View allProviding PhD students, postdoctorals, Early Career Researchers a 3–12 month opportunity to focus on a research project of their choice in an HEI in Europe.
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RSE Saltire Facilitation Network Awards
Designed to create and/or to consolidate collaborative Scotland – EU partnerships over a two-year period. Up to £20,000 over 24 months.
RSE Saltire Facilitation Workshop Awards
Encouraging Scotland – EU collaborative investigation into a research proposition at an early stage of development. Up to £10,000 per project for 12 months.
RSE Saltire International Collaboration Awards
Facilitating international collaboration between researchers based in Scotland with researchers in the EU for up to two years.
RSE Saltire Research Excellence Fellowships
Fostering and supporting the exchange of internationally renowned academics between Scottish and European universities or research institutes.
RSE Small Grants
The RSE Small Grants are designed to support personally conducted high-quality research. The awards are available to cover eligible costs arising from a defined research project.
RSE Research Network Grants
The RSE Research Network Grants consolidate collaborative partnerships which expand activities of existing research, or initiate new projects. Partnerships may be defined by a collaboration between colleagues in different disciplines and institutions.
RSE Joint Projects
The RSE Joint Projects to facilitate international collaboration between researchers based in Scotland with researchers overseas.
RSE Research Workshop Grants
The RSE Research Workshop Grants encourage collaborative investigation into a research proposition at an early stage of development.
RSE Personal Research Fellowships
The RSE Personal Research Fellowships provides eligible applicants with an opportunity to take between three to twelve months to focus on a research project of their choice.
Ireland/Scotland Bilateral Network Grants
The ambition of the Ireland-Scotland Bilateral Network Grants is to strengthen co-operation and learning between excellent researchers, academics and practitioners in Scotland and Ireland within the theme of ‘Revival, Resilience and Recovery: Cultural and Arts Sectors post-Covid-19’.
Research Re-boot (Covid-19 impact) Research Grants
The RSE sets up a brand-new initiative in response to the Covid-19 pandemic which seeks to support researchers in Scotland who have been disproportionately impacted by Covid-19.
Scotland Asia Partnerships Higher Education Research Fund (SAPHIRE)
SAPHIRE is a new grant scheme funded by the Scottish Government with the aim of enhancing the existing international research partnerships between Scottish universities and partners in India, Japan and Pakistan.
Health, Happiness and Wellbeing of Young People in Scotland
The RSE Scotland Foundation supports a programme of research in the area of health, happiness and wellbeing in the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
Auber Bequest
This scheme is currently under review.
Fulbright – RSE Scholar Award
This annual award will offer an academic, from anywhere in the UK, the opportunity to go to a top university in the US for a maximum of three months to carry out lecturing and/or research.
European Visiting Research Grants
These Grants aim to establish a two-way flow of scholars between Scotland and Europe, for researchers working in the Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences.