Collaborating with the Commonwealth 2006

A one-day briefing on Research Funding and Partnership Opportunities held in London, UK on 24 March 2006

The past year has shown increasing recognition by funding bodies that higher education has an important role to play in fulfilling the international development agenda. Examples of new initiatives and research funding schemes were covered at this one-day conference co-sponsored by the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, with the aim of providing a concise, yet comprehensive, briefing of current opportunities. The seminar brought together representatives from funding bodies, academics from across the Commonwealth as well as research office and other administrative staff from universities in the UK and overseas.

The presenters included staff from organisations such as the British Academy, the Wellcome Trust, the Economic and Social Research Council and the British Council and included information on new and existing funding programmes for collaborative research and fellowships. Links to the conference programme, presentations and the respective websites can be found below.

Presenters

• Judy Powell, British Council – presentation

• Oliver Moss, Economic and Social Research Council – presentation

• Prof Jimmy Whitworth, Wellcome Trust – presentation

• Ian Collingwood, Department for International Development – presentation

• Diana Coates, Research Africa

• Dominic Newbould, Open University – presentation

• Dr John Kirkland, The Association of Commonwealth Universities/Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK – presentation

• Laura Dawson, Royal Society – presentation

• Jayne Lyddon, British Academy – presentation

Further information

Information

Programme

Delegates list