International Funding Opportunities for ESRs/IFs

Dr Hongsen Peng

International R&I Development Manager (Asia)

Global Research Development Team

Research and Innovation Service

Email: H.Peng1@leeds.ac.uk

Developing international research collaborations

Work with us

➢ Scaling up research collaborations with international partners –to apply for external international research funding;

➢ Coordinating bids to strategic international funders e.g. GCRF, Newton Fund, US Federal, NSFC, JSPS;

➢ Developing research collaborations where there is a focus on global challenge-led research (think UN SDGs);

➢ Matching ‘best with best’. Networks: WUN, RENKEI

Global Research Development TeamResearch and Innovation Service

Forecast Funding opportunities 2021 for ESRs/IFs

Research Professional

Fellowship EPS

International Collaboration Funding Funders

Main Funders

• Royal Society (UK)

• The British Academy (UK)

• Newton Bhabha Fund (UK-India)

• Department of Science and Technology (India)

• India Alliance DBT welcome (India)

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS, Japan)

• Canon Foundation in Europe (Japan)

• Toshiba (Japan)

• Daiwa Foundation (Japan)

• Singapore National Research Foundation

• Australian Academy of Science (Australia)

• Australian Society of Plants

• South African Institute of International Affairs

• National Research Foundation of South Africa

• Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF)

• US Department of Energy

• Savoy Foundation (Canada)

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

• Centre for Mathematical Researcher (Canada)

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Canada)

• Quebec Nature and Technology Research Fund (Canada)

• Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey

(TUBITAK)

• EuroTech Universities Alliance

• European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN,

Switzerland)

• Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation (Switzerland)

• Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study

Forecast Funding opportunities 2021 for ESRs /IFs

Name Funder Field Funding Type Leeds Countries Deadline(FORCASTING)

JSPS Invitational fellowship (Short-term)

JSPS Science, Engineering 14 to 60 days Fellowships Mid-Career Japan 07-May; 04-Sep

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship

JSPS Science, Engineering Fellowships ECR Japan 07-May

Selby FellowshipAustralian Academy of Science

physical and biological sciences

Up to $A15,000, 2 weeks - 3 months Fellowship

ECR Australia 01-Jun

Simons Foundation/CRM Scholar-in-Residence Programme

Centre for Mathematical Researcher

mathematics and related areas

1-6 months Fellowship ECR Canada 1-Jul; 1-Oct; 10-Jan; 1-Apr

Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty (VAJRA)scheme

Department of Science and Technology India

N/A 3 months Fellowship ECR India Jul, Jan

Early Career FellowshipIndia Alliance DBT welcome

biomedical - Fellowship PhD, ECR India Aug

Director's postdoctoral fellowship

US Department of Energy

renewable energy two years, with a possible third-year renewal.

Fellowships ECR US 31-Mar; 31-Aug

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Health, Natural sciences, engineering,Social sciences, humanities

$70,000 per year, 2 years

Fellowship PhD, ECR Canada 22-Sep

Fellowships

Forecast Funding opportunities 2021 for ESRs /IFs

Name Funder Field Funding Type Leeds Countries Deadline

Merit Scholarship Programme for Foreign Students

Quebec Nature and Technology Research Fund

any 1 or 3 years Scholarship PhD, ECR Canada 01-Nov

Bradlow FellowshipSouth African Institute of International Affairs

Social sciences 3-6 Months Fellowshipsenior researchers

Africa and South Africa

31-Dec

JSPS short-term pre- and postdoctoral fellowships

JSPS London Science, Engineering JPY 200,000 -362,000 per month

Fellowships PhDs, ECR Japan 26-Jan

Post-Doctoral and Clinical Research Fellowship

Savoy Foundation Medical $35,000, 1 year

Fellowship ECR Canada 31-Jan

Lindemann Trust fellowships

English-Speaking Union astronomy, biophysics, chemistry, engineering, geology, geophysics, mathematics and physics

$50,000 per annum over two years, plus a £1,000 travel grant

Fellowships PhDs, ECR US 08-Feb

Canon Foundation Research fellowships

Canon Foundation in Europe

Science, Engineering €22,500 and €27,500 each per year, 3-12 months

Fellowships ECR Japan 15-Feb

NIAS/Lorentz theme groups

Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Lorentz Center

Social Sciences; Biological Sciences; Humanities; Physical Sciences and Engineering

5 or 3 Months Fellowships ECR Netherlands 15-Feb

Fellowships

Forecast Funding opportunities 2021 for ESRs /IFs

Name Funder Field Funding Type Leeds Countries Deadline

Lee Kuan Yew postdoctoral fellowship

National University of Singapore

computing; engineering; medicine; public health; science;

up to 3 years Fellowships PhDs, ECR

Singapore 22-Feb

EuroTechPostdoc2 programme

EuroTech Universities Alliance

Engineering; Computer Science & Informatics; Biotechnology

24 months Fellowships ECR Europe 25-Feb

Fryer Library FellowshipUniversity of Queensland

literature, architecture, Art and design, history and political culture, Women’s studies, Refugee studies

$20,000, up to 6 months

Fellowship ECR Australia 1-Mar

CERN senior fellowship programme

CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research)

Engineering; Physics; Computer Science & Informatics

6 to 36 months; 7,201 to 8,178 Swiss Francs per month

Fellowships ECR Switzerland 01-Mar

Singapore National Research Foundation Fellowship

Singapore National Research Foundation

Physical Sciences and Engineering; Bio/Medical

SGD 3 million each over five years

Fellowships ECR Singapore 03-Mar

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship

JSPS Science, Engineering 12-24 months, JPY 362,000 yen (approximately £2,500) per month

Fellowships ECR Japan 10-Mar

Fellowships

Forecast Funding opportunities 2021 for ESRs /IFs

Name Funder Field Funding Type Leeds Countries Deadline

Toshiba Fellowship Programme

Toshiba AI, Engineering one year Fellowships ECR Japan 15-Mar

Peking University (PKU) -IIASA Postdoctoral Program

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and Peking University

Engineering Applicants must spend their first year at PKU and second year at IIASA

Fellowships ECR China 30-Apr

Innovation fellowships

Victorian Endowment for Science, Knowledge and Innovation (VESKI)

Biotech, Engineering

AUD$50,000 each year, up to 3 years

FellowshipECR

Australia(TBC)Postponed due to Covid-19

FISS Postdoctoral Fellowships

National Research Foundation of South Africa

Any up to 2 years Fellowship PhD, ECR South Africa TBC

AREF Research Development Fellowship

Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF)

health 3-9 Months Fellowship ECR Africa TBC

International researchers fellowship programme

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)

natural sciences, engineering, medical, social sciences and humanities

Up to 12 months Fellowships PhDs, ECR Turkey TBC

Fellowships

Forecast Funding opportunities 2021 for ESRs /IFs

Name Funder Field Funding Type Leeds Countries Deadline (FORCASTING)

RN Robertson Travelling Fellowship

Australian Society of Plants

Plant Up to $4000 NetworkingECR: less than 2 years since PhD

Australia 16-Apr;

Travel Award Biochemical Society BiochemicalUp to £2,000, 2-4 weeks

Networking

ECR: a member of the Biochemical Society

low-income economy country

1-May; 1-Jun; 1-Jul; 1-Sep; 1-Nov; 1-Jan; 1-Mar

Newton Bhabha Researcher Links Workshop Grants

Newton Bhabha Fund

Agriculture, Environment, Biotech, Health, AI

-Networking ECR India

May

Newton Bhabha Fund's PhD Placements

Newton Bhabha FundLife Sciences,

Social Sciences- Networking PhD India May

International exchanges Standard scheme

Royal Society Science, Engineering

3, 12, 24 months Exchange ECR

all countries outside the UK

10-Jun; 29-Sep; 10-Mar;

Helen BearparkScholarship

Australasian Sleep Association

sleep research or clinical sleep medicine

$AUD7,500 Networking ECRAustralia or New Zealand

30-Jul

Exchange/Networking

Forecast Funding opportunities 2021 for ESRs /IFs

Name Funder Field Funding Type Leeds Countries Deadline

Doctoral exchange grants

Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation

design, construction or production of physical, virtual structures, digital humanities

6 to 12 months Networking PhD Switzerland 15-Sep15-Mar

Daiwa Foundation Small Grant

Daiwa Foundation Science, Engineering

£2,000-£7,000 Networking ECR Japan 30-Sep;31-Mar

Partnership Development Grant

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

any$75,000 to $200,000, 1-3 years

Networking PhD, ECR Canada 15-Nov

Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund

The British AcademyAntiquities

around £2,500, up to 24 months

Travel GrantECR

India, China, Iran

13-Jan

JSPS summer programme

JSPS Natural sciences 2 months Exchange PhD, ECR Japan 15-Jan

Australia Partnership PhD Programme

European Molecular Biology Laboratory Australia

life science -- Exchange PhD Australia(TBC)Postponed due to Covid-19

Exchange/Networking

Forecast Funding opportunities 2021 for ESRs /IFs (Engineering - related)

Funding calls timeline according to the actual or estimated deadline for 2021-2022.

JSPS short-term pre- and postdoctoral fellowships

Lindemann Trust fellowships

Lee Kuan Yew postdoctoral fellowship

• Canon Foundation Research fellowships• NIAS/Lorentz theme groups• MIRAI Programme: youth exchange

scheme

• International exchanges Standard scheme

• JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship• Doctoral exchange grants

International exchanges Standard scheme

Toshiba Fellowship Programme

EuroTechPostdoc2 programme

• Director's postdoctoral fellowship

• Daiwa Foundation Small Grant

CERN senior fellowship programme

• JSPS Invitational fellowship (Short-term)

• JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship;

• Newton Bhabha Researcher Links Workshop Grants

• (India)

• Peking University (PKU) - IIASA Postdoctoral Program;

• Simons Foundation/CRM Scholar-in-Residence Programme(Canada)

International researchers fellowship programme

• JSPS short-term postdoctoral fellowships;

• Selby Fellowship(Australia);

• Simons Foundation/CRM Scholar-in-Residence Programme(Canada)

• Singapore National Research Foundation Fellowship

• Postdoctoral researchers’ networking tour

Forecast Funding opportunities 2021 for ESRs /IFs (Engineering - related)

Funding calls timeline according to the actual or estimated deadline for 2021-2022.

International exchanges Standard scheme

Daiwa Foundation Small Grant

Doctoral exchange grants

JSPS Invitational fellowship (Short-term & Long-term)

• JSPS International exchanges scheme;

• Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (Canada)

• JSPS summer programme;• Simons Foundation/CRM

Scholar-in-Residence Programme (Canada);

• Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty (VAJRA)scheme (India)

Director's postdoctoral fellowship

JSPS short-term pre- and postdoctoral fellowships

Simons Foundation/CRM Scholar-in-Residence Programme(Canada)

• Simons Foundation/CRM Scholar-in-Residence Programme (Canada);

• Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty (VAJRA)scheme (India)

• Helen Bearpark Scholarship(Australia or New Zealand)

Merit Scholarship Programme for Foreign Students(Canada) ;

Partnership Development Grant (Canada)

Thanks

Global Research Development Team

Research and Innovation Service