Funding to kick-start new and innovative research collaborations with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

Applications

Applications for the Imperial - AIMS Research Seed Fund are closed.

The AIMS Centres focus on both basic and applied mathematics, covering a large range of mathematical applications in physics, quantitative biology, bioinformatics, scientific computing, finance, agriculture modelling. 

There are six AIMS Centres:

The AIMS – Imperial Research Seed Fund promotes and supports early-stage collaboration among academics, researchers and students at Imperial and AIMS centres. The fund encourages exchange between participating research groups through provision of grants to cover travel, workshops, meetings, hackathons, networks and other activities to explore research directions. 

Guidance

Types of Projects

The goal is to support both Imperial and partner academics to initiate and pursue collaborations that ideally lead to new science and to future applications for external funding.

Funds can be requested to support one or more of the following activities:  

  • Exploratory research, travel costs and other activities that often do not receive financial support at the earliest stages. Imperial funds can also be used to support small-scale experiments or the development of prototypes
  • Outward/inward visits for academics, research staff and students to investigate the potential for, initiate, follow-up, or work on a collaborative project or training opportunity, and for other stakeholder engagement
  • ‘Hackathon’ or other collaborative day or week-long events involving staff and students from both institutions to explore new risky and ‘blue skies’ research directions and ideas
  • Longer stays for students or research staff (up to maximum 2 months) to learn new techniques, analyse results or undertake other activities
  • Set up of new networks to promote the exchange of ideas, best practice, and other research goals
  • Networking events such as workshops and seminars to bring together researchers to foster new links or strengthen existing collaborations
  • Facilitation fees for online workshops (to encourage innovative ways of online interaction)
  • Payment for student assistance (to encourage student engagement in projects)

 

 

Contact Information

AIMS - Imperial Research Seed Fund

globalseedfunds@imperial.ac.uk

International Relations Office
Imperial College London
Faculty Building Level 2
South Kensington Campus
London
SW7 2AZ

Tel: +44(0)20 7594 2666