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The Royal Society and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science invite applications for the cost-share programme of their international exchanges scheme. This stimulates new collaborations within the natural sciences between scientists in the UK and Japan. Eligible research subjects include the following: physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, engineering, agricultural, biological and medical research, geography and experimental psychology. Collaborations should be based on a single project.

The UK applicant must apply to the Royal Society and the Japanese applicant must apply to JSPS. Both applicants must have completed a PhD and must hold a permanent or fixed-term contract in an eligible organisation or research institute.

The Royal Society provides up to £12,000 for the UK team’s airfare to Japan and the Japanese team’s subsistence whilst in the UK. Up to £2,000 of this amount may be spent on research expenses and consumables. An additional £12,000 equivalent is available from JSPS towards the Japanese team’s airfare to the UK and the UK team’s subsistence whilst in Japan. Awards are available for a fixed period of two years.

The Royal Society and the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology invite applications for their cost-share programme of their international exchanges scheme. This stimulates new collaborations within the natural sciences between scientists in the UK and Taiwan, with the aim to build lasting networks and strengthen emerging collaborations. Eligible subjects covered include: physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, engineering, agricultural, biological and medical research, geography and experimental psychology.

Collaborations should be based on a single project involving the UK based applicant and the Taiwanese co-applicant. The UK applicant must apply to the Royal Society and the Taiwanese applicant must apply to MOST. Both applicants must have completed a PhD and must hold a permanent or fixed term contract in an eligible organisation in their respective countries. Retired scientists, who are still active in science, may apply. Junior scientists, such as PhD students or postdoctoral researchers, are encouraged to apply.

The Royal Society provides up to £12,000 for the UK team’s airfare to Taiwan and the Taiwanese team’s subsistence whilst in the UK. Up to £2,000 of this amount may be spent on research expenses and consumables. An additional £12,000 equivalent is available from MOST towards the Taiwanese team’s airfare to the UK and the UK team’s subsistence whilst in Taiwan. Awards are available for a fixed period of two years. Projects are expected to start on 18 March 2019.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council invites applications for its 21st century challenge networks fund. This supports the creation of new multidisciplinary research communities at the STFC 21st challenge interface, which are focused on addressing user needs, including those of government departments, government agencies, industry and other academic communities. Proposals must be for networks involving the application of science and

technology developed through the STFC core science programme, including nuclear physics, particle physics, particle astrophysics, astronomy, space science, and computing and accelerators in support of these, or the STFC national facilities and laboratories. Three types of networks are funded:

•standard networks which aim to support interactions between STFC-funded researchers and appropriate science, technology, industry and end-user groups to build interdisciplinary communities at the interface between STFC science and 21st century challenge areas, facilitate knowledge sharing and identify priority user-needs that STFC science could have a role in addressing, and create new multidisciplinary project teams to develop proposals to seek funding for projects addressing the 21st century challenges;

•network+ networks which, in addition to standard network requirements, aim to demonstrate STFC-funded capability to address 21st century challenges and re-risking of concepts to facilitate applications for next-state funding;

•extended network+ networks which, in addition to standard network and network+ requirements, aim to maximise the impact of earlier standard network and network+ activities.

PIs must be based at a HEI, recognised academic analogues, such as institutes funded by other research councils and other organisations eligible to apply for research council funding.

Funding is provided at 80 per cent full economic cost and is worth up to £240,000 over three years for standard networks, up to £480,000 over four years for network+ networks and up to £360,000 over three years for extended network+ networks.