Grant Scheme
Number Offered: Varies
Application Closing Date:
25 March 2010
Closing Information:
Please see '2010 closing dates' section below for the remaining 2010 deadlines.
Apply for this grant:
http://e-gap.royalsociety.org/
Results Available:
Approximately 3 months after closing date
Aim:
The Royal Society International Joint Project programme is designed to enable international collaboration by providing a mobility grant for researchers and members of their research teams to cover travel, subsistence and research expenses. It also aims to provide seed money for research that will lead to further collaboration and greater funding in the future from larger funding bodies.
Subjects Covered:
All areas of the life and physical sciences, including engineering, but excluding clinical medicine.
Eligibility:
The Project Leaders must be from academia, of at least postdoctoral status or equivalent and hold a permanent or fixed-term contract in an eligible organisation which, if it is the latter, continues at least for the duration of the project. Collaborations should be based on a single project including two teams or individuals: one based in the UK and the other based outside the UK. A relationship between both parties should already be established prior to making an application and the collaboration should involve bilateral visits between the UK and the country with which the overseas collaborator is based.
Length of Tenure:
2 years
Value of Grant:
Up to £6000 a year for 2 years for travel and subsistence. Within the £6000 available each year, up to £1000 can be used for research expenses (excluding computer hardware).
Countries covered:
Currently Joint Projects are available to those in European and Former Soviet Union countries, China, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Ghana, Tanzania, South Africa and certain countries in Latin America. Please check appendix 2 of the scheme notes for eligible countries.
Cost-share arrangements:
Depending on which country your collaboration is with proposals can be submitted either as a ‘direct’ application (to the Royal Society only) or as a ‘parallel cost share’ application. The latter entails the UK team leader submitting a proposal to the Royal Society AND the Overseas team leader simultaneously submitting a proposal to a partner organisation (usually an Academies of Science abroad) with whom the Royal Society has cost share agreement, in which case the travel and subsistence costs are shared between the Royal Society and the overseas Partner. Please note that ‘direct’ applications are still accepted even if a cost share partner is available. Please check appendix 2 of the scheme notes for cost share countries/partners.
2010 closing dates:
2010/R1 (including Taiwan cost share) is now open and closes 25 March 2010.
2010/R2 (including France and India cost share) will open 31 May and close 29 July 2010.
2010/R3 (Including Ireland and India cost share) will open 28 September and close 25 November 2010.
Dates for China cost share are yet to be confirmed. The deadline will be sometime in September 2010.
Dates for Russia cost share are yet to be confirmed. The deadline will be sometime in October 2010.
Interim & Final report form:
This form is available to download on the right hand-side of this page and should be completed by the UK Joint Project leader 1 year into the project to show progress and release funding for the consecutive year. The same form should also be completed and submitted within 2 months of the end date of the project. The late submission of report forms may lead to the loss of earmarked funds or prevent you from applying for other Royal Society grant schemes.
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