UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants awarded to 22 new projects
22 new research projects have been awarded funding of up to £5,000 through the 2013 UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants Scheme. The scheme funds cross-disciplinary collaborations between staff in different UCL departments under the broad headings of Global Health, Sustainable Cities, Intercultural Interaction and Human Wellbeing. Applications are now open for the 2013-2014 awards; find out more about how to apply and read more about the projects which have been funded. The successful applicants are: Grand Challenge of Global Health. An integrated approach to HIV and AIDS and informal settlements in sub-Saharan Africa - Dr Colin Marx (Bartlett Development Planning Unit) & Dr Sarah Hawkes (Institute for Global Health) A life history approach to diabetes in rural India - Professor Jonathan Wells (Institute of Child Health) & Dr Andrea Migliano (Anthropology) Examining the feasibility and ethical acceptability of providing cause of death information to families of the deceased in rural Nepal - Dr Joanna Morrison (Institute for Global Health) & Dr James Wilson (Centre for Philosophy, Justice & Health) Adaptation to milk drinking in Chilean goat herders; the role of genetics and selection - Professor Dallas Swallow (Faculty of Life Sciences) & Professor Ruth Mace (Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences) A Smartphone App for Neonatal Jaundice - Dr Terence Leung (Medical Physics & Bioengineering) & Dr Judith Meek (UCLH) - Grand Challenge of Human Wellbeing.
