If you are interested in putting together and coordinating an INYS event in your research field you should contact the British Council Science team in Manchester or your local British Council office.
There is an open call for applications to run events throughout the year beginning in April. There is a limited budget for funding which will be distributed as and when the applications are successful
Most events are run with the support of our local British Council offices. Before submitting an application you should contact the British Council in your country to discuss your event ideas. If you are not based in the UK we would advise you to contact your local office. If you are based in the UK or there is no local British Council office, you can contact the Science Department in Manchester.
You can submit your applications through the British Council office in the partner country or directly to the Science Department.
Our local offices also run their own INYS events.
The funding for all the INYS events is held by the Science Department and will either be released to the local office or directly to the UK partner
The first stage of any INYS application process is to discuss the possibilities with your local British Council office.
Here is a list of things you should have considered before contacting the office.
The event can be held in any area of research as long as the goal of the event is to forward research links. The event should be a networking meeting for young researchers, it should not be a workshop of lecture based conference. You should be able to provide evidence that the subject is both a UK national priority and a priority for the partner country. We would advise that the subject are be as narrow as possible to allow the participants the greatest opportunities fir finding connections with the other participants. The subject area's priority will be evaluated by the relevant UK research council.
There should be a national coordinator for each partner country involved in an event. They should be nationally based researchers who are acknowledged leaders in his or her field. Their role is to jointly design and run the event with the other coordinators and to act as a mentor for the young researchers involved. They will have the opportunity to travel and meet each other face to face before the event to discuss the programme and will be responsible for the post event report and evaluation. They will also be asked to actively facilitate the creation of new links between young researchers and help these develop.
The coordinators should work together on the application. The British Council can help you develop your event to fit the INYS project and all applications are signed off by the relevant UK research council.
If you have an idea for an event but do not feel that you would fit our criteria for an event coordinator then you still can apply. You should identify who the coordinators are for the event and they should help you complete the application and plan the event. The UK coordinator will also be evaluated by the UK research council.
Usually this will be where the local coordinator is based. This partner will find matched or significant co-funding for the conference, whether financially or in kind (e.g. facilities, transport and accommodation), normally including the local participants' costs.
Based on a report which will contain a summary of the event (programme, participant list etc) and an action plan provided by the participants as a conclusion of the event.
It is possible to run a multilateral event, for example an event involving young researchers for a number of countries, either grouped geographically or by interest in the event's subject. All events should include a UK coordinator and a group of young researchers.
Up to £10,000 is available for each event. The total size of the fund for the INYS programme in 2007-08 was £250,000, it is expected that this will be the same for 2008-09. The funding provided by the British Council should be matched by the event partners.
Some funds are available for pre-event discussions between coordinators to develop the programme. The young researchers can apply for post event travel funding from the Researcher Exchange Programme to develop the links they make during the event.
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