Please see the calls currently open, or forthcoming, being offered through the Newton Fund scheme. Some calls are newly opened whilst others have been promoted previously via the BU Research blog. In each case, please refer to the call website for full details including eligibility requirements and thematic priorities:
If you are interested in applying to any of these calls then please contact your RKEO Funding Development Officer, in the first instance.
| 21 August 2017 |
4pm BST |
INDIA – Newton-Bhabha PhD Placements Programme (British Council) |
| 31 August 2017 |
4pm BST |
CHINA – Call for Participation in an International Workshop on ‘Development through the Creative Economy in China‘ (AHRC) |
| 5 September 2017 |
4pm BST |
EGYPT – Cultural Heritage and Development in Egypt (AHRC) |
| 6 September 2017 |
12pm BST |
MALAYSIA – UK-Malaysia Urban Innovation Challenge (Innovate UK) |
| 6 September 2017 |
4pm BST |
COLOMBIA – RCUK-CIAT Newton-Caldas Fund Sustainable Tropical Agricultural Systems Programme (BBSRC, ESRC, NERC) |
| 6 September 2017 |
3pm BST |
BRAZIL-CHINA-MEXICO-SOUTH AFRICA – Newton Advanced Fellowships (Academy of Medical Sciences, Royal Society) |
| 19 September 2017 |
4pm BST |
THAILAND – UK-Thailand Joint Initiative on Infectious Diseases and Non-Communicable Diseases (MRC) |
| 19 September 2017 |
4pm BST |
EGYPT-THAILAND-TURKEY – Institutional Links grants (British Council) |
| 20 September 2017 |
12pm BST |
CHINA – PhD Placements and Supervisor Mobility Grants China-UK (British Council) |
| 26 September 2017 |
4pm BST |
BRAZIL – MRC-CONFAP Call for Health Systems Research Networks (MRC) |
| 3 October 2017 |
4pm BST |
CHILE – Newton RCUK-CONICYT Broadening Impact Call (RCUK, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, NERC, STFC) |
| 4 October 2017 |
12pm BST |
CHINA – UK-Guangdong (China) – Urban innovation (Innovate UK) |
| 18 October 2017 |
12pm BST |
INDIA – Newton Bhabha UK–India industrial waste challenge 2017 (BBSRC, EPSRC) |
| 24 October 2017 |
4pm BST |
INDIA – UK-India Newton-Bhabha Fund joint call on pulses and oilseeds (BBSRC) |
| APPLICATIONS ON A ROLLING BASIS |
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TURKEY – Fellowships for UK Researchers (British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society) |
| Forthcoming |
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FORTHCOMING: COLOMBIA – Colombia BIO programme (NERC, AHRC) |
| Forthcoming |
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FORTHCOMING: MULTI-COUNTRY – Latin America Biodiversity Regional Researcher Links Workshops (British Council) |
| Forthcoming |
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FORTHCOMING: MULTI-COUNTRY – South-East Asia Regional Researcher Links Workshops (British Council) |
| Forthcoming |
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FORTHCOMING: INDIA – RCUK: Pre-call announcement: UK-India AMR Initiative (RCUK) |
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