GlobaLinks December 2024

Call for application

The following programmes are calling for applications:

The University of Manchester-CUHK Joint Research Seed Fund

The seventh round of the University of Manchester-CUHK Joint Research Seed Fund to support collaborative research initiatives between the two institutions. The aim of the joint fund is to catalyse new collaborations and to build global teams with the capability to secure external funding to continue their research in the longer term.

The fund is open for proposals across all research areas. Up to five projects will be supported in this call with a maximum award of £16,000 per project. Proposals may include targeted research support such as workshops, symposia, staff exchanges, research seminars/presentations and formation, development of a collaborative network, and/or practical pilot or feasibility research activities (such as experiments, surveys, etc.). Involvement of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) either as the principal investigators or as members of the project team is encouraged. At CUHK, academic staff members who are Assistant Professors or below will be considered as ECRs in this scheme.

Please refer to the webpage for the programme details, guidelines and online application form. The application deadline is 6 January 2025.

 

Ernst Mach Grant for PhD Students and Post-Docs for 2025-26

The Ernst Mach Grant is inviting applications from PhD students and post-docs for a research scholarship for 2025–26. The grant provides support to PhD students and post-docs to undertake short-term research attachments at universities in Austria. We should be most grateful if you could kindly disseminate the following information to PhD students and post-docs within your unit and encourage applications to the grant.

 

Terms of Award

  • Duration of visit: 1-9 months
  • Value of award: €1,300 per month
  • The award is meant to cover accident and health insurance, accommodation, visa, daily-life and travel expenditures. Recipients may receive an additional travel subsidy of up to €1,200.
  • Recipients are exempted from tuition fees.
  • The OeAD (Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalisation) can provide logistic support on health insurance as well as accommodation.

 

Eligible Fields of Study / Research

  • Agricultural Sciences
  • Arts
  • Human Medicine, Health Sciences
  • Humanities
  • Natural Sciences
  • Social Sciences
  • Technical Sciences

 

Application

Interested applicants should submit their application online. The closing date is 1 February 2025.

For enquiries, please contact OeAD by email (mach@oead.at). Applicants are advised to submit a copy of their applications to the Office of Academic Links (c/o Ms. Carol Lee; carolkmlee@cuhk.edu.hk) for internal record.