Call for Proposals SJTU-Warwick Joint Seed Fund Program 2025/26
- Proposals are welcome in all academic disciplines.
- The Principal Investigator (PI) at SJTU must be a full-time faculty member. Applications must be jointly submitted by a PI from SJTU and a collaborator from the University of Warwick.
- Any SJTU PI currently undertaking a seed fund project (including the Global Initiative Fund, Academic Exchange Fund, Specialized Seed Fund, or Collaboration Inception Fund, etc.) is not eligible to apply as PI for this round.
August 1, 2025 – July 31, 2026
The PIs from both SJTU and Warwick should jointly prepare a bilingual application.
Applications must be submitted via SJTU’s online questionnaire system: https://wj.sjtu.edu.cn/q/KXSuNE2H.
Please note that only SJTU PIs with a valid jAccount can access the system.
A template of the application form is provided in the attachments and should be submitted along with the Warwick Requirements Form.
The PI from Warwick is also required to provide a detailed budget outline, indicating how the funds will be used.
Applications must be submitted no later than 23:59 (Beijing time) on May 9, 2025, which corresponds to 17:00 (UK time) on the same day.
Late submissions will not be accepted.
Warwick: isr@warwick.ac.uk
SJTU: simonayan@sjtu.edu.cn
Attachment 1: SJTU-Warwick Joint Seed Fund Guidelines 2025/26 – Round 6
Attachment 2: SJTU-Warwick Joint Seed Fund Application Form 2025–26
Attachment 3: Warwick Requirements Form 2024–25