Our International Office is very pleased to announce the launch of the annual Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Research Development Fund (RDF) round.
With the aim of fostering international collaborative research, the 2020 round is focused on the theme of Sustainable Recovery. Within this theme, the areas of focus correspond to six of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Applications may work within one, or between more than one, of these SDGs:
- 3: Good health and well-being
- 4: Quality education
- 7: Affordable and clean energy
- 10: Reduced inequalities
- 11: Sustainable cities and communities
- 13: Climate action
The WUN RDF 2020 guidelines reflect key updates as this year’s edition has taken a compelling direction and proposals can include expenditure on items such as data collection, prototype production and transcription costs. Applicants will also need to be mindful of ensuring partner diversity and the fact that the requirement for matched funding has been eliminated this year.
The RDF is an annual competitive fund aimed at bringing together researchers to undertake innovative, high quality, sustainable research that addresses global challenges. This new round of funding comes with an internal deadline for submission of Monday 12 October 2020. We therefore ask that you send your application, using the “WUN RDF 2020 submission guide” and the “WUN RDF 2020 budget template“, to [email protected]. An internal panel will determine which ones will go ahead to complete the maximum of two proposals that may be submitted by each member University for the official deadline of 23 October 2020.
Here is the official announcement on the WUN website for further information and here is our Research Networks page on Sharepoint where you can find more details and the abovementioned WUN RDF 2020 documents.
