Travel grants of up to £7,695 for researchers
Published: 11 November 2013
The Researcher Links Travel Grants programme is currently accepting applications. The awards are aimed at providing financial support for early career researchers in the UK to spend up to three months in any partner country participating in the Researcher Links initiative.
The Researcher Links Travel Grants programme is currently accepting applications.
Researcher Links is designed to provide financial support for early career researchers in the UK to spend up to three months in any partner country participating in the Researcher Links initiative, or for partner country researchers to come to the UK.
The aim is to enhance and strengthen links for future collaboration, build research capacity in developing economies, and enhance the researchers’ career opportunities. Researchers who live in the UK can apply for funding to spend up to 3 months at a university or research institution in one of the nineteen partner countries, and those residing in one of the partner countries (see below) can apply for funding to come to the UK.
Proposals will be accepted in any discipline/multidisciplinary area including from the natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, but some countries have specified areas which will be prioritized in the final selection process.
Partner Countries: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia (Social Sciences and Humanities only), South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, United States of America (Humanities and Social Sciences only), Vietnam.
Call Deadline: 23:59 GMT on the 24th November 2013 (except for applications to or from South Korea, which should be submitted by the 15th November 2013)
Full details, including the application process, can be accessed here: http://www.britishcouncil.org/society/science/researcher-links
First published: 11 November 2013
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