Global partnerships seedcorn fund
Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:55:44 GMT
The Natural Environment Research Council invites applications for its global partnerships seedcorn fund. This enables UK environmental science researchers to establish new collaborations with international partners. Supported activities include programmes of exchange visits, scoping studies, proof of concept studies and workshops.
Proposals for continuation of existing international research collaborations and collaborations with a primary focus on research for international development are ineligible.
The PI must be resident in the UK and be employed by an eligible UK research organisation, HEI, research council institute or a recognised independent research organisation at lecturer level or above. Projects must have at least one international project partner who may be from any country and in any science area within NERC remit. Investigators may submit only one proposal as either a PI or co-investigator. New investigators, who may not already have international research partners, are encouraged to apply.
The total budget is worth £1 million, and grants worth up to £100,000 at 100 per cent full economic cost are available for a period of two years. International partners are not eligible for direct funding, however, eligible UK organisations may request up to £15,000 for international partners in order to support their travel and subsistence costs during visits or exchanges. Additional funding is available for joint proposals to Research Council for the State of São Paulo (FAPESP) under the terms of the UKRI-FAPESP lead agency agreement, as well as for researchers from Taiwan under the NERC-Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) memorandum of understanding.
Closing date 09 Mar 20 (Forecast)
