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Researcher Collaborations Grants

Supports researchers to establish and develop national, international, interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaborations and networks.

Our Researcher Collaborations Grant enables researchers to establish and develop national, international, interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaborations and networks.

RSC members can apply for funding to participate in or organise activities which bring together researchers, including:

  • research visits to potential or current collaborator鈥檚 institutions
  • organising meetings/workshops

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What can I request funding for?

Expenses to participate in research visits

Eligible:

  • All aspects of travel and commuting (including visas and insurance)
  • Subsistence
  • Accommodation
  • (Up to 拢500) Any other essential expenses and can include, for example, chemicals or consumables, access charges or specialist software licences

Ineligible:

  • Salary contributions, including consultant fees
  • Costs for general-purpose hardware, apparatus, or equipment
  • Costs for the dissemination of work, including conference attendance and publication costs
  • Social excursions
  • Personal items, such as clothing, toiletries or entertainment/leisure expenses
  • Expenses not related to the grant applicant (e.g. costs relating to accompanying family members). Although, depending on your circumstances, you may also be interested in our Grants for Carers and Accessibility Grants
  • Computers, phones, tablets or other personal gadgets/electronics

Expenses to host meetings/workshops

Eligible:

  • Venue hire
  • Essential participant expenses
  • Essential catering, including networking dinner
  • AV equipment hire
  • Essential costs for accessibility (e.g. sign language interpreter)

Ineligible:

  • Salary contributions, including consultant fees (e.g. for professional event organisers)
  • Costs for general-purpose hardware, apparatus, or equipment
  • Social excursions
  • Personal items, such as clothing, toiletries or entertainment/leisure expenses
  • Computers, phones, tablets or other personal gadgets/electronics
  • Dissemination costs

It is not intended that the grant will support existing conferences and meeting series or those hosted on behalf of organisations. Rather small workshops/discussion-style type meetings to facilitate potential and existing collaborations/networks.

Eligibility

The grant is aimed at researchers wanting to foster/develop collaborations. Applicants can be PhD students or researchers at any career stage, working in any sector or location.

Applicants must be at least an Associate Member of the 浪花直播 (AMRSC or greater).

Please ensure you read our Guidance for Applicants fully before you begin your application. Our Frequently Asked Questions document also provides further information and responses to common questions about this scheme.

For more information about RSC membership, please see our membership page.

How to apply

Please note for fairness and transparency to all applicants, we must apply our rules consistently. This means that we do not allow late applications. You are welcome to apply in the next application round providing you meet all eligibility criteria of that round.

All applications will be checked by RSC staff. Your application will not proceed to peer review if:

  • You do not meet our eligibility criteria (see above).
  • Your application is incomplete.
  • Your application does not adhere to length limits instructed in the application system.
  • Your funding request exceeds the 拢5000 limit.

All remaining applications will undergo peer review by members of our Researcher Grants Peer Review Group and final funding decisions will then be overseen by:

  • Professor Alison Hulme, University of Edinburgh
  • Dr Charles O鈥橦ara, University of Strathclyde
  • Dr Petra Szilagyi, University of Oslo
  • Professor Ben Xu, Northumbria University

Our reviewers will assess applications on:

  • Case for collaboration: applicants should give thoughtful consideration to why they chose their respective collaborator(s) for the activity. It should be clear how each party contributes to the project or research problem. There should also be clear scope for sustained partnership(s) beyond the conclusion of this grant application.
  • Scientific quality: the scientific proposal must be novel and achievable in the specified timeframe. Applications should include a timely research problem that merits the proposed activity. Applications should also have impactful expected outcomes and plans for 鈥渘ext steps鈥�.
  • Case for RSC funding: applicants should demonstrate why RSC funding would be enabling. They should place their funding request in the context of other sources of funding available to them.
  • Inclusion & Diversity (meetings only): applicants must demonstrate actions to be taken to ensure an inclusive meeting.

For full details, please see our Guidance for Applicants or contact us.

2025: Round 1

  • Activities starting within 12 months from: 1 August 2025
  • Applications open: 3 March 2025
  • Application close: 7 April 2025 1400 UK time (BST)
  • Initial eligibility decisions: week commencing 22 April 2025
  • Funding decisions: week commencing 23 June 2025

2025: Round 2

  • Activities starting within 12 months from: 1 February 2026
  • Applications open: 26 August 2025
  • Application close: 29 September 2025 1400 UK time (BST)
  • Initial eligibility decisions: week commencing 13 October 2025
  • Funding decisions: by 15 December 2025

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