Research staff at the University of Nottingham are invited to apply for the ‘UK-Mexico Itinerant Chair’, which funds visits to Mexico to support work with academic collaborators.

The opportunity to apply is available to researchers with a doctorate degree in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) or Social Sciences and Humanities.

One place is available: The successful applicant will be awarded mobility funding for a research visit of up to two weeks to visit a new potential collaborator in Mexico.

The successful University of Nottingham academic will join 11 other researchers from other British academic institutions, to represent the British HEI in Mexico.

Activities accepted and encouraged under the UK-MX Visiting Chair include: attendance at workshops, research symposia, and conferences as well as meetings to scope collaboration, share best practise or develop new initiatives.

For further details and an application form, please contact Dr Maeve Fitzpatrick.

The deadline for submissions is 5pm, Friday 18 August 2017.