Funding to deliver one or more writing workshops in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries. The workshops should aim to develop the skills of early career researchers, including supporting and promoting the uptake of their research in journals and publications.
‘Writing workshops’ should be seen as, in effect, a career intervention – creating networks, developing soft skills, setting aside dedicated time for research, instilling and aiming to change long-term academic culture, and engaging with the wider ecosystem researchers inhabit.
Considerable emphasis is placed on the crucial early stages of an academic research career, ensuring that new and emerging researchers are equipped with the skills and knowledge to develop bold agendas and to lead research and their institutions forward.
ELIGIBLITY
The lead applicant must be based at a UK university or eligible research institute and be of postdoctoral or above status (or have equivalent research experience). The lead applicant must either be in a permanent position at the institution or have a fixed-term position for the duration of the award.
Each application must have at least one co-applicant based in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries.
All proposals must be ODA-eligible: only projects that have a primary objective which is directly and primarily relevant to the problems of developing countries may be counted as ODA-eligible.
VALUE AND DURATION
Awards are worth up to £30,000 each. Funding must be used in the direct delivery of the workshops, and can cover travel and related expenses, subsistence costs, clerical assistance and consumables, childcare support (including for participants), and networking, meeting and/or conference costs.
Projects must be 2 years in duration.
This call is expected to be able to support 30-40 awards.
KEY DATES
Information sharing webinars: 4* and 11 November 2024 (2-3pm) – sign up here.
*The slides from this webinar are included below.
Deadline: 29 January 2025
Projects must commence in March or April 2025.
Full guidance available below and on the opportunity webpage.