Seed Funding Opportunities
We offer a diverse portfolio of seed funding schemes designed to catalyse international collaboration and strengthen Warwick’s global engagement. These funds provide flexible support for initiating new partnerships, deepening existing relationships with leading institutions worldwide, and enabling academic and professional staff to pursue innovative joint activities with our strategic partners. Through these schemes, we aim to accelerate high‑quality research, enrich teaching and learning, and foster sustainable, long‑term global cooperation.
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Washington University in St Louis (WashU)
The WashU-Warwick Collaboration Fund has been established to strengthen connections between the two institutions and stimulate high-impact collaborative research and education initiatives.
University of TorontoLink opens in a new window
This fund brings together the complementary strengths of the University of Toronto and the University of Warwick, to facilitate research and education initiatives, by enabling academic colleagues to jointly undertake preliminary research or pilot projects, and organise meetings, workshops and events.
Together we are committed to uniting our shared areas of expertise to tackle the greatest challenges faced by people across the world today.
Currently closed for applications
Fudan University
The Fudan-Warwick Joint Seed Fund provides vital early-stage funding to ambitious research initiatives that blend diverse expertise and explore novel approaches.
By empowering researchers to explore high-potential ideas, this fund aims to accelerate discoveries that address global challenges and contribute to societal advancement.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Warwick-PolyU Joint Seed Fund aims to foster new initiatives with high potential for global impact and towards novel research outcomes.
The application is currently closed. New rounds will be announced in due course.
International Partnership Fund
The University’s International Partnership Fund (IPF) is designed to foster or establish collaborations between Warwick academics and their peers at top international universities or institutions. It supports joint preliminary research, as well as the organization of meetings, conferences, or workshops.
Monash Warwick AllianceLink opens in a new window
The Monash Warwick Alliance is committed to supporting our researchers, educators and students at every level of your collaboration.
- Research Activation Fund
- Education Activation Fund
- Professional Services Activation Fund
Nanyang Technological UniversityLink opens in a new window
The NTU-Warwick Seed Fund aims to facilitate mobility and encourage deeper collaboration/exchanges. Collaborative efforts will be evidenced by outputs during or immediately after the project ends.
National University of SingaporeLink opens in a new window
National University of Singapore (NUS) and the University of Warwick (Warwick) aim to promote early-stage collaboration among researchers on both sides through provision of seed funds to explore possible areas of research collaborations and to develop and reinforce lasting contacts with the very best researchers in their field.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
The SJTU-Warwick Joint Seed Fund has been established with the specific intention to foster new initiatives with high potential for global impact that combine complementary aspects of each institution towards novel research outcomes.
Stellenbosch UniversityLink opens in a new window
The Stellenbosch-Warwick Joint Seed Fund is designed to flexibly support Stellenbosch and Warwick researchers and professional services staff to establish new links and advance existing collaborations.
Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB)Link opens in a new window
As our first bilateral joint fund in Europe, the call supports research-focused collaborations that will support preliminary investigations, pilot initiatives, and event organisation.