International Awards /

International Bilateral Visits Programme

The International Bilateral Visits Programme, funded by the Scottish Funding Council and partner academies, is designed to facilitate the collaboration between academics and researchers from Scotland and those based in institutions with which the RSE has a formal memorandum of understanding. Programme grants are for short-term visits of one to four weeks in duration, the key objectives being to enhance the research capabilities of individual researchers, develop international collaborative links and enable participation in international research programmes.

Awardees 2020

Who
What
Where

Dr Christian Schröder

What

Biogeochemical iron cycle and its interaction with the carbon cycle

Where

University of Stirling, National Sun Yat-sen University

Dr Giorgia Proietti

What

Commemorating war dead: a comparative perspective between ancient and modern

Where

University of Trento, University Of Edinburgh

Professor Bhaskar Sengupta

What

Environmental water technology

Where

Heriot-Watt University, University of Maribor

“This award allowed me to prove my independence, my ability to collect resources, and to foster new collaborations. I was a postdoc then. Now an assistant professor and junior PI.”

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