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Researcher Exchange Programme

Researcher Exchange Programme (RXP) is aimed at supporting new links between early stage researchers in the UK and in other countries.

About the programme
The programme provides individual researchers with awards covering travel and subsistence costs, and some consumables costs, needed to develop new scientific collaborations and contacts through exchange visits of between one week and three months’ duration.

Subject areas
The research link can be in any area of science, engineering and technology, including social sciences and humanities.

Darwin RXP Awards
The call for Darwin RXP awards has now closed. Find out more ...

Requirements
The term 'early stage researcher' refers to researchers at the beginning of their research careers.

The applicant must have:

either obtained a doctoral qualification or be within twelve months of obtaining a doctoral qualification.
no more than two years full tenure in a university or research institute.
no more than six years overall active researcher experience.

The maximum award that can be applied for is £5,000.

More than one researcher from the same sending or receiving research group can apply for an aw

ard, but each must submit a separate application.

How to apply
For full details and an online application form go to www.britishcouncil.org/science-rxp

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