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Wednesday, March 14, 2018
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The Royal Society offers Newton International Exchanges as mobility grants to provide international researchers with funding towards travel, subsistence and research expenses for either a one-off short visit to explore opportunities for building lasting networks or for bilateral visits to strengthen emerging collaborations. Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent research experience and hold a permanent or fixed-term contract in an eligible university or research institute, which must span the duration of the project. Collaborations should focus on a single project involving overseas-based scientist (鈥渢he Applicant鈥�) and UK-based scientist (鈥渢he Co-applicant鈥�). Awards are currently only available for scientists in the following countries: Brazil, China, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and Turkey. Applicants may request: up to of 拢3,000 for one-off travel lasting up to 3 months; up to 拢6000 for multiple visits to be completed within 1 year (including a maximum of 拢1000 for research expenses); up to 拢12,000 for multiple visits to be completed within 2 years and cost share projects fixed at 2 years (including a maximum of 拢2000 for research expenses). |
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The Royal Society invites applications for the Newton advanced fellowships – Brazil, China, Mexico and South Africa. These enable international researchers to establish and develop collaborations with the UK, with the intention of transferring knowledge and research capabilities. The skills and knowledge gained should contribute to advancing economic development and social welfare of the partner country. The specific aims are to: 鈥upport the development of a well-trained research community; 鈥trengthen research excellence in partner countries; 鈥stablish long-term links between the best research groups and networks in partner countries and the UK. Applications may address any subject within the natural sciences, including physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, engineering, agricultural, biological and medical research, the scientific aspects of archaeology, geography and experimental psychology, and clinical or patient-oriented research. Applicants from Brazil, China, Mexico and South Africa may apply, with a co-applicant from the UK. The applicant must be working as an independent researcher at an overseas institution and must not have more than 15 years of post-doctoral research experience. All applicants must have a PhD or equivalent research experience, and hold a permanent or fixed-term contract in an eligible university, academic research organisation or publicly-funded or non-profit research institution. Female applicants are encouraged to apply. Fellowships are worth up to 拢37,000 per year for up to three years. Matched funding may be available from certain countries. Funding covers salaries, publication costs, research support, the cost of organising conferences and workshops, travel, subsistence and training expenses. |
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Physics Colloquium: It鈥檚 about time: A brief history of the calendar and timekeepingPLTDonna Carroll (Maastricht University) |