UK Research Funding@Leeds

Congratulations to @BealesLab and @baylisslab for their pioneering projects being selected for funding by the globally leading partnership between @BBSRC and @JST_info. What a wonderful start to the year!🎉 tinyurl.com/mr3f6b75

More @UniversityLeeds success with 3 projects funded by @BBSRC and @innovateuk to drive innovative solutions to improve health and nutrition! 🎉 ukri.org/news/driving-i…

Congratulations to @NikLomax, @drshellm, @edthink and Mark Birkin for their groundbreaking Healthy and Sustainable Places Data Service being selected as part of @SmartDataRes programme for data-driven innovation! ukri.org/news/22-millio…

Our #GlobalHealthResearchProfessorship award is open for applications this £2 million award will fund: 1️⃣ research support posts 2️⃣ research costs 3️⃣ a leadership and development programme The award is open to researchers based in LMICs and the UK. Apply: nihr.ac.uk/funding/global…

LSSI staff awarded Research England funding for 2 local research & knowledge exchange projects, building on our ongoing collaborations with Leeds City Council. - Inclusive playscapes - Anchor institutions & economic resilience in the city of Leeds More👉bit.ly/4gMKMdm

Our 2024 Transformative Research Technologies (24TRT) opportunity is open. Apply for funding to pursue early-stage development of cutting-edge bioscience research technologies with transformative potential. We particularly encourage RTPs to apply. More: orlo.uk/0P8bk

Incredible news today! Leeds continues to be at the forefront of scientific innovation with a new transformative project funded by @BBSRC. Congratulations to @RSBon_Lab and team! ukri.org/news/bbsrc-inv…

Join us for a workshop with Œcumene Spaces For Dignity. Exploring ethical, moral & practical challenges in participatory urban planning through real cases from MENA and Africa, focusing on refining co-production methods for more just, equitable cities bit.ly/4gkSMCa

The TransiT hub receives £46m from @EPSRC and industry partners to support its groundbreaking work to rapidly decarbonise the transport sector. Greg Marsden, Kate Pangbourne and Simon Shepherd contribute their transport governance expertise. Read more: environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/5…

Leeds researchers have done us proud again! Congratulations @jadefrench and @CScottWatson for being awarded the prestigious @UKRI_News Future Leaders Fellowship for their brilliant research projects. ukri.org/news/68-new-fu…

And that's not all. The FLF scheme has been renewed for two more rounds, with deadlines expected in summer 2024 and 2025. A pre-announcement for round nine will be published in the coming weeks.

What brilliant news! 3 academics from Leeds have been awarded the @UKRI_News Future Leaders Fellowship in this rund! Congratulations to Drs Jess Baker @JessTreeBaker, Josie South @josie_south and Mark Hopkins! Well-deserved! ukri.org/news/75-new-fu…

The White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership consists of the Universities of Sheffield, York, Leeds, Sheffield Hallam, Manchester Metropolitan, Bradford and Hull.

Brilliant news! Leeds is one of the 7 partner universities in the WHite rose DTP @wrssdtp , which has been recommissioned as part of the @ESRC 15 doctoral training partnerships (DTPs) announced recently. Call for nominations are out in the link: lssi.leeds.ac.uk/news/universit…

Their ultra-fast computer model has helped transform understanding of connection b/w global temp & the amount of emissions we release into the atmosphere

Dr Chris Smith @chrisroadmap & Prof Piers Foster @piersforster have been awarded the @NERCscience Impact Award, that shines shine a spotlight on the UK science at the heart of the responsible management of our planet. Congratulations! ukri.org/news/nerc-cele…

This award is part of the £41 m invested to fund the first 10 Place Based Impact Acceleration Accounts (PBIAAA) which will play a unique role in enhancing the capabilities of innovation clusters across the UK. @WestYorkshireCA @SouthYorksMCA #medtech ukri.org/news/41-millio…

Congratulations to colleagues from @UniversityLeeds (led by Prof Ruth Wilcox) & the Insigneo Institute @sheffielduni for securing a £5 million @EPSRC funding that will help grow Yorkshire MedTech Industry & benefit about 2 million patients by 2040. #PBIAA leeds.ac.uk/news-health/ne…

Congratulations to @NuffieldLeeds , a @WHO Collaborating Centre on Research and Capacity Strengthening of Health Policy, Governance and Services. The collaboration has resulted in many brilliant and crucial initiatives. #healthpolicy #communityengagement

Team: Prof Michelle Morris, Dr Emily Ennis, Dr Francesca Pontin, Dr Victoria Jenneson, Dr Stephen Clark. Project title: Enhancing retailer knowledge and building capacity using consumer data. ukri.org/news/finalists…

Congratulations to the Nutrition & Lifestyle Analytics Team at the @CDRC_UK for being the @ESRC 2023 Celebrating Impact Prize finalists, for their work on improving access to healthy and sustainable diets for customers of major food retailers. cdrc.ac.uk/cdrc-research-…