Nanyang Technological University and The University of Warwick Joint Seed Fund
Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and University of Warwick (Warwick) Joint Seed Fund
Key Dates
Applications open: 24 March 2026
Applications close: 22 April 2026
Advice to successful applicants: w/c 29 June 2026
Awards begin: 1 August 2026
Awards finish: 31 July 2027
Fund Objectives
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. Researchers are encouraged to achieve at least one of the following outcomes by the end of the project period:
- jointly hold a physical/online workshop at either Institution; or
- jointly apply for national/international competitive grant or other sources of external funding; or
- submission of at least one joint co-authored publication in a national/internationally recognised journal (or equivalent output); or
- other outcomes of equal value.
Fund:
Funding will be provided jointly by Warwick and NTU.
- Business fund: up to £14.4K (or SGD equivalent) from each partner per project (total number of projects to be funded: 2)
- Science fund: up to £14.4K (or SGD equivalent) from each partner per project (total number of projects to be funded: 1)
- Computing and Data Science fund: up to £14.4K (or SGD equivalent) from each partner per project (total number of projects to be funded: 2)
- Humanities, Art, and Social Sciences fund: up to £7.5K (or SGD equivalent) from each partner per project (total number of projects to be funded: 2)
Examples of Allowable Expenditure:
Eligible costs will typically include:
- Reasonable travel and visa costs;
- Accommodation;
- Reasonable event/workshop costs;
- Small pilot studies
The Seed Fund will not typically fund:
The seed fund may NOT be used for: salaries, honorarium, equipment, scholarships, conference attendance fees for faculty members, and tuition fees.
Eligibility:
Principal Investigators (PIs) on each side must be tenure-track or tenured faculty member of NTU or permanent / fixed-term academic staff of Warwick. For fixed-term staff, the duration of their contract must extend beyond the end date of the funded project.
Warwick Principal Investigators (PIs) can come from any department, school or centre. In addition to Warwick’s open approach, NTU has identified a select group of Schools and College whose PIs are eligible to participate.List of NTU Participating Schools and College
- Business (NTU)
- Science (NTU)
- Computing and Data Science (NTU)
- Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences (NTU)
Within these overarching fields, an interested researcher from one of the partners should connect with Principal Investigator(s) (PI(s)) at the other partner.
How to apply:
Each application must include the following information and supporting documents, where applicable
- NTU-Warwick Joint Seed Fund Application Form
- CVs of the two lead PIs and their selected publications
- Warwick Requirements Form (for Warwick PI only)
The application documents should be compiled into a single consolidated file and submitted to both International@ntu.edu.sg and isr@warwick.ac.ukwith the subject title “NTU-Warwick Seed Fund Round 2 Proposal Submission”.