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The Royal Society offers Newton International Exchanges as mobility grants to provide international researchers with funding towards travel, subsistence and research expenses for either a one-off short visit to explore opportunities for building lasting networks or for bilateral visits to strengthen emerging collaborations. Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent research experience and hold a permanent or fixed-term contract in an eligible university or research institute, which must span the duration of the project. Collaborations should focus on a single project involving overseas-based scientist (鈥渢he Applicant鈥�) and UK-based scientist (鈥渢he Co-applicant鈥�). Awards are currently only available for scientists in the following countries: Brazil, China, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and Turkey. Applicants may request: up to of 拢3,000 for one-off travel lasting up to 3 months; up to 拢6000 for multiple visits to be completed within 1 year (including a maximum of 拢1000 for research expenses); up to 拢12,000 for multiple visits to be completed within 2 years and cost share projects fixed at 2 years (including a maximum of 拢2000 for research expenses).