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Research Councils

  • 2017, GCRF Collective Fund 2016 Growing Research Capability to Meet the Challenges Faced by Developing Countries: Prof Colin Robinson and Prof Mark Smales, School of Biosciences; UCL; Imperial College London; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; National Center for Genetic Engineering Thailand and Bangkok University, Thailand, GCRF establishment of biopharmaceutical and animal vaccine production capacity in Thailand and neighbouring South East Asian countries, Kent news article. RCUK press release. £4,090,772, BBSRC
  • 2017, GCRF Collective Fund 2016 Growing Research Capability to Meet the Challenges Faced by Developing Countries: Prof Elena Korosteleva, School of Politics and International relations; University of Cambridge; Belarusian State University, Belarus; Shahidi Cultural Foundation; ADA University, Azerbaijan; National University of Uzbekhastan, GCRF Comprehensive Capacity-building in Eastern Neighbourhood and Central Asia: research integration, impact governance and sustainable communities, £2,929,375, ESRC
  • 2015, MRC/DfID/Wellcome Global Health Systems Joint funded initiative, Prof Stephen Peckham and Dr Olena Nizalova, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research; Dr Ganna Vakhitova, Kyiv Economics Institute, Ukraine, Feasibility Study: Effectiveness of Public Health System (Programmes/Policies) in Combating Severe Population Health Crisis in Ukraine, £100,590
  • 2015, AHRC Newton Preserving Egypt’s Cultural Heritage: Dr Caroline Rooney, School of English, Egypt‘s Living Heritage: Community Engagement in Re-Creating the Past, £31,273
  • (co-I) 2016, ESRC GCRF Network competition, Dr Deirdre McCann, University of Durham; Prof Deidre Fudge, Kent Law School and Dr Shangeon Lee, International Labour Organization (ILO), Legal Regulation of Unacceptable Forms of Work: Global Dialogue/Local Innovation, £112,176

British Academy

  • 2017, GCRF Cities and Infrastructure Programme, Dr David Garbin, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research; University of York; University of Toronto; University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; University of Lagos, Nigeria; Religious urbanisation and infrastructural lives in African mega-cities: moral economies of development in Kinshasa and Lagos, £299,957
  • 2016, Newton Advanced Fellowships: Dr Rory Pilossof, Centre for Africa Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa and Dr Andrew Cohen, School of History; Labour Migration and Labour Relations in South and Southern Africa, c.1900-2000, £94,000
  • 2016, Newton Advanced Fellowships:  Dr Kuscu Bonnenfant, Middle East Technical University, Turkey and Dr Neophytos Loizide, School of Politics and International Relations, Reuniting Cyprus: The British-Cypriot Diasporas as Peace Agents, £97,698
  • 2014, Newton Advanced Fellowships: Dr Banu Kavakli Birdal, Istambul Kemerburgaz University, Turkey and Prof Dominic Abrams, School of Psychology, Perception of and Attitude towards the Syrian Refugees in Turkey, £36,980
  • 2016, Newton Mobility Grants, Dr Roman Matousek, Kent Business school and Dr Chau Le, Banking University HCMC, Vietnam, The Global Financial Crisis and Spillovers of US Monetary Policy: Lessons from Vietnam
  • 2014, Newton Research Mobility CONFAP-UK, Dr. Doralice Lange de Souza, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil and Dr Sakis Pappous, School of Sports and Exercise Science, Analyzing the Brazilian media coverage of London 2012 Paralympic Games. Production and dissemination of a media guide on how to report on disability and sport designed for Brazilian news makers.

British Council

  • 2017, UK-Gulf Institutional Links: Dr Anna Corrias, School of Physical Sciences and Prof Andrea Falqui, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudia Arabia, Developing new ceria based materials to address challenges in energy and the environment, £104,925
  • 2016, Researcher Links – workshops, Dr Matt Struebig, School of Anthropology and Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia, Enhancing Environmental Resilience in Expanding Oil Palm Landscapes: Setting Research Priorities and Fostering Networking Among Researchers and Stakeholders in Malaysia, £36,750
  • 2015, Institutional Links: Dr Matt Struebig, School of Anthropology and Dr Charles Vairappan, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia, Enhancing Environmental Resilience in Expanding Oil Palm Landscapes via Improved 4Design of Riparian Re6serves, Malaysia, £84,601
  • 2015, Newton-Bhabha PhD Placement, Mr Tanmoy Paul, India and Dr Gavin Mountjoy, School of Physical Sciences, Study of structural and relaxation dynamics of some ion conducting materials, £5,900

Royal Academy of Engineering

  • 2015, Newton Research Collaboration, Prof David Chadwick, School of Computing and Dr Carlos Ferraz, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, Security Policy Enforcement in Federated Open Source Clouds, £12,000
  • 2015, Newton Research Collaboration, Prof Nathan Gomes, Prof John Batchelor, Dr Christos Efstratiou, Dr Qasim Ahmed and Dr Luis Carlos Vieira, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Brazil, RFID moisture sensor network for landslide monitoring, £18,000

Royal Society

  • 2017, Newton International Fellowships, Dr Veysel Elgin, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey and Prof Ayse Uskul, School of Psychology, Offering and Demanding Collective Apologies: A UK versus Turkey Comparison
  • 2017, Newton International Fellowships, Dr Mohd Shahbaaz, Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, South Africa and Dr Mark Wass, School of Biosciences, Inferring protein function using novel features and advanced machine learning, £96,000
  • 2016, Newton Advanced Fellowships, Dr Rushan Chen, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China and Prof Stephen Gao, School of Engineering and Digital Arts, Efficient Optimization Methods for High-Performance Shaped Beam Reflector Antennas, Distributed and Cooperative Massive MIMO for Future Cloud-RAN based Mobile Communication Systems, £110,340
  • 2014, Newton International Fellowships, Dr Jingyuan Sun, Zhejiang University, China and Prof Yong Yan, School of Engineering and Digital Arts, Characterisation of Fluidisation Processes through Advanced Monitoring and Computational Modelling, £66,000