British Academy  - ODA International Interdisciplinary Research Projects -International Science Partnerships Fund "This funding is focused on enabling UK-based early career researchers to work with early career researchers in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries. The purpose of each project will be to develop new international interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences that is ODA-eligible. Research may be problem-focused, creatively innovative and exploratory, and should bring together relevant disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, where appropriate, for maximum impact/effect.
This activity will provide opportunities for researchers in the humanities and social sciences working through equitable partnerships to undertake projects to deliver research excellence to further our understanding of key challenges relating to ISPF's thematic priorities. Research will be problem-focused, creatively innovative and exploratory, and will bring together diverse disciplines, where appropriate, for maximum impact. The Academy will work with the partners identified to shape the call(s). The British Academy will be leading on the programme utilising its existing programme of this name to draw in additional partners where possible. The Israel Science Foundation has indicated that it will be able to provide up to £2m for this activity. The University of Virginia up to £1 million. Discussions with the Volkswagen (VW) Foundation are at a much earlier stage, however, a contribution of between £1-2m may be possible and Volkswagen (VW)  have indicated they are keen to draw in wider supporters as well. The Academy aims to open a call(s) that support award-level partnerships across the International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) priority countries so that awards can be made with multi-country relationships, as well as draw on the partner contributions mentioned. The Academy would open the call without any pre-conceived notions of the type of country partnership that applications and thus awards would involve other than it must include at least one ISPF priority country. Depending on the funding available the Academy would need to be conscious of supporting awards where match funding is available but the Academy wishes to support awards beyond that if possible hence the whole range of International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) priority countries has been selected. This activity is significantly scaleable and the Academy has a proven track record of delivering a much higher number of grants than will be possible under the minimum spend set out here." "The aim of this call is to support international collaborations between early career researchers in the UK and early career researchers in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries on internationally focused ODA-eligible research projects of an interdisciplinary nature involving the humanities AND social sciences. Other than this framing of international interdisciplinary research led by early career researchers that is ODA-eligible, the research itself can be focused on any issue or topic. The Academy expects awards under the programme to engage deeply with the values, heritage, justice, languages, vocabularies, traditions, cultures, literatures, histories and self-understandings that are essential to international interdisciplinary research between the humanities and social sciences.
The activity will provide opportunities for researchers to achieve research excellence through new conceptual explorations, genuine interdisciplinarity, and collaborative work that extends beyond the standard research model. It will provide opportunities for UK-based researchers to work with partners in ISPF priority countries to shape research agendas that will influence, policy, innovation and practice as well as working with local communities. Fundamentally, the partnerships developed through the activity will help drive UK leadership in key global challenges
The purpose of each project will be to develop new international interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences that is ODA-eligible. Research may be problem-focused, creatively innovative and exploratory, and should bring together relevant disciplines in both the humanities and social sciences, where appropriate, for maximum impact/effect. The Academy requires all applications to fundamentally involve and integrate both the humanities and the social sciences.
The aim of this call is to support international collaborations between early career researchers in the UK and early career researchers in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries on internationally focused ODA-eligible research projects of an interdisciplinary nature involving the humanities AND social sciences. Other than this framing of international interdisciplinary research led by early career researchers that is ODA-eligible, the research itself can be focused on any issue or topic. There are no themes to this call other than the research must be ODA-eligible.
The Academy envisages the awards made through the Programme will:
Provide opportunities for early career researchers based in the UK and internationally to lead and manage international interdisciplinary research projects and teams;
Enable early career researchers based in the UK and internationally to gain experience and develop their skills in international research, international collaboration and cross- and interdisciplinary research developing their research and career for the future;
Advance the research field, knowledge exchange, practice and/or policy development in their chosen area of ODA-eligible research;
Develop ways of communicating and collaborating in cross-disciplinary and multilingual working, in partnership with colleagues internationally."