Researcher Links Climate Change Challenge Grants 2020

Eligibility Criteria :

Proposals must meet the following criteria to be eligible to receive funding under this Program:

• Each proposal must have a lead applicant from the UK and a lead applicant from the partner country
• Both lead applicants must be lead researchers or established researchers
• Lead applicants cannot assume the role of workshop mentor
• Lead applicants must be permanent employees or have a fixed-term contract from one of the following (this means emeritus and honorary professors cannot run as leaders):
• A non-profit institution of higher education unless otherwise specified
• A UK Higher Education Institution (all UK Higher Education Institutions are eligible)
• A non-profit research organization. A catapult center (in the case of the lead UK applicant).
• Lead applicants with fixed-term contracts must be able to deliver the grant and activities within the specified duration.
• Both Lead Applicant institutions (the “Lead Institutions”) must have the capacity to administer the grant when required by the procurement.
• Individual departments within a single institution can make multiple requests per call as long as the proposed activities are clearly different
• Lead applicants can only submit one Investigator Links request per Investigator Links call.
• Lead applicants who have received Researcher Links grants in previous years may submit additional Researcher Links applications as long as the proposed activities are clearly different from those already funded through Researcher Links (for example, under the Newton Fund) or build on them. In all cases, additionality must be clearly articulated in the application.
• Researchers based on a foreign campus in the partner country must apply as Principal Applicant from the partner country. They must also recruit mentors and participants from the partner country. Locally appointed researchers on a foreign campus are also encouraged to apply as Lead Applicant from the partner country. However, in this case, the lead UK applicant must not be affiliated with the UK higher education institution that owns the overseas campus.
• Non-profit institutions of higher education or publicly funded research organizations are eligible to apply as lead institutions.
• For-profit organizations and non-profit organizations can participate but are generally not eligible to apply for Research Links grants. Additionally, for-profit organizations are not eligible for grant funds.