International Partnership Development Fund

The College of Social Sciences Global Engagement Strategy aligns with the University’s Global Glasgow International Strategy 2025 which reaffirms our institutional commitment to global connectedness and collaboration.  

University of Glasgow staff can apply for funding for international activities that align with the priorities of the strategy via the International Partnership Development Fund. 

In 2025, the International Partnership Development Fund (IPDF) was updated to offer two strands of funding –  

  • Type 1 – original strand to support the establishment of new relationships – closing date 28th February 2025  
  • Type 2 – new strand to support the deepening of existing research relationships with named partners – closing date 10th March 2025 

Information on two types of IPDF is available on the IPDF webpage. 

Colleagues who work within the College of Social Sciences should follow the below process shown for each type of IPDF to submit an IPDF application.  When following the process, please keep in mind key dates as shown below. 

Type One – Partnership Development Funding - Application Deadline 28th February

The IPDF application form for Type One can be downloaded here. 

  1. Colleagues should draft the IPDF application and discuss this with their School Director of Internationalisation (SDI).  Please note, that the SDI may need to seek advice from others, so it is advisable to apply for the SDI as soon as possible. 
  2. The SDI can give guidance on whether the bid aligns with the school’s international aspirations. 
  3. When the IPDF application has been reviewed by the SDI, the SDI should send this to the Head of School (HoS) for review and approval.  It is the responsibility of the SDI to seek financial approval from the HoS.  The applicant does not need to contact the HoS directly. 
  4. The SDI should submit the IPDF application and evidence of HoS approval to socsci-global-engagement@glasgow.ac.uk for review and College approval. The HoS approval should include confirmation on whether the School will match fund the bid. 
  5. The College Global Engagement Team will submit IPDF applications that have received College approval to the Central Team. This submission will include the HoS and College approval as well as confirmation on match funding. 

Key Dates 

  1. Applications should be submitted to the SDI by 14th February 2025.  
  2. The SDI should submit the application to the HoS before 20th February 2025.  
  3. Applications should be submitted to the College Global Engagement Team - socsci-global-engagement@glasgow.ac.uk – by 24th February 2025.  Only applications that have evidence of both SDI and HoS approval should be submitted to the College International Team 

 

Type Two – Research Development Seed Funding - Application Deadline 10th March 2025

The IPDF application form can be downloaded here. 

Colleagues who work within the College of Social Sciences should follow the below process to submit an IPDF application.  When following the process, please keep in mind key dates as shown below. 

  1. Colleagues should draft the IPDF application and discuss this with their School Director of Internationalisation (SDI).  Please note, the SDI may need to seek advice from others, so it is advisable to submit the application to the SDI as soon as possible. 
  2. The SDI can give guidance on whether the bid aligns with the school’s international aspirations. 
  3. When the IPDF application has been reviewed by the SDI, the SDI should send this to the Head of School (HoS) for review and approval.  It is the responsibility of the SDI to seek financial approval from the HoS.  The applicant does not need to contact the HoS directly.
  4. The SDI should submit the IPDF application and evidence of HoS approval to socsci-global-engagement@glasgow.ac.uk for review and College approval. The HoS approval should include confirmation on whether the School will match fund the bid. 
  5. The College Global Engagement Team will submit IPDF applications that have received College approval to the Central Team. This submission will include the HoS and College approval as well as confirmation on match funding. 

Key Dates 

  1. Applications should be submitted to the SDI by 20th February 2025.  
  2. The SDI should submit the application to the HoS before 27th February 2025.  
  3. Applications should be submitted to the College Global Engagement Team - socsci-global-engagement@glasgow.ac.uk – by 4th March 2025.  Only applications that have evidence of both SDI and HoS approval should be submitted to the College International Team 

Match Funding

Within the College of Social Sciences, match funding is usually distributed as follows:

25% of the total cost is funded by the School, 25% is funded by the College, and 50% is funded by the IPDF.

Eligibility

Guidance on who is eligible to apply for this fund is available through the International Partnership Development Fund information webpage.

 

Have a question?

If you have any questions on the IPDF approval process or how to apply, please direct these to socsci-global-engagement@glasgow.ac.uk.