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The Science and Technology Facilities Council invites applications for grants for its particle physics and particle astrophysics capital equipment grants. These enable researchers to apply for large capital equipment items. The intention is to underpin the university infrastructure needed to sustain UK leadership in international R&D programmes and future projects, and enhance UK technology capability. Cross disciplinary investment will be considered but applicants are expected to discuss this with the council before submitting their application. This call pertains to university infrastructure equipment and not hardware components.

The total budget is around £1.5 million and equipment is expected to cost £10,000 or more. Research organisations are expected to make a contribution towards the total cost of up to 50 per cent, but the council may agree to requests of 100 per cent in certain circumstances.

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, via the Newton Fund, the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) invite applications for their sustainable deltas call. This enables trilateral research cooperation between Chinese, Dutch and UK research groups focusing on research challenges for sustainable and safe deltas within the broader framework of the water sector. A number of thematic areas have been identified, including water availability, water system analysis, salinisation and desiccation, water governance, and new solutions for passenger and freight transportation in deltas and coastal waters. Three focal areas have been defined:

•resilient urban planning and management;

•optimising water allocation and use in the delta;

•integrated coastal zone management.

Proposals should improve and maintain quality of life through the sustainable supply of clean water for all against a background of environmental change and adapt current industrial processes and practices to reduce over-reliance on the use of water.

UK research activity, funded through the Newton Fund must be in line with the UK’s Official Development Assistance guidelines. It must also be predominantly within EPSRC remit.

Each applications must include eligible researchers from the Netherlands, China and the UK, with a single nominated principal investigator from each country. Standard EPSRC eligibility requirements apply for the UK team, meaning higher education institutions, and some research council institutes and independent research organisations are eligible to apply.

Up to £2 million is available from EPSRC though the Newton Fund, up to €1.5m is available from NWO and up to RMB 15m is available from NSFC. UK projects may be up to 36 months in duration.

The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) RCUK Collective Fund invites applications for strategic programmes to grow research capability to meet the challenges faced by developing countries.

Supporting awards in the range of £2 – 8 million over four years this call aims to grow the research base in the UK and strengthen capacity overseas to address research challenges informed by the expressed needs of developing countries.

Applications should set out a coherent and strategic vision for programmes encompassing a range of activities including capacity and capability strengthening, partnership building and research. This activity should build on the strengths of the applicant organisation/s and be framed around up to three development challenges as informed by the and/or the

Partnership building between UK research organisations and researchers and other partners (NGOs, governments and business) in developing countries is an essential part of this call although co-funding from partners is not mandatory.

Applications are expected at an institutional/organisational or small consortia level with individual organisations permitted to lead on no more than two applications each. Submissions should be co-ordinated centrally by research organisations via their research offices or equivalent.

In order to be eligible to submit a full proposal applicants must register their intention to submit via filling in the smart survey form below by 16.00 on 25 October 2016. Late submissions will not be accepted.