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Funding for International Activities

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Country-specific agreements and special programmes

The Academy is signatory to 40 agreements and memoranda of understanding with partner academies and institutions in 30 countries. The Country List gives details of agreements and special programmes which promote collaboration.  Some agreements support individual research visits and collaborative research projects with overseas partners.

Special Joint Project programmes

The Academy has a number of special schemes with partner institutions to support bilateral projects with particular countries or regions. See Country List or click below for a direct link to the relevant scheme.


Other relevant Academy Schemes

  • Special Funds: private funds which support research on and travel to various countries in Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America.
  • Research Grants: Small Research Grants may be used to support work in any country
  • Conference Grants: support for travel to and from the UK
  • Visiting Scholarships: support for postdoctoral foreign scholars to undertake research visits to the UK of between two and four months.
  • Newton International Fellowships: Overseen by the British Academy, The Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society, this scheme aims to improve links between overseas researchers and UK scholars through the provision of two-year research fellowships in the UK for foreign scholars

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