{"id":17207,"date":"2025-01-24T14:33:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/?p=17207"},"modified":"2025-01-31T14:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:45:16","slug":"international-research-funding-circular-24-january-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2025\/01\/24\/international-research-funding-circular-24-january-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"International research funding circular – 24 January 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

News<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

1. NEW:<\/b>\u00a0Trump\u2019s team halts NIH grant-review meetings and travel:\u00a0<\/b>https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-025-00231-y<\/a><\/p>\n

In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world\u2019s largest public funder of biomedical research.<\/p>\n

2. NEW:<\/b>\u00a0Swiss blind application process back unconventional research:\u00a0<\/b>https:\/\/sciencebusiness.net\/news\/r-d-funding\/horizon-europe\/blind-application-process-helps-swiss-spark-grants-back-unconventional<\/a><\/p>\n

The new EU research commissioner, Ekaterina Zaharieva, has said she favours blind evaluation in the bloc\u2019s Horizon Europe research programme, to make sure academics do not get an unfair boost just because of the reputation of their institutions.<\/p>\n

Events<\/u><\/b><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

3.<\/b>\u00a0UUKi UK-South Korea research collaboration webinar:\u00a0<\/b>https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/uuki-uk-south-korea-research-collaboration-webinar-tickets-1098058816479<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, 6 February 2025:\u00a08:00 \u2013 10:00 (UK time) \/ 17:00 -19:00 (South Korea\/SK time).<\/b><\/p>\n

The purpose of the webinar is to increase bilateral research collaboration between UK and South Korea by providing the UK and South Korea research communities a platform to connect and to learn about research funding opportunities from the key funders. This webinar is open to UK and South Korea based researchers and professional services staff and will be held in English. Joining instructions, the full agenda and the MS Teams link will be circulated to registered participants.<\/p>\n

4. Online COST Info Day 2025, 18 February 2025:\u00a09:00 \u2013 10:45 (UK time):\u00a0<\/b>https:\/\/www.ukro.ac.uk\/events\/online-cost-info-day-2025\/<\/a><\/p>\n

A COST Action is an interdisciplinary research network that brings researchers and innovators together to investigate a topic of their choice for 4 years. The webinar aim is to inform the research community on how to participate in COST Actions or submit a COST Action proposal, the role and impact of the COST programme, and the benefits of the COST offer. This online info session is open to all researchers and innovators at any career stage and from any field of research, especially young researchers. Registration is required via an online form:\u00a0https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/ZgLXjqdhNm<\/a><\/p>\n

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European related funding<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

5. NEW:<\/b>\u00a0MSCA COFUND Doctoral\/Postdoctoral Fellowships:\u00a0<\/b>https:\/\/marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu\/news\/msca-opens-eu1018m-call-to-co-fund-doctoral-and-postdoctoral-programmes<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) applications are now being accepted under the co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND) scheme, which provides funding for regional, national and international programmes for training and career development through co-funding mechanisms. The programme supports new or existing doctoral programmes and postdoctoral fellowship schemes managed by entities established in EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries with the aim of spreading the best practices of the MSCA. This includes international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research training, as well as international and cross-sectoral mobility of researchers at all stages of their career. COFUND projects should last for up to five years and should recruit at least three researchers. MSCA are open to all domains of research and innovation. Any type of organisation can apply as long as they have the operational and financial capacity to carry out the tasks they propose. The budget for the 2025 call is \u20ac101.82 million. A beneficiary can receive a maximum of \u20ac10 million per call. COFUND funding helps host organisations cover for each supported researcher with a fixed amount (COFUND allowance) equivalent to the minimum salary that researchers should receive. This allowance can be used to support any cost items of the programme. Deadline\u00a024 June 2025<\/b>.<\/p>\n

6. NEW:<\/b>\u00a0Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking 2025 calls<\/b><\/p>\n

Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking<\/a>\u00a0has published its\u00a02025\/26 Biannual Work Programme<\/a>\u00a0and this includes the 2025 Calls for Proposals (Annex VI, page 141 onward). There is\u00a0\u20ac<\/span>138.7m available across 10 Topics, nine of which have a planned opening date of October this year with a proposal submission deadline of February 2026. The Topic with different dates is highlighted in bold below. Note that only one project per Topic will be funded and for those marked FA1, FA2, etc, will build upon work already underway. This means that it will be very important for you do your homework and find out all you can about the ongoing projects and who is delivering them (it is very likely they will be involved in the follow-on projects in some way). The Topics below marked EXPLR are for exploratory or low TRL projects.\u00a0If European Rail research is your major thrust into Horizon Europe then sign up to hear from ERJU directly via their\u00a0newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n