Funding for Staff

Faculty International Research Travel Grants
Dartmouth has been offering its Faculty International Research Travel Grant programme since 2015, supporting international travel for active research activities. Proposals for MNU-related research may also be considered.

Dartmouth Society of Fellows
The Postdoctoral Fellowships offered by the Dartmouth Society of Fellows foster the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their PhD degrees, by permitting them to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers and members of the departments and/or programmes in which they are housed.

Institute of Advanced Study Fellowships
The Institute of Advanced Study manages a range of funding for incoming academics, in particular the IAS Fellowships and the Durham International Fellowships for Research and Enterprise.

Durham – Tϋbingen Seedcorn Fund

**PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE**

Durham and Tϋbingen wish to develop a stronger bilateral relationship, building on their collaborations through the Matariki Network of Universities.  The Tϋbingen-Durham Seedcorn Fund follows delegations hosted by each partner and an MoU first signed in 1989.

Through a competitive process, Durham and Tübingen universities jointly advertise, select and fund projects in research and education. Successful research projects are expected to result in third-party funding applications.

Principal’s Development Fund: International Visitors Program
This Program aims to enrich the international dimensions of Queen’s, both within its classrooms and within its research environment, by providing subsidies for international travel of scholars to Queen’s and scholars and staff from Queen’s.  Specific strands of support are available for visits to and from MNU partner institutions.

Queen’s Research Opportunities Fund
The Queen’s Research Opportunities Fund, being launched in September 2015, includes an International Fund to assist in augmenting the university’s international reputation through increased global engagement. Preference will be given to the development or growth of high-profile research collaborations with Queen’s University’s strategic international partners, including Matariki partners.

MNU Travel Awards
The Matariki Network of Universities’ (MNU) Travel Awards are designed to enable academic staff at the University of Otago to meet with colleagues from MNU member universities to develop and/or enhance collaboration.  That collaboration can be research or teaching/curriculum related.

Teach @ Tübingen
Tübingen welcomes applications from advanced PhD students or young post-docs who would like to expand their teaching experience and individual research horizons with a working stay in Germany.

Matariki PhD-Postdoc Mobility Scheme 2020-21
The University of Tübingen offers funding for two incoming doctoral students (PhD
candidates, ‘ABD’) or postdocs from our Matariki partners per year.

UWA Research Collaboration Awards (RCAs)
The RCAs support initiatives which expand the University’s research collaborations both nationally and internationally.  The aim of the scheme is to facilitate new and developing initiatives that will lead to increased cross-institutional ties, enhancing opportunities for UWA researchers with regards to research outputs, further funding and industry linkages.  MNU members are identified on the list of priority institutions that is used as a guide to forming collaborations.

Institute of Advanced Studies Grants and Fellowships
The Institute of Advanced Studies has a range of funding for incoming academics, in particular the Short-Stay Visiting Fellowship Grants and Distinguished Visiting Fellowships, where preference may be given to nominees from MNU partner institutions.

Matariki Fellows
The purpose of Matariki Fellows is to increase the number of research contacts and strengthen international cooperation.  Funding is available for researchers and teachers in all research areas at Uppsala University to undertake research stays of up to six months at one of the MNU partner universities.

Uppsala-Durham Seedcorn Funding

As strategic bilateral partners as well as Matariki partners, Uppsala and Durham Universities have established a seedcorn fund to support joint research. Through a competitive process, Uppsala and Durham Universities jointly advertise, select and fund research projects up to the value €25,000. In addition to strengthening the longstanding ties between Uppsala and Durham and the broadening of the existing partnership, it is expected that successful research projects will result in third-party funding applications.

Please visit this link for further information and the application form.