The Newton Fund is a new UK government initiative intended to strengthen research and innovation partnerships between the UK and emerging knowledge economies. In partnership with the Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust will deliver Newton Fund research activities within its funding remit in South-east Asia.

We welcome applications that fall within the remit of the Newton Fund for the following schemes:

• Collaborative Awards in Science

Closing date for preliminary applications: Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Closing date for full applications: Tuesday 8 September 2015

• Collaborative Awards in Medical Humanities

Closing date for preliminary applications: Friday 17 July 2015
Closing date for full applications: Friday 25 September 2015

• Collaborative Awards in Society and Ethics

Closing date for preliminary applications: Friday 17 July 2015
Closing date for full applications: Friday 25 September 2015

• Portfolio Awards
  The Portfolio Awards work on a rolling basis.If you receive an invitation to submit a preliminary application, you will be provided with the relevant Committee deadlines at the time of the invitation.

Applications under this initiative should address research priorities which will meet the health needs of vulnerable communities in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam or Thailand. Applications must propose innovative world-class research programmes, and can include plans to strengthen research training and build career pathways for researchers in the region.

Newton funding can only be awarded to research projects that are compliant with Official Development Assistance (ODA) criteria.  The criteria require that any Newton Fund project must make it clear that its primary purpose is to promote economic development and welfare in low and middle income settings and to address poverty and development issues.

Research areas of particular interest include the following, but proposals addressing other topics of importance for the region will also be considered:

• Emerging infectious diseases, antibiotic resistance and zoonosis
• Non-communicable diseases
• Maternal and child health
• Mental health
• Humanities, social science and policy and systems research.

Eligibility requirements

Applicants may be from Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam or Thailand, or from the UK, but the focus of the research must be in the South-east Asia partner countries and strong partnerships with local researchers must be demonstrated.  Other eligibility requirements for these schemes apply as indicated on the scheme webpages.

Application process

Please indicate in your preliminary application if your proposal intends to fall within the Newton Fund initiative. Successful applications will be jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council as delivery partner for the UK government Newton Fund.

Please see Wellcome Trust-MRC Newton Fund Collaboration for the preliminary application deadlines.

Contact

If you have any enquiries about this initiative please contact:

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