International Research Funding Circular – 19 April 2024

News

1: NEW: New UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) reports on international development research

The UKCDR have released two new case study booklets, expanding on their recently shared report, The landscape of development research impact: An analysis of REF2021 impact case studies:

2: European Commission opens consultation on 2025 Horizon Europe work programme: https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe/horizon-europe-work-programmes/feedback-opportunity-horizon-europe-work-programme-2025_en

The European Commission is seeking feedback for the 2025 Horizon Europe Work Programme. This is an opportunity to provide input for the development of the Horizon Europe ‘main’ work programme 2025. Responses submitted through the survey will contribute to the co-design of the work programme 2025, which covers all 6 clusters, research infrastructures, European innovation ecosystems, the 5 EU Missions, and the New European Bauhaus facility. The feedback opportunity closes on 6 May 2024 at midday CET. Participants can provide feedback on multiple Destinations and/or Missions.

 

Events

 

  1. NEW: Horizon Europe Information Sessions and Workshop 

As part of Europe Week 2024, the Research Funding Development team is delivering events to encourage engagement with Horizon Europe, the world’s largest funding programme for research and innovation.

The sessions will cover:

  • Introduction to engaging with Horizon Europe, 09:30-10:30: giving detail on Horizon Europe funding opportunities and the process for application for UK participants.
  • MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships, 11:00-12:00: providing an overview of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships opportunity, including the eligibility criteria, and advice from a current supervisor based on their experience of supporting an application and implementing a fellowship project.
  • ERC Grants Workshop, 13:00-14:45: for a deeper understanding of the European Research Council (ERC) Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants proposal and evaluation format, and the key issues to be addressed in planning, writing and costing a proposal, section-by-section. Advice and insight also from an ERC grant awardee.

All sessions will be held on 7 May 2024 (times above) in the Keeton Lomas Lecture Theatre in Armstrong Building ( ARMB.G.09.KLLT). Please register your attendance using this form.

 

  1. NEW: Fortnightly Online Horizon Europe Drop-In Session

Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of €95.5 billion. UK organisations can participate in Horizon Europe calls for proposals on the same terms as institutions from other Associated Countries, including leading consortia. Please join the drop-in sessions with the EU & International Research Funding Development team via Zoom to discuss any Horizon Europe questions you may have. This could be on a specific upcoming call or a general enquiry about opportunities to engage with the programme. The Zoom sessions will take place on a fortnightly basis each Friday 12:00-13:00 from Friday 3rd May 2024. Zoom link: https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/86796737745?from=addon (meeting ID: 867 9673 7745).

 

  1. Global Research and Innovation Network (GRIN) meeting, 30 April 2024 online 15:00-17:00 UK time

Please register for our next Network meeting using this link. Topics that we are hoping to cover: • Horizon Europe Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions, speakers EC/REA, • International Science Partnerships Fund strategy, speakers (DSIT, tbc).

 

  1. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 Call Information Webinar, by UKRO

The UK Research Office (UKRO), in its capacity as UK National Contact Point (NCP) for the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), is holding two information webinars for organisations and individuals interested in applying to the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 call (deadline on 11 September 2024). The two webinars will provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of the 2024 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship Call. They will provide attendees with all the information needed to submit a successful application, including the MSCA eligibility criteria, available budget, and submission and evaluation rules, as well as practical advice on proposal writing.

  • Session 1: 10:00-12:00, 14 May 2024, Register
  • Session 2: 10:00-12:00, 15 May 2024, Register

 

 

European related funding

 

  1. NEW: Horizon Europe EU Missions

A €648 million top-up for the five research Missions in 2024. The Missions funnel research funding into demonstrator projects and actions enhancing dialogue, which in turn are intended to promote innovation and leverage external funding in the five areas of cancer, climate adaptation, oceans and rivers, soil and climate-neutral cities. The first 2024 calls will open between 18 and 24 April. The deadlines for most calls are in September. The exceptions are the Cities Mission, with some of the calls open from 17 September 2024 to 16 January 2025, and the Soils Mission with calls open from 8 May to 8 October.  We have summarised a list of the topics (calls) under each of the Missions as attached, with the full MISSIONS Work Programme 2023-24 available here.

 

  1. International Green Corridors Fund for UK-Ireland Feasibility Studies: https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1908/overview/09df5ff4-245c-4e90-b2d6-aea922fe365a

Joint Irish and UK projects must conduct a technical and economic feasibility study associated with the development and real-world demonstration of a Green Shipping Corridor route between the UK and Ireland. Green corridors are defined as zero emission maritime routes between two or more ports. Innovate UK (IUK) and the Marine Institute, Ireland will invest a combined total of up to £860,000 (€1 million) to fund feasibility projects. Each project’s combined UK and IE total costs must be between £50,000 (€59,000) and £250,000 (€300,000). The lead applicant must be a UK registered business of any size while other eligible grant claiming UK or Irish registered partners, including businesses, academic institutions and research and technology organisations can participate. Deadline 30 May 2024.

 

  1. ERC Advanced Grants 2024: https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/advanced-grant

Advanced Grants provide support for established, leading principal investigators who want long-term funding to pursue a ground-breaking, high risk project. Advanced Grants may be awarded up to €2.5M for a period of 5 years, with an additional € 1 million available to cover eligible “start-up” costs and/or the purchase of major equipment, access to large facilities or other major experimental and field work costs. The call is opening 29 May 2024 with submission deadline 29 August 2024. Please contact the EU & International Research Funding Development team if applying.

 

  1. Forthcoming Horizon Europe calls

There are a number of forthcoming funding calls within the Horizon Europe 2024 work programme – click the links below to see individual call topics on the EU Funding and Tenders portal and please get in touch with the EU & International Research Funding Development team for support if applying.

 

Cluster 3: Civil security for society

  • Fighting Crime and Terrorism (8 calls), deadline 20 November 2024: see here
  • Border Management (5 calls), deadline 20 November 2024: see here
  • Disaster-Resilient Society (5 calls), deadline 20 November 2024: see here
  • Resilient Infrastructure (3 calls), deadline 20 November 2024: see here
  • Increased Cybersecurity (2 calls), deadline 20 November 2024: see here

 

Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility

  • Safe, Resilient Transport and Smart Mobility services for passengers and goods (12 calls), deadline 5 September 2024: see here
  • Efficient, sustainable and inclusive energy use (5 calls), deadline 21 January 2025: see here
  • Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply (12 calls), deadline 21 January 2025: see here

 

CERV programme:

  • Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (5 calls), deadline 18 September 2024: see here

 

Health

  • European Partnership: One Health Anti-Microbial Resistance, deadline 25 September 2024: see here

 

 

  1. COST Action Open Call 2024: https://www.cost.eu/funding/open-call-a-simple-one-step-application-process/

COST Actions provide researchers from all sectors with funding for a broad range of networking and collaboration activities and opportunities within a network. COST does not provide funding for research itself, but for a broad range of networking and collaboration activities and opportunities, including meetings, workshops, conferences, training schools, short-term scientific missions (STSM), and dissemination activities. COST Actions are bottom-up and can be on any topic, however they must fulfill certain criteria in order to be approved, such as including researchers from at least seven COST Member countries, half of whom come from the Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITC). Deadline 23 October 2024.

 

  1. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024: https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-postdoctoral-fellowships-2024

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be open to excellent researchers of any nationality. European Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to Europe from any country in the world or moving within Europe. The standard duration of these fellowships must be between 12 and 24 months. Global Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to European nationals or long-term residents who wish to engage in R&I projects with organisations outside EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries. These fellowships require an outgoing phase of minimum 12 and maximum 24 months in a non-associated Third Country, and a mandatory 12-month return phase to a host organisation based in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country. Deadline 11 September 2024.

 

 

Official development assistance (ODA) related funding

 

  1. NEW: Association of Commonwealth Universities Grants:

 

  1. Global Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) Projects Call 2: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/global-health-policy-and-systems-research-hpsr-projects-call-2/35549

Global HPSR Projects should have clearly defined questions which specifically target an identified health policy and/or system(s) challenge or evidence gap. Projects should then set out how the outcome of the research will benefit vulnerable populations in LMICs (on the DAC list). Funding of up to £800k over 3 years. Webinar on Tuesday 26 March 2024. Application deadline 19 June 2024.

 

  1. UKRI-Southeast Asia Collaboration on Infectious Diseases: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/ukri-southeast-asia-collaboration-on-infectious-diseases/

Apply for funding to collaborate with partners in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore on infectious diseases with antimicrobial resistance and epidemics potential. Multilateral research teams including more than two partners are encouraged. You can apply for up to £1,000,000 from UKRI. Southeast Asia funding partners will provide co-funding to support their national research teams. Opening 14 March with deadline 30 May 2024. Please contact Dennis Wong Dennis.Wong@newcastle.ac.uk (Provost and Group CEO, ASEAN) if you need support in making connections.

 

  1. MRC Applied global health partnership:

Apply for funding to support a partnership to enable applied research that will address global health challenges and inequities. We will accept applications of all sizes, including large projects and small to medium-scale applications. We encourage applications from project leads based in: low and middle-income countries (LMICs), and UK working in partnership with LMIC researchers. Funding of £150k-£1M. Mandatory pre application stage, with stage 1 deadline 13 June 2024.

 

  1. Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (with MRC/NIHR) call: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/gacd-management-of-multiple-long-term-conditions/

Global health funding to address the management of multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) in the context of non-communicable diseases (NCD)—in partnership with low or middle income countries. Clear implications for reducing health inequalities. £5M available to fund several projects, over 3-5 years. Stage 1 deadline 15 May 2024.

 

 

 

General international

 

  1. NEW: EPSRC Pre-announcement: UK-Japan collaboration in advanced functional materials: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/epsrc-uk-japan-collaboration-in-advanced-functional-materials/

Expected to open in May 2024. Projects funded should exhibit the potential to tackle large scale global research challenges, through the sharing of our expertise and showcase their potential to support delivery of UN sustainability goals. Applications should principally focus on the physical science or engineering of materials to deliver beneficial and enhanced properties. Their incorporation into devices or use in applications can be addressed but should not form the bulk of work proposed. Total funding £5M.

 

  1. NEW: AHRC Support knowledge exchange for European humanities research: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/support-knowledge-exchange-for-european-humanities-research/

Apply for funding to act as a Knowledge Exchange Facilitator (KEF). You will bring together Humanities in the European Research Area funded projects on the theme of Crisis and set the theme within the context of values of the humanities, by developing knowledge exchange activities. £400-500k available. Deadline 09July 2024.

 

  1. NEW: FAPESP São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration (SPRINT): https://fapesp.br/en/sprint/call12024

To promote the engagement of researchers affiliated to higher education and research institutions in the state of São Paulo in partnership with researchers abroad. FAPESP will match funding of up to $10k per year per project for a duration of up to 24 months. Applicants must guarantee funding either from their own university or from grants awarded by a research funding agency. Next deadline 24 June 2024.

 

  1. NEW: Foundation Fighting Blindness Translational Research Award for Inherited Retinal Disease: https://www.fightingblindness.org/translational-research-acceleration-program

The Translational Research Acceleration Program awards will accelerate the movement of preclinical research toward an Investigational New Drug filing and into clinical trials to provide a robust and diverse pipeline of potential therapies to fight inherited retinal degenerations (IRD) and dry age-related macular degeneration. Priority areas are 1) Novel Medical Therapies, 2) Genetic Technologies, and 3) Regenerative Medicine. Project awards of up to $1M are available to applicants in a research leadership position. Webinar on 29 April with Letter of Intent deadline 04 June 2024.

 

  1. FAPESP/MRC artificial intelligence (AI) for health: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/fapesp-and-ukri-mrc-artificial-intelligence-ai-for-health/

This funding opportunity allows UK-based researchers and researchers in the state of São Paulo, Brazil to jointly apply for funding to support research projects addressing artificial intelligence (AI) for biomedical and health applications that are relevant to Brazil. Both MRC and FAPESP will make up to £3 million available for this initiative for two types of grants ranging from pilot-type projects for young and early-career researchers to larger projects for more established groups. Applications must be submitted to FAPESP. Deadline 28 June 2024.

 

  1. Internet Society Foundation Opens 2024 Research Grant Programme: https://www.isocfoundation.org/grant-programme/research-grant-programme/

Supports global research collaborations that advance understanding of the Internet and its value for all. Proposals should address one of Greening the Internet, The Internet Economy, A Trustworthy Internet, or Decolonizing the Internet. Independent researchers may apply for up to US$200k or organizations and institutions up to US$500k. Deadline 14 May 2024.

 

  1. Cancer research transatlantic development and skills enhancement award 2024: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/cancer-research-transatlantic-development-and-skills-enhancement-award-2024/

Following the UK-US Cancer Summit, MRC and NIHR, in partnership with National Cancer Institute (NCI), are launching a second competition for the cancer research transatlantic development and skills enhancement (CRT-DSE) award. Apply for funding to be hosted at NCI for six to 12 months to develop international collaborations and gain skills to underpin the next phase of your cancer research (early or mid) career. Webinar on 25 April 2024 at 2pm, with deadline 02 August 2024.

 

  1. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Short Term Pre/Postdoctoral Fellowships: https://www.jsps.org/latest_calls/2024/03/fy2024-jsps-london-call-for-the-short-term-prepostdoctoral-fellowships-for-research-in-japan-final-call-for-fy2024.html

Pre/Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers (Short Term) provides the opportunity for short-term visits for UK, European, North American and Canadian researchers ordinarily based in the UK or Ireland to do cooperative research with leading research groups at Japanese Universities and Institutions. The programme is designed to provide researchers with first-hand experience of the research and living environment in Japan, whilst expanding academic exchange between Japan and the UK or Ireland.  Researchers from any field; Computer, Engineering, Health, Biological, Life, Natural and Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Humanities and Social Sciences etc. are eligible to apply. Deadline 3 June 2024.

 

  1. Global Centres (GC) addressing global challenges through bioeconomy: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/global-centres-gc-addressing-global-challenges-through-bioeconomy/

The NSF-led programme aims to fund international, interdisciplinary collaborative research centres that will apply best practices of broadening participation and community engagement to develop use-inspired bioeconomy research to address one or more global challenges identified by the scientific community. Bioeconomy is built on the foundation of biotechnology and biomanufacturing, and in addition to biological science and engineering includes contributions from fields such as: chemistry, materials science, geosciences, mathematics, data sciences, humanities & social sciences. Projects funded up to £2.13M fEC over five years. Webinar to be confirmed, with deadline 11 June 2024.

Please get in touch with a Research Funding Development Manager if interested to apply to ensure support an coordination.

 

  1. NEW: NIH funding opportunities for which foreign organizations and/or foreign components of U.S. organizations may apply:

 

NIH funding opportunities for which foreign components may apply:

 

Project Initiation Form (PIF): https://www.cognitoforms.com/NewcastleUniversity1/NewcastleUniversityNuTHProjectInitiationFormV2

If you’re in the process of developing a research proposal please ensure you submit a PIF as soon as possible. The PIF is not just a mechanism to initiate a costing, it enables the research support team to identify and engage on your behalf the varying types of research and business support beneficial to your bid. Please note you don’t need to define all resources required before engaging with the team. To maximise the support available to you, PIF submission is advised at your earliest convenience.

 

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