WUN Research Development Fund 2022

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Introduction

The WUN Research Development Fund (RDF) provides grants of up to £10,0001, for one year to foster research collaborations among academic staff (faculty) at WUN member universities. Grants from the RDF are intended to help stimulate larger collaborative projects that will strengthen WUN and make the collaborating partners competitive for major awards.

The RDF supports research projects that the partnership can pursue with distinct advantage. In line with the WUN Strategic Plan 2020-2023, those will generally fall under the network’s principal research theme of sustainable development.

WUN Research Development Fund 2022: Focus Area

The WUN Global Challenge Steering Group Chairs Committee and the WUN Academic Advisory Group, we encourage proposals that address problems in one or more the following areas, informed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:

  • Good health and well-being
  • Quality education
  • Affordable and clean energy
  • Reduced inequalities
  • Sustainable cities and communities
  • Life below water
  • Life on land

Attributes of a strong project

  • Projects should be academically rigorous, and address problems of consequence within the domain of sustainable development, specifically in one or more of the areas covered by the SDGs listed above.
  • Projects should establish or strengthen collaborative linkages among member universities, and should engage at least three member universities across at least two regions
  • Projects should help enlarge the impact and global recognition of WUN.
  • Projects should be aimed at problems that the partnership can pursue with distinct advantage
  • Project plans should demonstrate the responsible use of resources, including a sensitivity to the environmental impact of their implementation.

Criteria for Applications assessment

Applications will be assessed against the following criteria:

  • Objectivity
  • Teamwork
  • WUN Advantage
  • Breath of impact
  • Project sustainability

For more information and application: https://wun.ac.uk/research-development/

Applications, submitted online through the WUN online application portal, are due by Monday, 24 October
at 17.00 UK time

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