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I.  Chương trình fellowship đầu tiên của Royal Society chuyên dành cho ngành khoa học tự nhiên và kỹ thuật.

• 1.1. The Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship, which provides up to five years and £300,000 of funding, to be used flexibly by the research fellow and as part of their start-up package. This scheme will focus entirely on recruitment, enabling UK institutions to enhance their offering with a £300,000 fellowship award to for international research leaders wishing to relocate to the UK.
• 1.2. A Visiting Fellowship strand, which allows excellent international researchers a flexible 12-month sabbatical period at a UK university or research institution with an award of up to £125,000, to build and develop international collaborations and networks.

Applications are open until 20 March 2024. Please contact seniorfellowships@royalsociety.org with queries about these awards.

II. Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate (GCBC) Call 2: The GCBC Research Grant Competition 2 (RGC2) is now officially open for applications! – GCBC

For this call, we are looking for project concepts with a total budget between £100k and £1m (GBP) and a duration of 12 – 36 months, commencing from November 1, 2024. There is scope for different sizes (£100k-£250k; £250k-£500k; £500-£750k; £750-£1m) depending on the type or nature of the research to be funded. This will range from the smaller desk-based and locally focused projects to larger initiatives with research replicated in different localities/ countries and upscaling/ replicating proven solutions in an innovative approach.

GCBC invites project concept submissions that focus their research at the intersection of the GCBC’s three focus areas:

• Climate change
• Livelihoods and poverty alleviation
• Biodiversity

All applications are welcomed – from Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), research institutes and others.

Deadline: 17h GMT on March 17th, 2024.

III. Blue Planet Fund – OCEAN grants: https://oceangrants.org.uk/

The UK Government’s Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants Programme supports locally-led projects to deliver lasting change to the marine environment and coastal communities, with funding available through two different pathways:

• Community Grants: Up to £250,000 for small-scale, local, in-country organisations. Deadline to apply: 18 March 2024
• Partnership Grants:From £250,000 up to £3 million for organisations collaborating with locally-led groups to deliver solutions at scale. Deadline to apply: 02 April 2024

Projects can run up to 31 March 2029 and must focus on both protecting, managing, or restoring the marine environment and reducing poverty.

All applications are welcomed – from Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), research institutes and others.

IV. ISPF – British Academy – Social sciences and humanities (8 calls in different themes, e.g. tech regulations, health, climate change, gender equality)ODA Challenge-Oriented Research Grants 2024 | The British Academy

Funding: £200,000 for each 18-month project. Deadline: 10 April 2024