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Royal Society APEX awards (Academies Partnership in Supporting Excellence in Cross-disciplinary research award)
In partnership with the British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society and with support fromthe Leverhulme Trust.
The objectives of this scheme are to:
support outstanding interdisciplinary research which is unlikely to be supported through conventional funding programmes
promote collaboration across disciplines, with a particular emphasis on the boundary between science and engineering and the social sciences and humanities
support researchers with an outstanding track record, in developing their research in a new direction through collaboration with partners from other disciplines
enable outstanding researchers to focus on advancing their innovative research through seed funding. For established researchers in a UK university working with another discipline or a different UK university.