The Royal Society International Exchange Awards are now open for applications. The current schemes that are available to apply for are:
China Cost Share Programme
£12,000 is available from the Royal Society and an additional £12,000 is awarded by the cost share partner, National Natural Science Foundation of China, to cover both teams international travel and subsistence.
£2,000 of the total budget may be used for research expenses or consumables.
The Duration of award is 2 years.
Closing Date: Tuesday 25th September
Japan/Taiwan Cost Share Programme
£12,000 is available from the Royal Society and an additional £12,000 is awarded by the cost share partner, Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan or Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, to cover the teams travel expenses for the international visits.
£2,000 of the total budget may be used for research expenses or consumables.
The Duration of award is 2 years.
Closing Date: Tuesday 2nd October
Standard Programme
This programme is available for travel to/from all countries outside of the UK with funding varying dependant of the project duration:
- £3,000 for 3 months to be spent on travel only.
- £6,000 for 12 months with £1,000 allowable for consumables.
- £12,000 for 24 months with £2,000 allowable for consumables.
Closing Date: Tuesday 2nd October
Are you eligible?
Activities must be based within the natural sciences including: physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer sciences, engineering, agriculture, biological and medical research, geography and experiment psychology. Social sciences, clinical and patient orientated research is not covered by this scheme.
Both sets of applicants must hold a PhD or have equivalent research experience and hold a contract at their institution that will extent beyond the project dates.
————————————————————————————————————————
For more information about the schemes please visit the Royal Society website. If you’d like to apply for any of these schemes please contact the Research Development Team.
