The Newton-Kâtip Çelebi Fund Institutional Links Grant Programme applications are now open!

Newton-Kâtip Çelebi Fund is part of the wider Newton Fund Research and Innovation Collaboration Programme which aims to build UK-Turkey research and innovation partnerships centred on shared research and innovation challenges which have direct relevance to the Turkey’s social welfare and economic development. The Institutional Links Programme is designed to establish links beyond the level of the individual researcher, giving opportunities for more sustainable research collaboration.

The programme will provide small-scale seed funding to:

• Initiate new research and innovation partnerships between groups, departments and institutions in Turkey and the UK
• Develop existing partnerships at group, departmental and institutional level
• Establish local hubs for UK-Turkey activity in a particular research area, enabling engagement from the wider research community

These grants are delivered under the Newton-Kâtip Çelebi Fund and are supported by the both the UK and Turkish governments, Delivery Partners being British Council and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), respectively. The Fund aims to promote the economic development and welfare of either Turkey or, through working together, to address the problems of low-income and vulnerable populations in Turkey.

Size of the grant:

Up to £150,000 for the UK institution
Up to 720.000 TL for projects from Engineering & Physical Sciences and 360.000 TL for projects from Social Sciences and Humanities for the Turkish institution