Scheme 3 – National & International Partnerships through Researcher Secondments

The goal of the partnerships through secondment scheme is to enable early career researchers to form collaborations and perform experiments at partner labs within the UK and internationally. This scheme enables targeted national and international researcher secondments to build new collaborations and access complementary expertise, techniques, or facilities. The goal is to accelerate knowledge exchange, generate leverage, and establish longer-term strategic partnerships that strengthen the UK Catalysis Hub’s national and global connectivity.

Calls for proposals (feasibility studies and secondments) will be open once per year with deadlines in September.

Applicant Eligibility

  • Applicants must comply with the standard EPSRC terms for eligibility to hold research grants, And be based at an eligible institution. In addition Applicants must have held an academic post for less than 8 years ( accounting for any career breaks).

Eligible organisations include (please check UKRI  for full criteria):

  • All UK higher education institutions that receive grant funding from one of the UK higher education funding bodies
  • Some research institutes
  • NHS bodies with research capacity
  • UKRI-approved independent research organisations
  • Financial arrangements are in place.

What We Fund

Scheme 3 – Researcher Secondments

  • 1 week – 3 months: up to £5k Travel ( 80% FEC)

Hiring and Visa costs are not covered.

Application

 

Applications must include

  • A clear follow-on funding plan
  • Defined experiments or collaborative activities
  • Evidence of leverage and longer-term partnership value

Cost-sharing with host institutions is encouraged.

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Applicants must meet standard EPSRC eligibility to hold research grants and be based at a UKRI-eligible institution.

1 week to 3 months.

Travel and subsistence only (up to £5k at 80%).

No salary, indirects, hiring or visa costs.