TSP 2023-24 grant call: Jordan, Thailand and South Africa
This round of funding provided TSP alumni in Jordan, South Africa and Thailand with grants to build on previous awards, to allow them to further scale their impact. New partnerships focused on energy and affordable healthcare were also awarded, and each partnership, led by a local university, included local industry, and a UK university.
Nineteen projects were successfully run for a year from January 2024, receiving up to £50,000 each. Explore our alumni in each country below:
The grant itself was run by the Royal Academy of Engineering, in partnership with organisations in each host country:
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South Africa: Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET),
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Thailand: Program Management Unit for Competitiveness (PMUC) and
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Jordan: Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST)
On completion, awardees became part of the TSP community, gaining access to capacity building and networking events, and opportunities to further collaborate with awardees in other countries tackling similar issues.
This scheme is funded by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), under the International Science Partnership Fund.
International partners
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), South Africa
The DHET in South Africa is responsible for formulating policies and managing the higher education and vocational training sectors. DHET aims to ensure equitable access to quality education, promote research, and enhance skills development to drive the country's socio-economic growth.
Program Management Unit for Competitiveness (PMCU), Thailand
PMUC is a research funding unit that manages research and innovation funds aimed at enhancing the national competitiveness by creating innovations that enable industries to develop high-value goods and services to enter the global market, facilitating collaboration between the public and private sectors in Thailand and from abroad, and encouraging joint investment from firms, ranging from SMEs to large corporates.
The Industrial Research and Development Fund (IRDF) , Jordan
IRDF is established in 1994 to be one of the Higher Council for Science and technology (HCST) tools to support the private sector to accelerate economic growth. The objective of the HCST is to build a national science and technology base to contribute to the achievement of development goals, through increasing awareness of the significance of scientific research and development, granting the necessary funding and directing scientific and research activities, within national priorities, in line with development orientations.