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Please see the calls currently open, or forthcoming, being offered through the Newton Fund scheme.

If you are interested in applying to any of these calls then please contact your RKEO Funding Development Officer, in the first instance.

Newton Advanced Fellowships (Academy of Medical Sciences) 

The Academy of Medical Sciences, in partnership with the Royal Society and the British Academy, is offering Newton Advanced Fellowships to support early to mid-career international researchers from partner countries.

Applicants from China

Deadline for applications 5 September 2018 – 3pm UK time

Newton Advanced Fellowships (Royal Society)

This award is currently available to international early career group leaders to develop their research by linking them with some of the best research groups in the UK.

Awards are currently only available for scientists in the following country: China

Deadline for applications 5 September 2018 – 3pm UK time

PhD Placements and Supervisor Mobility Grants China-UK (British Council)

This programme is a sponsorship opportunity for UK and Chinese PhD students and their supervisors to spend a period of study of three to 12 months (for PhD students) and up to three months (for supervisors) at higher education institutions in China or the UK. The focus is on research areas that reflect the common interests and demands of both countries, including:

• health and life sciences
• food and water security
• environmental technologies
• energy
• urbanisation
• education and creative economy for economic development and social welfare

Deadlines for applications 20 September 2018 – 12pm UK time