inclusive Education | Dr Ines Alves | School of Education, CoSS |
| USYD-Glasgow Alliance for Mechanomedicine: translating mechanobiology concepts to healthcare innovation | Prof Massimo Vassalli | James Watt School of Engineering, CoSE |
| Quantum-enabled ultrasensitive and miniaturized magnetic sensors for room-temperature biomedical sensing | Prof Hadi Heidari | James Watt School of Engineering, CoSE |
| Sex and Health; Evaluating diagnosis, Risk factOrs and Complications in chronic Kidney diSease (SHE-ROCKS project) | Prof Patrick Mark | School of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, MVLS |
| Multi-nutrient approach for assessing nutrition equity | Dr Frederick Ho | School of Health and Wellbeing, MVLS |
| Tracking the gut resistome: can we model the dynamics of antimicrobial resistance transfer in aquaculture using a synthetic gut simulator? | Prof Martin Llewellyn | School of Biodiversity Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, MVLS |
2020-2021
The fund did not run due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
2019-2020 funding update
| Title | UofG CI | UofG College/School |
|---|---|---|
| Self-assembling optical metasurfaces for ultrasensitive diagnostics | Dr Alasdair Clark | School of Engineering, COSE |
| Returning missing people: addressing an international prevention problem | Prof Hester Parr | School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, CoSE |
| Shakespearean Echoes in Scottish-Australian Literary Culture | Dr Richard Stacey | School of Critical Studies, Arts |
| Quantum-enabled ultrasensitive and miniaturized magnetic sensors for room-temperature biomedical sensing | Prof Hadi Heidari | James Watt School of Engineering, CoSE |
|
A blueprint for the equitable, resilient and ecologically sustainable development of Asia’s deltas |
Prof Fabrice Renau | School of Interdisciplinary Studies, CoSS |
| Maximising the academic and societal impact of novel health literacy interventions for chronic conditions through strategic research priority setting (Maxi-HL) | Dr Katie Robb | School of Health and Wellbeing, MVLS |
| Exploring Motion Sickness Mitigations for Mixed Reality (Passenger) Experiences | Dr Mark McGill | School of Computing Science, CoSE |
| Unions and the future of work in Australia and the UK: A comparative project | Prof Melanie Simms | Adam Smith Business School, CoSS |