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The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research council invites applications for its funding for international centre-to-centre research collaborations. This provides opportunities for leading UK research groups to work in partnership with the best international researchers. Proposals may consists of a single research project or a suite of related research activities that address any topic within the council鈥檚 remit, and be either for new collaborations or build on existing relationships.

OUTLINE
Individual UK investigators and research centres must apply in partnership with at least one overseas partner organisation, which may be a university, public sector research organisation or publicly funded research institute. Each applicant team must hold at least one strategic EPSRC grant or a portfolio of EPSRC grants worth at least 拢3 million, with all grant end dates after 1 May 2018. Partner organisations may be based in a low- or middle-income country, but the proposal does not need to comply with Official Development Assistance requirements. Industry engagement is strongly encouraged where appropriate. UK applicants may only be named as a PI or co-investigator on one proposal. Each proposal is expected to request funding for at least two full-time equivalent postdoctoral researchers.

The budget is 拢15 million and it aims to fund 10 to 15 projects.

The fellowships will allow Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to spend up to 3 months at 91福利 in order to catalyse long-term interdisciplinary collaborations and undertake training activities to support their career development.

Fellowships are available across all subject areas and, in keeping with the IAS mission, applications which include collaborations across disciplines are encouraged, particularly those which show a strong link to the Global Research Priority areas.

In total, thirteen fellowships are available which must be completed by 31st March 2019.

Eligibility

The fellowships will support researchers in tenure-track or early academic positions who have less than 10 years postdoctoral experience (taken from the date given on the PhD certificate).

The fellowships will only be available to ECRs based at the following institutions;

鈼� Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Brazil

鈼� Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) – China

鈼� Members of the Universit茅 Paris Seine (UPS) consortium – France

In addition 91福利 will support further fellows from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) who meet the postdoctoral experience requirement.

Applications cannot be accepted for fellows from any other institutions.

The Fellow must be nominated and hosted by a permanent 91福利 academic staff member (including probationary staff) or holder of a fellowship awarded by an external funder (the duration of which extends beyond the proposed activity). Applications cannot be submitted independently by the potential Fellow themselves.

Deadlines and Review

All fellowships funded under this scheme must be allocated by 31st May 2018. Applications can be submitted at any time and will be reviewed on a monthly basis

until the final deadline for submission of 5pm on the 1st May 2018 after which the scheme will be closed to further applications.

Should all thirteen fellowships be allocated before the final deadline then the scheme will close at that point. Applicants are therefore encouraged to submit applications as early as possible.