Interact Call 6

Building Links with India
Call for Proposals
Closing date: 16:00 Wednesday 30 July 2008

The EPSRC invites applications to this sixth call of the INTERACT programme to build collaborative partnerships with research groups and organisations in India in all fields within EPSRC’s remit.

The programme will support travel and more substantial follow-on funding for building an international network as part of a single award. This will lead to strong collaborative research partnerships and promote UK research interests in India. It is expected that the networks will be relevant to the needs to business and may have some industrial interaction.

The international research networks formed through this call will be expected to operate for no longer than 2 years with EPSRC funding, after which time they should aim to become self-supporting.

Applications are invited from UK eligible researchers to form networks with academic researchers in India in all areas within EPSRC’s remit. The network must contain at least 3 UK research institutions (HEIs) and at least one research group in India.

http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/ResearchFunding/Opportunities/ResponsiveMode/EPSRCRemit.htm

Further Information

Please contact:

Dr Hannah Foreman, Infrastructure and International Programme

Telephone: 01793 444428
Email: hannah.foreman@epsrc.ac.uk  

UKIERI Research Awards 2008

UKIERI supports research collaborations between the UK and India. In the first two years of the initiative, we have awarded 67 research collaborations spanning subjects in science, technology and humanities. The third call for bids for the Research Awards is now open, and the deadline for submission of applications is 31 July 2008.

For details and for application process visit http://ukieri.org/Research-Awards-2008.htm

Newton International Fellowship

The Newton International Fellowship scheme will select the very best early stage post-doctoral researchers from all over the world, and offer support for two years at UK research institutions.The long-term aim of the scheme is to build a global pool of research leaders and encourage long-term international collaboration with the UK.

The Newton International Fellowships scheme is run by The British Academy, The Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society.

The Fellowships cover the broad range of natural and social sciences, engineering and the humanities.

They provide grants of £24,000 per annum to cover subsistence and £8,000 to cover research expenses, plus a one-off relocation allowance of £2,000.

As part of the scheme, all Newton Fellows who remain in research will be granted a 10 year follow-up funding package worth £6,000 per annum.

The closing date for the first round of applications is 4 August 2008.

For more detailed information on the Newton International Fellowships please contact:

info@newtonfellowships.org
www.newtonfellowships.org

New ESRC-ICSSR India-UK exchange scheme:

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Indian Council for Social Science Research announced a call under a new scheme for India-UK scholar exchanges. 

The purpose of the scheme is to strengthen the quality and potential of research in both countries by building greater research interaction. The scheme is aimed at established scholars in either country to undertake clearly specified research collaborations between India and UK. Funding will be available for academic visits of 1-3 months to recognised research organisations, including universities and research institutes.

More information available on ESRC website http://www.esrc.ac.uk/india_uk_exchange/