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Researcher Links gives early career researchers from the UK and Vietnam the opportunity to form international connections through fully funded workshops and travel grants. 

The programme runs in around 19 other countries globally, and since the launch in 2013, thousands of researchers have benefited from Researcher Links. New international collaborations, networks and projects have already been formed directly from the early rounds of workshops.

We also deliver Researcher Links under the Newton Fund

Travel grants and workshop grants

Researcher Links travel grants provide financial support for early career researchers so that they can spend one month or longer abroad. 
 
Researcher Links workshop grants provide financial support for workshops for early career researchers.

Who can apply for Researcher Links travel grants

Early career researchers, within 10 years of receiving their PhD, can apply. Allowances can be made for career breaks. If working in a field where a PhD is not a pre-requisite for research activity, non-PhD holders with research equivalent to a PhD holder are eligible.

The funding is available to researchers in a variety of countries. Each funding opportunity states the countries from which researchers are eligible to apply.considered eligible.

Who can apply for Researcher Links workshop grants

The funding is available to researchers based in a variety of countries. Each funding opportunity states the countries from which researchers are eligible to apply.

Leading or established researchers

Leading or established researchers can apply to be workshop co-ordinators and propose a theme for a workshop. It must be a joint application, with one co-ordinator based at a UK institution and one based at an institution in a partner country. Applicants can be of any nationality. 

The funding is available to leading researchers or established researchers, as defined by the European Commission.

Early career researchers

Early career researchers, based in either the UK or a partner country, can apply to participate in workshops. Applicants can be of any nationality.

We define early career researchers as those within 10 years of receiving their PhD. Allowances can be made for career breaks. If working in a field where a PhD is not a pre-requisite for research activity, non-PhD holders with research equivalent to a PhD holder are eligible.

How to apply

You can find open Researcher Links grants on our Funding and other opportunities page.