Newton-Ungku Omar Fund (NUOF) is a partnership programme between the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) and Malaysia to develop collaboration on research and innovation.

As one of the NUOF Malaysian delivery partners, the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) manages and implements a programme called as Mobility Grants in collaboration with the Royal Society.

This programme aims to help strengthen the research and innovation capacity of researchers from partner countries by assisting them in visiting or sending staff and students to the UK and developing networks, research projects and partnerships with their UK hosts/ counterparts and the wider UK research and innovation community.

In relation to this, we are pleased to inform that currently, there are two opening for NUOF programmes under ASM as below :

Mobility Grants in Natural Sciences:

Closing Date: 14 March 2018

Application via: https://grants.royalsociety.org/

Website: https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/newton-mobility-grants/

Mobility Grants in Social Sciences & Humanities:

Closing Date: 14 March 2018

Application via: https://britishacademy.flexigrant.com/

Website: https://www.britac.ac.uk/newton-mobility-grants

For any further enquiries, please contact Mrs Nur Dayana Razmi , Head, Research and Collaboration or Mrs Engku Sharmila, Executive, STI Strategic Programme Unit at +603 6203 0633

or email: dayana@akademisains.gov.my      /     sharmila@akademisains.gov.my