Apply for funding to initiate or develop new international partnerships with researchers overseas and to tackle the challenges faced by developing countries.
This funding opportunity is only open to early career researchers who meet the eligibility requirements of EPSRC’s New Investigator Award scheme.
The aim of this funding opportunity is to support early career researchers to initiate or develop new international partnerships with researchers overseas in order to tackle the challenges faced by developing countries. You and your international partners may have a previous relationship, but it is not expected that you will have worked together extensively.
The proposed collaborative project should present a balance between partnership building activities and direct research, as appropriate considering the key objectives of the funding opportunity. The international academic project partners must also have an integral role in the proposed work.
Whether they are successful or unsuccessful, applicants who apply for an early career researcher international collaboration grant for international development are still eligible to apply for a New Investigator Award. Applicants who hold a New Investigator Award but otherwise still satisfy the other New Investigator Award eligibility criteria are still eligible to apply to this funding opportunity.
Appropriate collaborators in 1 or more lower middle income, low income or least developed countries on the Development Assistance Committee list of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development are a mandatory requirement for proposals submitted through this opportunity.
Key dates
- Webinar
- Prospective applicants are invited to join a webinar on 16 November 2022 at 10:00 UK time
- Intention to submit
- Applicants who intend to submit an application to this funding opportunity should complete the following intention to submit by 7 December 2022
- Full proposal
- EPSRC must receive your application by 18 January 2023 at 4:00pm UK time