The USF is excited to announce the outcome of a new seed-funding award for research into pandemics and cities. The Pandemics and Cities research funding scheme ran during late 2021, and aimed to provide four awards of up to GBP 25,000 towards partnered urban research on Covid-19 and other infectious diseases. The scheme was very […]
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Knowledge Mobilisation Awards
The USF is excited to announce the funding of eleven exciting proposals from our current awardees for knowledge mobilisation projects, which will take place over the coming two years. Each small grant, typically in the region of £5,000, will fund projects in countries including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Greece, India, Nigeria, Tanzania, the United Kingdom and […]
Eleven new International Fellows in 2021
The USF is excited to announce that a record number of International Fellowship awards have been made in 2021, reflecting a significantly increased commitment of funding to the scheme from this year onwards. A total of eleven awards have been made to researchers from Global South countries, in order to support them with the development […]
Thirteen new USF Seminar Series Awards
The USF is thrilled to announce the details of thirteen new Seminar Series Awards, which will run until the end of 2022. The awards feature a wide range of events, both physical and virtual, and are programmed to run in seventeen different countries. Around thirty universities are set to host these activities, along with an […]
Welcome to eight new USF International Fellows!
The USF has awarded a further eight USF International Fellowships this summer, to begin in 2021. These awards provide full funding for short visiting sabbaticals based at any institution worldwide, and are intended to support early-to-mid career academics from the Global South. This year the USF awardees include researchers based in Brazil, India, Indonesia, Nigeria […]