Global Partnership Fund 2017-18

The University’s partnership funds have supported collaborations across the globe in key developed and emerging research economies including Indonesia, China, India, USA and Singapore. They are intended to encourage partnerships that will lead to the development of important global research collaborations.

Applications for 2017-18 open on 11 February and will close on 3 April 2017.

Eligible applications will be reviewed by an academic panel chaired by Professor Lawrence Young. Awards will be made up to the value of £5000 per year for up to two years (2017-18 and 2018-19), and first year funds have to be spent before 31 July 2018.

A delegation of five Warwick researchers from the Department of Chemistry visited China’s Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in November to explore joint projects in areas ranging from the development of anti-cancer drugs to opportunities to harness energy from agricultural waste products.

On 1 December, Professor Chris Hughes (PVC Education) welcomed a delegation from Republic of the Union of Myanmar (also known as Burma) to campus. The delegation was led by the Union Minister of Education, Professor Myo Thein Gyi, and included key figures from the Myanmar Ministry of Education. The two-day visit was organised by the Office for Global Engagement in partnership with the British Council (http://www.britishcouncil.org.mm/programmes/education/reform), and was part of a wider study tour to the UK to develop the Myanmar government and sector’s awareness of international practice in order to inform domestic policy reform.