The Cornell University (Cornell) and University College London (UCL) have identified each other as strategic partners to foster deep collaborations in research and education, as part of Cornell’s Global Hubs initiative and UCL’s Global Engagement.
The Cornell-UCL Global Strategic Collaboration Awards (GSCA) are intended to provide Cornell and UCL faculty teams with initial financial support for collaborative research explorations with the potential to create new or expanded research and education partnerships, develop cutting-edge scholarship to create academic and societal impact, and attract external funding.
These international research exploration seed grants will help support early-stage research projects or capacity-building efforts to create and sustain long-term collaborations and secure extramural funding.
Applicants may propose new partnerships to explore and develop education and/or research collaborations, including student and/or research mobility, organizing initial meetings and workshops and/or establishing research infrastructure for gathering preliminary data to develop a research idea (e.g., feasibility, pilot, and proof-of-concept studies) that may result in joint publications and enable subsequent applications for external funding. Alternately, applicants may expand an existing partnership if the research project explores new directions or aims at capacity-building and requires further development to attract future funding. Proposals should be sustainable in the long-term with a plan for engagement that includes the details for sustainable external funding and publication outputs.
Each grant requires at least one PI from Cornell and one PI from UCL. Additional collaborators are welcome but not required. In this round, no specific themes are prioritized for the research grants.
Projects already funded by a GSCA are not eligible for funding in subsequent years. Grantees who have received funding within the past year and wish to be considered for subsequent grant funding might be considered only in highly exceptional situations and if they are proposing completely new activities and/or substantial enhancements to the initial project.
Sponsor Institute/Organizations: University College London–Cornell University
Address: 160 Day Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-2801
Oct 04, 2024
Oct 04, 2024
$5,000
5 awards available. Up to five (5) research proposals will be funded. Each successful proposal may receive up to $5,000 / £4,000 from each university for a total of $10,000 / £8,000.
Affiliation: University College London–Cornell University
Address: 160 Day Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-2801
Website URL: https://global.cornell.edu/hub/home/seed-grants-call
Disclaimer:It is mandatory that all applicants carry workplace liability insurance, e.g., https://www.protrip-world-liability.com (Erasmus students use this package and typically costs around 5 € per month - please check) in addition to health insurance when you join any of the onsite Trialect partnered fellowships.