Royal Society: ISPF International Collaboration Awards 2024 – UK - South Korea

14/03/2024

25/04/2024

The ISPF International Collaboration Awards provide funding to enable outstanding emerging research leaders in the UK to develop research collaborations with international partners. The grants are open to newly independent researchers building their own group, who are ready to lead and drive the research vision of an international research programme. The objectives of these awards are: Supporting collaboration - support the development of sustainable and mutually beneficial collaborative partnerships and growth of international research networks; Funding high-quality and original research – enable newly independent researchers to generate new approaches to challenging research questions; Nurturing talent - build the capabilities of newly independent researchers and their groups to conduct, manage, share and apply high quality research through sharing of knowledge, skills and exchange of people. Applicants are permitted to apply for up to £225,000 (£75,000 per year) from the Royal Society., and up to 360 Mil. (120 Mil. per year) South Korean Won (KRW) from NRF. Therefore, the Royal Society and NRF will jointly make approximately £450,000 available for each award (subject to exchange rate variances).

Research must be within the Royal Society’s remit of natural sciences, which includes but is not limited to biological research, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics.

Eligibility Note Eligible host organisations are a university or not-for-profit research institution. Ineligible organisations include industrial, private and commercial organisations, university spin-out companies, and governmental bodies. For UK applicants: UK applicants are expected to have a minimum of three years and maximum of ten years of active research experience since completing their PhD by the time of application (career breaks will be taken into consideration - see below for more details), or no more than 5 years of an independent research career. The UK lead applicant must hold a permanent or fixed-term independent academic research post, or named independent research fellowship, for the duration of the award. This grant does not support salary of the UK lead applicant. Applicants should have access to their own lab space and the ability to recruit research staff and students.