Travel grants provide funding for researchers to travel to or from the UK for conferences, workshops or short courses. They can also support travel to partner institutions to develop collaborations. Different schemes will vary according to their requirements, levels of funding and restrictions concerning total or part costs, including the registration fees and travel.

A fellowship is a research opportunity on a temporary or fixed term contract for researchers who have gained a graduate or postdoctoral qualification to undertake institution or laboratory based research in the UK or another country. UK research funders support for both UK researchers to work abroad and for international researchers to work in the UK.

1. The EURAXESS Jobs website has a searchable database of fellowship programmes throughout Europe. You can filter your search on the basis of country of origin/residence, destination, career stage, and research field.

2. You can also use the “Funding Search” tool to find fellowships within the UK and internationally.

Some funding agencies offer support for international events, meetings, conferences or workshops. These may cover a range of subjects, skills, training, networking and knowledge-sharing.
The funding is often aimed at fostering international collaboration through, for example, the exchange of staff or pooling of research findings, or the creation of research networks focused on a specific problem. Within the EU, the European Commission is a major funder of international collaboration projects, through the FP7 programme.

This is funding for projects with some aspect of international collaboration. This could be the exchange of staff or pooling of research findings, or the creation of a network of researchers working on different aspects of a specific problem. Within the EU, the European Commission is a major funder of international collaboration projects, through the FP7 programme.