(For CUHK and UCL faculty)

Deadline: 23:59, 13 June 2025 (UK time) / 6:59, 14 June 2025 (HK time)

University College London (UCL) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have identified each other as strategic partners to foster deep collaborations in research and education. The Office of the Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation and Global Engagement) at UCL and the Office of Academic Links at CUHK have established the UCL-CUHK Strategic Partner Funds to support collaborative research initiatives and partnership development activities in areas of mutual interest and complementary strengths that will lead to longer-term, larger-scale, and impactful collaborations.

Proposals from all fields are welcome. Proposals should be co-led by a Lead Applicant at each institution and can involve a wider team of participants from each institution, as appropriate to the activities proposed.

Up to three joint projects will be selected for funding. Proposals will be assessed by a committee composed of members from both institutions.

Eligibility

Applications are open to UCL and CUHK staff members in the following roles:

UCL: 
•    Professor or equivalent
•    Associate Professor / Reader or equivalent
•    Senior Lecturer / Principal Researcher / Principal Research Associate or equivalent
•    Lecturer / Senior Research Associate or equivalent
•    Post Doc / Researcher / Research Associate or equivalent

CUHK:

• Faculty members ranked at Research Assistant Professors or above holding full-time employment from all disciplines and at all levels are welcome to apply. Award holders are required to remain in university service for not less than a year upon completion of the activities in the proposal.

Applicants from UCL must have an open-ended UCL contract or a fixed-term contract which lasts until at least July 2026. 

Proposals are to be prepared jointly but only one joint proposal should be submitted by the UCL Lead Applicant through the submission link.

Programme Guidelines and Forms

Applicants can access the programme guidelines, application form, endorsement form and completion report form from the following links:

• Programme Guidelines
• Online Application
• Endorsement Form
• Completion Report

Enquiries

All queries related to this call for joint research proposals should be directed to:

University College London

Zhou Kuang, Global Engagement Manager

E: zhou.kuang@ucl.ac.uk

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Ms. Olivia Kwok, Programmer Manager, Office of Academic Links

E: oliviakwok@cuhk.edu.hk