The key objective of this programme is to focus on new or recently initiated collaborative links offering international experience to researchers. Projects must clearly indicate how the collaboration will continue if the time-span envisioned is more than the one year for which funding will be given. Funding must be used primarily for travel and subsistence and cannot be used to cover bench fees, running costs, equipment, consumables or other similar expenses. A maximum grant of £3,000 will be awarded to both the British and Italian teams: a total of £6,000 per project.