British Council announces Newton-Kâtip Çelebi Fund – Bilateral Cooperation Program 2020 (Turkey)
Deadline: 12 June 2020
Newton-Katib Çelebi Fund, with Turkey’s social welfare and economic development with a focus on science and innovation issues directly related to joint United Kingdom and aims to promote research and innovation partnership between Turkey.
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The Institutional Links Program aims to ensure the establishment of sustainable research partnerships beyond individual researcher links.
Under this program:
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research groups in Turkey and the United Kingdom, focused on research and innovation across departments and institutions, the establishment of new partnerships
Developing partnerships between research groups, departments and institutions
In a particular area of research, the United Kingdom and Turkey for the activities of the broad research community to come together to ensure the establishment of local centers
These supports are provided by the British and Turkish governments through the British Council and TÜBİTAK under the Newton-Scribe Celebi Fund. Fund, thanks to cooperation between the United Kingdom and Turkey, can contribute to the increase in Turkey’s economic development and social welfare support projects that can create a solution to the problem in low-income and vulnerable populations.
Priority Areas
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Information and Communication Technologies
Machine Manufacturing
Robotics and mechatronics
Production automation systems
Additive production
Machine design and production
Fluid power, dynamics and fluid machines
Traditional manufacturing technologies
Casting technologies
Energy
Automotive
Health
COVID-19
Agriculture and Food
Liberal arts
Other
Mining
Advanced material technologies
Chemistry
All research and innovation collaborations funded by this programme will:
Establish new research and innovation links, or significantly develop existing links, between research groups, departments or institutions with the potential for longer term sustainability. A key aim of the collaboration will be to support research and innovation capacity building in the partner institution, as well as to stimulate longer term links between the UK and partner countries for research and innovation. They encourage applicants to use this as an opportunity also to engage with the commercial and not-for-profit sectors.
Focus on topics or themes which have relevance to the economic development and welfare of the partner country. Institutional Links grants are intended to support areas relevant to the economic development and social welfare of partner countries.
Funding Information
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£ 150,000 maximum for British executive partners
Turkish executive partners maximum 720,000 TL
Eligibility Criteria
Proposals must fulfil the following criteria in order to be eligible for funding under this Programme:
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Each proposal must have one Principal Applicant from the UK and one Principal Applicant from the partner country
Both Principal Applicants must be Leading Researchers or Established Researchers
Principal Applicants must be permanent employees of one of the following (this means that Emeritus and Honorary Professors may not apply as lead):
A not-for-profit higher education institution with the capacity to undertake high-quality- research
A UK higher education institution (all UK higher education institutions are eligible).
A not-for-profit research organisation with the capacity to undertake highquality research. A Catapult Centre (in the case of the UK Principal Applicant).
Both of the Principal Applicants’ institutions (the ‘Lead Institutions’) must have the capacity to administer the grant.
Individual departments within a single institution can make multiplen applications per call provided that the proposed activities are clearly different.
Principal Applicants may only submit one Institutional Links application perm Institutional Links call.
Principal Applicants that have received Institutional Links grants in previous years can submit further applications for Institutional Links provided the proposed activities are clearly distinct from, or build on, any already funded through the Newton Fund. Principal Applicants may not apply if they have already received an Institutional Links grant that year. In all cases the additionality must be clearly articulated in the application.
Organisations affiliated to higher education institutions in the UK or any other country and based in the partner country, (e.g. an overseas campus) are not eligible for Newton Fund awarded grants.
To support the translation of research and innovation into benefit, Principal Applicants are encouraged to include in their proposals Associated Partners affiliated with:
Other research or higher education institutions
Technology transfer offices
Not for-profit organisations (including NGOs)
For-profit/commercial organisations (including SMEs)
Not for-profit higher education institutions or publicly funded research organisations are eligible to apply as Lead Institutions.
For-profit organisations and not-for-profit organisations can participate in but are usually not eligible to apply for Institutional Links grants. Furthermore, for-profit organisations are not eligible to receive any grant funds except to cover travel associated costs.
For more information, visit https://www.britishcouncil.org.tr/programmes/education/newton-katip-celebi-fund/institutional-links-2020