How to apply

Applicant guidance

Before starting your application, please ensure you read the guidance notes and download the supporting documents. These can be found in the blue sidebar on this page.

Information on this page includes:

• Review process
• Eligibility criteria
• Help to find a partner
• Q&A webinar
• Post award guidance
• Reporting requirements

Review process  

1. Submission - Applications are submitted on the Academy’s online Grant Management System (GMS). Only applicants that have filled out all mandatory answers and submitted all necessary documentation will be able to submit. 
2. Eligibility check - this includes checking the application fits the scheme themes and objectives, that all questions have been answered in full, all necessary supporting documents are correct, that all costs and activities are eligible, and that the gender equality statement is sufficient. 
3. Peer review – Each application is reviewed by minimum two reviewers. Reviews are conducted on the Academy’s GMS. 

Review criteria  

Reviewers will provide comments and score projects against the following assessment criteria, as well as the overall quality of the application and a recommendation on whether they meet the criteria and should proceed to the selection panel. 

• Partnership quality and capacity  
• Inclusion and participation  
• Goals and objectives  
• Outcomes and impact  
• Finances and resourcing 

Selection panel

TSP programme board members and other peer reviewers selected by the Academy and international partners for Jordan, South Africa and Thailand will meet virtually to sift through the highest scoring applications from the peer review and make the final selection of applications.

Eligibility criteria ​ 

• The proposed project should clearly align with the overall aims and objectives of the scheme. Original ideas using local solutions are actively encouraged.​
• The lead applicant will be employed by a university in Jordan, South Africa or Thailand.
• The lead applicant must collaborate with at least one industry partner in their country (Jordan/ South Africa/ Thailand) and one UK university.
• PI’s expected to be employed consistently at the university where they are applying from i.e. not planning to move institutes or take sabbatical leave.
• Applications must include a detailed budget delivered over a maximum of 12 months (December 2023 – 2 December 2024).
• Project activities must run between December 2023 – 2 December 2024.
• The application must be designed to meet the TSP and ISPF objectives.
• Projects must fall into one of two categories: new partnerships working on clean energy or affordable healthcare; or existing partnerships building on their IAPP/TSP projects to create sustainable change. Some examples of potential new partnership project topics are listed below, but this list is not exhaustive.
  • Clean energy - solar, wind, biofuels, electric vehicles, hydroelectricity, carbon capture, batteries and energy storage, and green hydrogen.
  • Affordable healthcare - digital and remote health; health supply chain innovations; diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccine manufacture; data for health monitoring; health systems strengthening, and one health.
• Matched contribution- Project partners must demonstrate a matched contribution of at least 50% of the grant requested from the Academy.
• Full details of the eligibility criteria and selection process are outlined in the applicant guidance notes above.

Applicant queries and support 

Post-award guidance  

Grants of up to £50,000 each are available for existing and new UK- Jordan/ South Africa / Thailand industry-academia collaborations.  

Reporting requirements  

All applicants must adhere to the following reporting throughout the course of the grant. 

• Initiation report   
• On track report   
• Mid-term report   
• On track report   
• Final report   
• Follow-on report

Please note that project extensions will not be possible, so please ensure the activities, resource allocation and timelines are realistic. 

Please visit the TSP programme page for further information on the grant and the application process.

In addition to the direct financial support, awardees will join the TSP community and gain access to capacity building and networking events, and opportunities to collaborate with awardees in other countries tackling similar issues.