Research and Innovation Development Office
Category: Research news
26 June 2014
The Newton Fund aims to develop science and innovation partnerships that promote the economic development and welfare of developing countries.
The fund is £75 million each year from 2014 for five years. We expect that the UK funding will lead to extra funding from:
- partner countries
- private foundations
- multi-lateral organisations
- corporate partners.
The fund will cover three broad categories of activity:
- people: improving science and innovation expertise (known as ‘capacity building’), student and researcher fellowships, mobility schemes and joint centres
- programmes: research collaborations on development topics
- translation: innovation partnerships and challenge funds to develop innovative solutions on development topics.
The countries we can work with under the fund are: China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Egypt and Kazakhstan.
if you are interested in applying, please email aimi.maccormac@anglia.ac.uk.