CALL FOR APPLICATION OF THE NEWTON RESEARCH COLLABORATION PROGRAMME
Newton-Ungku Omar Fund (NUOF) is a collaboration programme between the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) and Malaysia to develop collaboration on research and innovation. Jointly established to address socio-economic issues in Malaysia, NUOF is expected to deliver outcomes through the Science to Action (S2A) Initiative, an initiative undertaken by the Malaysian Government to enable sustainable growth beyond 2020.
Kindly be informed that a joint programme between the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) named as Newton Research Collaboration Programme is currently open for application as follows:
- a) Aims to support international exchanges between engineering researchers in the UK and Malaysia.
- b) Provides funding up to £24,000 for 12 months exchange programme in the area of engineering.
In relation to this, ASM wishes to invite relevant researchers to apply for the above mentioned programme. The application is open online at the RAE’s website:https://goo.gl/E1vBCD until 23 November 2015.
Enclosed herewith is the guidance note of the programme for reference.
For any further enquiries, you may contact Ms Norazwa Musiran, Programme Manager (Science Excellence), ASM or Ms Liew Pei Shi, Programme Executive (Science Excellence), ASM (Tel: 03-6203 0633; Email: azwa@akademisains.gov.my / liew@akademisains.gov.my).