NB: These are Newton Fund realted and must be ODA compliant. For details on ODA compliance, please ask Louisa Hopkins.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council, under the Newton Fund, and the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand invite applications for their capacity building in software and hardware infrastructures and data handling through astronomy call. This supports projects aimed at capacity building in software and hardware infrastructures and data handling through astronomy. It is anticipated that the funded projects will use a range of mechanisms, including training or summer schools and exchange programmes for PhD students, early career researchers, computer programmers, engineers, technicians and outreach. Call themes are:

•mechatronics or telescope control;

•very-long-baseline interferometry engineering, technology and research;

•data handling;

•outreach to support STEM education programme in schools.

Projects must include a collaboration of UK and Thailand based researchers.

Total funding available is £1 million from the Newton Fund, and TBH 15m from NARIT, to fund projects of 18 months to two years in duration.