Announcing UCL's latest global engagement funding recipients
This year, 52 outstanding projects were awarded funding from the UCL Global Engagement Funds, and 11 projects were awarded funding to facilitate the UN SDGs under a joint call from GEO and UCL Grand Challenges.
Recipients of the UCL Strategic Partner Funds, which are jointly funded with UCL's global partners, have also been announced (more about these below).
Congratulations to all the awardees of UCL's latest round of global engagement funding!
UCL Strategic Partner Funds awardees
For the 2020/21 year, GEO launched ten joint seed funding calls with global partners to help support UCL's international collaborations.
Many of this year's projects address the world's most pressing issues such as COVID-19 and the UN SDGs. Find out more about the successful projects under each of the following calls:
Yale Q&A with UCL Pro-Vice-Provost Sasha Roseneil
UCL Pro-Vice-Provost (Equity and Inclusion) Professor Sasha Roseneil was interviewed by Yale on UCL's response to the pandemic and Brexit, and the importance of international partnerships.
Collaboration to improve mental health services in Colombia
UCL Institute for Global Health is partnering with LSE, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia and local NGOs on a new project called STARS-C to reimagine mental health services in post-conflict communities.
BAME women professors tackle COVID-19 racial inequality
A national initiative has been launched by a group of senior black, Asian and ethnic minority women researchers, including UCL Pro-Vice-Provost (South Asia) Professor Monica Lakhanpaul.
Children’s hospitals to find new treatments for paediatric diseases
Leading children’s research institutions across three continents, including UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, are joining forces to decipher paediatric illnesses and rare diseases to find better treatments.
Call for entries: The Early Years global art and science exhibition
UCL GOS Institute of Child Health and the India Alliance are welcoming creative entries from all disciplines for a virtual exhibition to improve understanding of the early years of a child's life. Enter by 15 March.
WATCH: UCL Qatar 2010-2020
After ten successful years of operation and graduating 330 students, UCL Qatar closed its doors at the end of 2020. Take a look back at its key achievements over the last decade and learn more about UCL Qatar's legacy.
Student news
UCL student’s human rights film broadcast globally
A courageous UCL filmmaker’s graduate documentary is being screened on the BBC after she overcame COVID-19 challenges to highlight the plight of an imprisoned human rights journalist.
UCL students win prestigious global change competition
Three UCL students have won the prestigious global Schmidt Futures competition for their innovative solutions to tackling the world’s most pressing challenges, including those posed by COVID-19.
Yale-UCL Poetry Competition winners announced
The 10th annual Yale-UCL poetry competition saw students share their reflections on powerful themes of hope and resilience, alongside death, loss and issues of race and identity.
This regular meeting brings together staff from across UCL with an interest in or links to South East Asia and Australasia. It is also open to UCL's partners in the region.
The next event in this series will be hosted in collaboration with the University of Toronto. The seminar series seeks to create a community of scientists and clinicians working on projects related to brain cancer.