The objectives of this scheme are to:
- support outstanding interdisciplinary research which is unlikely to be supported through conventional funding programmes
- promote collaboration across disciplines, with a particular emphasis on the boundary between science and engineering and the social sciences and humanities
- support researchers with an outstanding track record, in developing their research in a new direction through collaboration with partners from other disciplines
- enable outstanding researchers to focus on advancing their innovative research through seed funding
Closing date: 14 December 2017 (15:00 UK time)
All call details:
https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/apex-awards/
Previous awards winners:
https://royalsociety.org/news/2017/10/first-recipients-of-APEX-awards-announced/