International Funding Opportunities – Working with International Partners

Please contact foe-research@unimelb.edu.au as soon as possible if you are interested in any of these funding opportunities.

Tinker Foundation Institutional Grants – funding opportunity for working with researchers from Latin America

Institutional Grants Apply Page – (tinker.org)

Letter or Inquiry open date: 9 July 2024

Letter of Inquiry close date: July 25, 2024 11.59 ET (July 26 1.59 pm AEST)

The Tinker Foundation provides project funding to organizations working to improve the lives of Latin Americans, with an emphasis on support for organizations in the region. The Foundation’s funding encompasses research, innovation, scaling of proven models, and exchange of ideas that have the potential to make significant, positive impact.

Tinker welcomes promising projects from across the region that:

  • Promote foundational learning recovery and acceleration. After extended school closures and inconsistent access to remote learning, many students have fallen well below grade-level standards. We welcome projects that seek to address these gaps.
  • Evolve curricula and teaching approaches. We invite projects that involve work with school systems, educational leaders, and families to promote basic learning and implement evidence-based pedagogical approaches that increase educational equity and quality.
  • Funding and Project Duration: From $20,000 to $100,000 per year and up to two years of support, depending on the scope and scale of the project.
  • Type of Organization: Civil society organizations founded and based in Latin America will be prioritized. However, regional and international organizations with substantial on-the-ground presence and a proven track record of collaboration with local stakeholders may apply.
  • School System: It is anticipated many projects will involve working directly with school systems and educational communities. The Foundation generally encourages projects that engage public school systems and students, especially those that serve marginalized or vulnerable populations. The Foundation typically does not fund individual schools.
  • Populations Reached: Given longstanding inequities in access to education in the region, the Foundation will prioritize projects that engage students with the following characteristics: residents of rural and low-income urban communities, Indigenous and/or Afro-descendant students, girls, migrants, and internally displaced people.

Please see website for more details

Welcome Trust Discovery Awards – funding opportunity to work with researchers from Latin America, Asia Pacific regions

Wellcome Discovery Awards | Grant funding | Wellcome

Close date: 30 July 2024 5pm BST (31 July 2 am AEST)

Your research can be in any discipline – including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), experimental medicine, humanities and social science, clinical/allied health sciences, and public health – as long as it has the potential to improve human life, health and wellbeing, and aligns with our funding remit

Career stage: Mid-Career to Established in Field

You must be based at an eligible host organisation that can sign up to the grant conditions. It must be in one of the following:

  • UK
  • Republic of Ireland
  • a low- or middle-income country (apart from India and mainland China).These include countries Latin America, Pacific Islands, Indonesia, Philippines
  • Please see website for more details

European Research Council 2024 Advanced Grant Round – funding opportunity to work at EU member states or associated countries

Advanced Grant | ERC (europa.eu)

Close date: 29 August 2024 5pm Brussels time  (30 August 1am AEST)

Eligibility: The ERC actions are open to researchers of any nationality who intend to conduct their research activity in any EU Member State or Associated Country. Applicants are expected to be active researchers who have a track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years. There are no specific eligibility criteria with respect to the academic requirements.

ERC grants support projects carried out by an individual researcher who can employ researchers of any nationality as team members. It is also possible to have one or more team members located in a non-European country.

Career stage: Mid-Career to Established in Field

Advanced Grants may be awarded up to € 2.5 million for a period of 5 years. (pro rata for projects of shorter duration). However, an additional € 1 million can be made available to cover eligible “start-up” costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or other major experimental and field work costs.

Please check website for details.