Dear researchers and interested persons!

British Council and “Science fund” JSC declare acceptance of applications for the “Institutional Links” competition within the "Newton — Al-Farabi" partner programme.

This type of grants is intended for development of research and innovative cooperation between institutions of Great Britain and Kazakhstan at group, departmental and institutional level, and also in commercial and noncommercial sectors.

The sum of  grant varies from 50,000 to 300,000 pounds sterling from four months to two years for the assistance to cooperation between institutions of Great Britain and Kazakhstan.

Grants will cover expenses on research and innovative cooperation, including:

• Expenses connected with conducting researches;
• Expenses on an exchange of researchers, students and staff of industrial enterprises (including enterprises of small and medium business and non-profit organizations);
• Expenses on organization of meetings, seminars, trainings;
• Other expenses connected with establishment and strengthening of partnership.

Also expenses are covered other actions. Please, get acquainted with the complete list of admissible and inadmissible expenses with Management on the reference above.

The final date of acceptance of applications for participation is June 27, 2016 till 16:00 o'clock on London time.

We will be grateful for distribution of this information among your colleagues and interested persons.

If you have questions about this competition or if you would like to know more about the "Newton — Al-Farabi" partner programme, please, contact on the following addresses: newton-al-farabi@kz.britishcouncil.org or b.karimkyzy@science-fund.kz.