The Internationalisation Fund

The Internationalisation Fund call for proposals is now closed and will re-open in 2011.

Briefing Session: Details of the next briefing session wil be displayed once a date has been confirmed.

The Internationalisation Fund aims to promote the strategic priorities of the University of Southampton and raise the University’s international profile. The Fund will:

  1. provide ‘seed funding’ for joint international research or teaching activities at an early stage of development – e.g. exploratory research initiatives, targeted workshops, academic staff exchanges and the formation of collaborative networks, among other activities. It is essential that proposed research activities demonstrate the potential to secure third party funding that will allow the collaboration to become self-sustained (or to generate other research or teaching outcomes and/or research/learning resources). Each proposal must involve joint work between the University of Southampton and at least one partner university outside the UK. [stream 1.]
  2. support initiatives that aim to promote the Internationalisation of the teaching curriculum or promote best practice in relevant professional services at the University. These initiatives do not need to be joint with outside partners. [stream 2.]
Collaboration with the following key partners is particularly encouraged:
IIT Bombay Nanyang Technological University Xiamen University
University of California San Diego

Penn State University

Keio University, Japan,
University of Malaya

University of Sydney

University of Cape Town, RSA
 

Nanjing University

  

Tsinghua University

  

University of Washington, Seattle
 Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology   Seoul National University, S. Korea
IPN (Instituto Politechnico Nacional) Mexico A*STAR, Singapore

Proposals with high quality European institutions are also encouraged.

Funds available

The fund amounts to £30k for 2010/11.

Size of individual awards

Individual awards will not normally exceed £15k.

Who can apply?

All University of Southampton staff are eligible to apply.

Deadline

We run one annual call for applications. The next call will be in June 2011. Outside the annual competition, in extraordinary circumstances, the chair of the selection panel (PVC Alistair Fitt) has authority to allocate funds by chair’s action. Please contact Elisa Lawson for more information if this applies to you.

Please follow the guidance notes provided for download on the righthand side of this page. All applicants are advised to attend the briefing session once confirmed and to contact Elisa Lawson (wun@soton.ac.uk) to discuss their proposal prior to submission.

Where and how to submit your proposal

Please return completed application form and financial statement, plus any supporting material, electronically in a single PDF document to Ruth Henworth, International Office, University of Southampton, University Road, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ; email wun@soton.ac.uk.

NB. Please be aware that we will only process applications received in the specified format.

Further information

For further information on the fund or to arrange a meeting with Elisa Lawson, please contact Ruth Henworth in the first instance, International Office, University of Southampton, University Road, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ; email wun@soton.ac.uk.