If you are eligible for BBSRC funding there are the Japan Partnering
Awards from the International Office, then the Daiwa Foundation has
several schemes and there are the European Union 6th Framework Outgoing International Marie Curie Fellowships.
Perhaps less well known is that some scientific fields also offer chartered status;
several U.K. - based professional science bodies, including The British Psychological Society and the Society of Biology, have
awarded chartered status for more than 25 years (see list for examples of non-U.K. institutions that offer similar
schemes).