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Call for Proposal: Industry Academia Partnership Indonesia

Under its remit as a delivery partner of the Newton Fund, the Academy has partnered with the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia (RISTEKDIKTI) to enhance engineering teaching, research and innovation capacity in Indonesia through building bilateral industry-academia linkages. This programme also aims to foster greater ties between innovation stakeholders in both countries.

Request for Proposals open

The Industry Academia Partnership Programme (IAPP) aims to support Indonesian universities in improving their engineering education and research output through partnership with industry and UK stakeholders. The programme is based upon the premise that increased links between industry and higher education can improve quality and foster innovation within the pedagogy and practice of engineering. This will in turn enhance the employability of graduates and encourage technology transfer into industry.

A call for proposals for the programme is now open.

Types of activities supported

This call will offer support for travel, subsistence and salary costs related to collaborative activities among industry and academic partners in Indonesia and the UK. Proposals must aim to further one or more of the IAPP's outcome areas:

  1. Strengthened collaboration in research and knowledge-sharing between the partner country university and industry institutions and with counterparts in/from the UK;
  2. Enhanced industry input into engineering curricula and educational practice within partner country universities to improve uptake of practical engineering skills and enhance graduate employability;
  3. Enhanced capacity of engineering educators within partner country universities to teach course content and use novel pedagogical methods to upskill graduates;
  4. Building of working, mutually-beneficial models of cooperation between industry and academia for replication in partner countries; and
  5. Improved capacity of partner country institutions to learn from their experiences in industry-academia linkages and to share lessons with others.

The lead applicant will be an Indonesian university which must propose a means of collaboration with at least one industry partner and one UK institution (academic or industry). The industry partner may also be considered as the UK institution if it is headquartered in the UK.

As a result of the call, a series of grants up to GBP £50,000 will be issued. The project duration will not exceed 24 months, including all research activities and final reporting. The proposed start date for the project must be within March 2017 and all projects, including submission of reports, must be completed by end of March 2019.

Please Note that the funding shall be awarded to the UK Partner Institution and NOT the lead applicant to protect the grant value against exchange rate risk and reduce administrative complexity. The Recipients of grant funding will be expected to provide all parties with sufficient resources to enable the programme of activities to take place. Partners within applications should make such financial arrangements before the application is submitted, and evidence of such will be required at the contractual stage.

How to apply

Applications can only be submitted by the lead institution and must be submitted via the Academy's online grants system. Applicants should ensure they read the Requests for Proposals so they gain full understanding of the overall Programme objectives and the guidance notes which detail the different materials needed for the application before submitting their application.

All applicants are invited to submit their proposals via the Academy's online grant system. A link to the system can be found below as well as Guidance Notes for completing your application online.  Once in the system you should submit your application into 'Industry Academia Partnership Programme - 2' scheme option.

The deadline for this call has been amended and is now 9am (GMT) 19th December, 2016
Industry Academia Partnership Programme Request for Proposals (747.66 KB)
Application form (via online grant system - you must first register with the system and create a profile)
Industry Academia Partnership Programme guidance notes

For any questions concerning the application or the online applications system, please contact Shaarad Sharma or the International Team.

Source: http://www.raeng.org.uk/grants-and-prizes/international-research-and-collaborations/newton-fund-programmes/industry-academia-partnership-%E2%80%93-indonesia