Call for workshop proposals under Researcher Links initiative

Deadline for submissions - 9 June 2014

Successful workshops must take place between 1 October 2014 and 1 March 2015 (15 March 2015 for workshops taking place in Brazil).

About this opportunity:
The British Council has re-opened the call for workshop proposals under the Researcher Links initiative. We are inviting Leading Rearchers to propose themes for bilateral workshops to be held in one of the 18 partner countries (see below), which will bring together early-career researchers to discuss their research and start to build international relationships. Successful workshops will receive funding, and the applicants (Leading Researchers) will, with the exception of certain countries, be responsible for organising the workshop. Some countries have priority areas, and only themes within these will be considered. Please read the guidelines document for details.

Country list 2014-15: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam.

Eligibilty:
Leading Researchers are eligible to apply (see below). Applications must be made on a bilateral basis between insitutions in the UK and a partner country and must be led by two Leading Researchers; there is no restriction on nationality, however one of the applicants must be UK-based, and the second must be based in one of the partner countries identified above.

Leading Researcher is defined as being upper R3 and R4, as outlined by the EC in the link below.

The participants of the workshops must be early-career researchers, as defined below, and must also be based in either the UK or one of the partner countries.

The term 'early career researcher' refers to researchers at the beginning of their research careers. We would expect early career researchers to have been awarded their PhD not more than 10 years prior to applying for to participate in a workshop, but allowances can be made for career breaks or other extenuating circumstances. If a researcher does not hold a PhD, but has research experience equivalent to a PhD holder and works in a field where a PhD is not a pre-requisite for established research activity, they will still be considered eligible.

How can I apply?
Before applying please download and read the guidelines document in the links given below.