Applications Invited for UKRI India Partnering Awards 2020

India Partnering Awards 2020

About the Organization:

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom that directs research and innovation funding, funded through the science budget of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Established on 1 April 2018 by the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, UKRI brings together seven existing research councils, Innovate UK and the Research and Knowledge Exchange functions of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) into one unified body.

Aim

• To set up partnership links between UK and overseas laboratories
• To promote the exchange of scientists, particularly early career scientists
• To promote access to facilities.

Scope

• Funds can only be used for travel, subsistence and other activities, such as workshops or exchanges. They are not to fund salary costs, consumables, items of equipment or other research costs, nor to link ongoing single collaborative projects
• Successful awards should aim to start from April 2021
• Typically up to £30,000 over a period of up to four years for partnerships with one or more Indian life science laboratories
• Research groups should try and access other sources of funding in addition to the Partnering Award
• Indian partners may wish to explore mutual funding from the following bodies which have signed formal agreements with BBSRC: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); Department for Biotechnology (DBT)

Highlight notices:

International Partnering Award applications are particularly welcomed in the following highlight areas.

• Global Highlight: International partnerships fostering a One Health approach to diseases of zoonotic origin
• Global Highlight: International Year of Plant Health – Partnerships which foster collaboration to protect and enhance plant health.

Assessment criteria

Applications are reviewed internally against the following criteria:

• The relevance of the award and benefit that this will bring to BBSRC
• The benefits brought back to the UK; for example through access to new facilities or unique partnerships that would have been otherwise unavailable
• The uniqueness of the opportunity to work with international partners in ways that would otherwise be unavailable
• The level of contribution (either financial or in-kind) from the UK institution or the overseas partner
• The opportunities for the exchange of scientists, with a balance of activities that are appropriate to the topic area
• The opportunities for early career researchers that will benefit their future career.

Eligibility

• Open to current BBSRC research grant holders who are in receipt of BBSRC funding
• UK consortia of academics may apply, with one person acting as the lead.

Deadline: 12 November 2020, 16:00

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