Newton Advanced Fellowships provide early to mid-career international
researchers who already have a track record with an opportunity to develop
their research strengths and capabilities, and those of their group or network,
through training, collaboration and visits with a partner in the UK.
The award enables international researchers based in a country covered by the
Newton Fund<http://www.newtonfund.ac.uk/> to establish and develop
collaborations with the UK with the intention of transferring knowledge and
research capabilities. The skills and knowledge gained should contribute to
advancing economic development and social welfare of the partner country.
Aims
The aim of the Newton Advanced Fellowships is to:
- Support the development of a well-trained research community who can
contribute to advancing economic development and social welfare of the partner
country by transferring new skills and creating new knowledge.
- Strengthen research excellence in partner countries by supporting promising
independent, early to mid-career researchers and their research groups and
networks to develop their research through training, collaboration, reciprocal
visits and the transfer of knowledge and skills from the UK.
- Establish long-term links between the best research groups and networks in
partner countries and the UK to ensure that improvements in research capacity
are sustainable in the longer term.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent research experience and hold a
permanent or fixed-term contract in an eligible university or research
institute in a partner country, which must span the duration of the project.
Collaborations should focus on a single project involving the overseas-based
researcher (“the Applicant”) and a UK-based researcher (“the Co-applicant”).
Applicants should have not more than 15 years postdoctoral research experience.
The British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowships cover researchers working in
all disciplines within the social sciences and humanities. Newton Advanced
Fellowships awarded by the British Academy are currently only available for
researchers in the following countries:
* Brazil
* Mexico
* South Africa
* Turkey
http://www.britac.ac.uk/newton-advanced-fellowships
Juliano Palacios Abrantes
PhD. Student
Changing Oceans Research Unit
The Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
University of British Columbia
