The British Council is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity under the Going Global Partnerships (GGP) programme — the Top-Up Grant.

This call invites existing GGP awardees to apply for an additional grant aimed at supporting, strengthening, and scaling up partnerships established through the Going Global Partnerships programme.

The Going Global Partnerships Top-up Grants aims to strengthen higher education systems and institutions by offering joint qualifications through innovation in teaching-learning, foster international partnerships between the UK and Indian Higher Education Institutions.

The objective of the grant: 

  • Internationalising Higher Education and TVET
    • Strengthen Transnational Education (TNE) and Joint Teaching Programmes aligned with national and international frameworks.
    • Build institutional awareness of global market drivers, policies, and best practices in internationalisation.
  • Strengthening Systems and Institutions
    • Enhance governance, leadership, and management within higher education institutions.
    • Improve quality assurance, compliance, and evaluative frameworks to support institutional reform.
    • Build faculty capacity in pedagogy, curriculum design, and assessment for improved academic quality.
  • Enhancing Learner Outcomes
    • Develop curricula and co-curricular programmes aligned with desired learning outcomes and industry needs.
    • Integrate inclusive learning models to improve learner engagement, completion, and employability.
  • Advancing Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
    • Promote gender equality and disability inclusion in higher education policy and practice.
    • Increase participation and retention of women and persons with disabilities in research, leadership, and international mobility.
    • Embed inclusive approaches across curricula, institutional culture, and physical and digital learning environments.

    • This call is open exclusively to partnerships that were awarded a GGP grant since 2021.
    • New partnerships are not eligible for this round of funding.
    • Applications must demonstrate how it will lead to the development and launch of joint qualifications in alignment with the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines, including Joint Degree, Twinning, and Dual Degree programmes and the outcomes expected should be beneficial to the stakeholders.

    • A maximum of four (4) awards will be made under this call.
    • Each grant will provide funding of up to £30,000 for a duration of eighteen (18) months.
    • The top up grant must aim to develop joint qualification agreements between UK-India HEIs in line with the UGC policy regulations promoting foreign collaboration for joint degree, dual degree, and twinning programme.

    More Details of this call are provided in the download sections below.
    Applicants are encouraged to review the full announcement carefully before submitting their proposal.

    Please click Here to access the online application form.

    For more details, please refer to call guidelines

    Call open: Monday, 27 October 2025

    Call to be closed: Friday, 21 November 2025; 17:00 (UK time)

    Result to be announced (tentatively): Tuesday, 09 December 2025

    For more information, write to us at GoingGlobalIndia@in.britishcouncil.org