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UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · 5d

❗ Deadline next Friday (10 Oct 2025)
UCL–Tohoku University Strategic Partner Funds (up to £10,000)
UCL–Zhejiang University Strategic Partner Funds (up to £30,000)

⬇️ Apply
Tohoku → www.ucl.ac.uk/global/fundi...
Zhejiang → www.ucl.ac.uk/global/fundi...

UCL-Tohoku University Strategic Partner Funds 2025-26

UCL and Tohoku University are contributing matching funds to support collaborative education and research initiatives through a joint call for proposals.

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UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · 9d

❗Deadline: Friday, 3 October, to apply for the @ucl.ac.uk–AIIMS, New Delhi Strategic Partner Funds 2025/26.

💰Funding: up to £5,000 (UCL) + ₹5 lakh (AIIMS) per project in genomics & rare diseases, child health, and healthcare leadership & governance.

⬇️Apply: www.ucl.ac.uk/global/fundi...

UCL-AIIMS, New Delhi Strategic Partner Funds 2025/26

UCL and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi are inviting collaborative research projects and exchange activities from the fields of healthcare and medicine.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Grand Challenges @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social · 13d

🎙️ New Podcast Mini-Series: Inequalities in Focus
As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers & interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s most pressing inequalities.
🎧👇https://bit.ly/42x2Rqv

Inequalities in Focus: UCL Grand Challenges launches podcast mini-series on Inclusive & Just Futures

As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers and interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s...

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UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · 14d

Keen to help the construction industry cut carbon emissions – particularly during the concrete production process – Dr Weiwei Chen from @ucl.ac.uk @thebartlettucl.bsky.social School of Sustainable Construction used UCL-ZheJiang University Strategic Partner Funds to collaborate with experts in China⬇️

Making building materials more sustainable with Zhejiang University

Dr Weiwei Chen (UCL The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction) used UCL-ZJU Strategic Partner Funds to further knowledge about how much carbon can be reduced in prefabricated concrete.

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UCL Innovation & Enterprise @uclenterprise.bsky.social · 15d

UCL has been recognised as one of the top universities in England for knowledge exchange in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF).

Read more: bit.ly/46tDarL

#KEF5

@ucl.ac.uk @profgeraintrees.bsky.social

A leading university for knowledge exchange 5 years in a row

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UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · 15d

📢 UCL academics

Deadline approaching for @ucl-global.bsky.social Partner Funds!

Collaborate on joint projects with @ucl.ac.uk partner institutions in China, Japan, India, the US and Australia.

Apply now: bit.ly/3ThJ1eb

@uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social @uclenterprise.bsky.social @aco-ucl.bsky.social

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UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · 16d

Driven to understand why transplants fail, Dr Andreas Tiffeau-Mayer (@qimmuno.bsky.social) used a UCL – University of Sydney Strategic Ignition Grant to combine computational and clinical expertise with collaborators in Australia ⬇️

Find out more about the Grants and apply by 13 Oct: bit.ly/4pFUd2S

Using machine learning to combat rejection in medical transplants

Dr Andreas Tiffeau-Mayer (UCL Division of Infection and Immunity) used the UCL – University of Sydney Strategic Ignition Grant to further knowledge about why some medical transplants fail.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · 16d

September is World Alzheimer’s Month🧠

@ucl.ac.uk is collaborating with partners worldwide to tackle dementia, including the establishment of a rare dementia research site in Jakarta in partnership with Universitas Indonesia.
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/global/case-...

Learn more: www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

Tackling rare dementia: Setting up a research site in Jakarta

Professor Jonathan Rohrer and Dr Rhian Convery (UCL Brain Sciences) used UCL Global Engagement Funds to set up a research site in Indonesia, to help tackle frontotemporal dementia.

www.ucl.ac.uk

UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · 16d

NEW❗

Applications now open for the @ucl.ac.uk - Cornell Joint Research Seed Grants 2025–26.

Funding up to £10K to support projects on Rule of Law & Democracy.

Open to UCL & Cornell PIs; early-career researchers are encouraged to apply.

Deadline 3 Nov 2025 (EST).

🔗https://bit.ly/41ZUTWA

UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · Sep 1

@ucl.ac.uk academics🔈

A number of partner funds are available to support joint research projects with global partner institutions in China, Japan and India.

Calls are open from today until early October.

Find out more and apply now ⬇️
www.ucl.ac.uk/global/fundi...

UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · 19d

NEW: Applications now open for the UCL- @sydney.edu.au Strategic Ignition Grants. Funding to support joint research in Health, Nanotechnology & Quantum, with up to £20K/AUD$40K available per project. Early & mid-career researchers strongly encouraged to apply!
Closes 13 October 2025 BST

UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · Sep 1

@ucl.ac.uk academics🔈

A number of partner funds are available to support joint research projects with global partner institutions in China, Japan and India.

Calls are open from today until early October.

Find out more and apply now ⬇️
www.ucl.ac.uk/global/fundi...

UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · 28d

Huge congratulations to Professor Michael Batty for this fantastic achievement!

UCL CASA @casaucl.bsky.social · 28d

Congratulations to CASA's Chairman Professor Michael Batty, who has been elected a foreign member of the Indian National Science Academy, in honour of his pioneering contributions to the world of science. His Fellowship will take effect in January 2026.

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UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 Tonight at the Horniman Museum (6–9pm): All Eyes on Her!

A powerful display from our AHRC-funded project with @uclarchaeology.bsky.social & Horniman Museum, celebrating the creativity, resistance & heritage of Egyptian women, past & present.

Free entry, all welcome⬇️

Horniman Museum Late - Horniman Museum and Gardens

Enjoy an evening at the Horniman Museum late with extended opening times once a month often with music and crafts

www.horniman.ac.uk

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UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · Sep 4

Exciting opportunity for @ucl.ac.uk academics to collaborate globally and tackle pressing real-world challenges.

The Reach Alliance call supports ambitious, interdisciplinary research projects that focus on reaching the hardest to reach.

Apply by 3 Oct: bit.ly/463dDWb

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · Aug 29

Writing for @weforum.org, @ucl.ac.uk Provost Dr Michael Spence shares what it means to disagree well, and the role of universities in teaching this vital skill. An advocate for practicing effective disagreement, he also outlines UCL’s Disagreeing Well campaign.

In a world of growing divisions, can we disagree well?

How a “disagree well” campaign can teach vital skills for respectful dialogue, rebuilding trust and navigating societal differences.

www.weforum.org

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UCL Innovation & Enterprise @uclenterprise.bsky.social · Sep 2

Congratulations to UCL alumnae Joyce and Raissa de Haas on securing £4.5 million to help their premium mixers business, Double Dutch, expand further into the UK and international market.

Read more: bit.ly/4lTOjrG

#LondonDemoDay2025 #10YearsBaseKX

Two Co founders sitting down with a drink

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UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · Sep 1

@ucl.ac.uk academics🔈

A number of partner funds are available to support joint research projects with global partner institutions in China, Japan and India.

Calls are open from today until early October.

Find out more and apply now ⬇️
www.ucl.ac.uk/global/fundi...

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UCL Public Policy @uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social · Aug 28

📢 We're hiring! UCL is looking for a Senior Communications Manager to lead comms for our research strategy — from REF to UCL Public Policy.
Apply by 1 Sept
🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=37265&jobTitle=Senior+Communications+Manager+%28Research%29+

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UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · Aug 18

@ucl.ac.uk researchers 📢

Call for abstracts | Cities of Care: Shaping sustainable and equitable futures through the water–food–waste nexus

🗓️ 30–31 Jan 2026
📍 Chennai, India

Hosted by ‪@utoronto.ca‬ India Foundation, @utoronto.ca School of Cities & IIT Madras

Deadline: 22 Sep 2025

More info ⬇️

Cities of Care: Shaping sustainable and equitable futures through the water-food-waste nexus - School of Cities

Explore how water, food, and waste systems intersect to shape healthier, more equitable cities. Join global experts in Chennai, India, on January 30–31, 2026 to share research, spark dialogue, and ins...

schoolofcities.utoronto.ca

UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · Aug 12

Ready to take on a global challenge? 🌍

The 2025–26 Reach Alliance call for proposals is open.

Funding is available for @ucl.ac.uk teams to lead 18 months of impactful research reaching the hardest to reach.

Proposals due 3 Oct 2025.

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@uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social @utoronto.ca ‬

Reach Alliance – call for proposal 2025-26

This call for proposals seeks applications for funding to the next round of the Reach Alliance.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Grand Challenges @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social · Aug 6

How can moving more help students feel better & think more clearly? In the latest episode of Disruptive Voices, we explore the Grand Challenges-funded Active Minds project, uncovering the powerful connections between physical activity, sleep, & student wellbeing. bit.ly/3URWPw0

Active Minds: Exploring the Links Between Student Lifestyles and Mental Health

In the third episode of our Mental Health & Wellbeing mini-series, host Jade Hunter speaks with Dr Flaminia Ronca, Evie Watson, and Katie Sykes about the Active Minds Project at UCL, an innovative pil

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UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · Jul 31

@ucl.ac.uk & the University Alliance Stockholm Trio (@ki.se, @kthuniversity.bsky.social, and @stockholmuni.bsky.social) are funding 4 new research projects tackling:

🏙️ City living & the climate crisis
🌱 Planetary health & food security
🧠 Young people & mental health

Learn more⬇️

UCL and Stockholm Trio award seed funding to four new collaborative research projects

Four research teams have been awarded seed funding through a joint call between UCL and the University Alliance Stockholm Trio, strengthening cross-border collaboration in City Living in the Climate C...

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UCL Public Policy @uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social · Jul 28

From Research to Real-World Impact 🌍
Six UCL delegates joined the GSPI Summer School in Geneva to explore how academic research can shape global policy. Immersive, inspiring, and impactful.
🔗 Read more: policypostings.medium.com/from-researc...
#UCL #SciencePolicy #GSPI #ResearchImpact

From Research to Real World Impact: UCL takes part in the GSPI Summer School

Written by Alice Tofts and Daisy Forster

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UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · Jul 28

How can rivers shape fairer, more sustainable futures?

At a @pku1898.bsky.social summer school, @ucl.ac.uk scholars Joseph Cook & Maurizio Marinelli shared insights from Riverworks—a project reimagining London’s River Lea for ecological renewal, community connection & post-industrial regeneration.

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Peking University @pku1898.bsky.social · Jul 26

🧠 Inside the 2025 PKU-UCL Symposium: Cognition, Conversations & Collaboration

From July 15–17, five leading scholars from #UCL joined faculty and students at #PekingUniversity for a three-day academic symposium on psychology and cognitive science.

@ucl.ac.uk @ucl-global.bsky.social ‬

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UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · Jul 25

@ucl.ac.uk and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have inked their first university‑wide MoU—super‑charging a 10‑year partnership that already spans AI, materials science, astronomy and biomedical engineering.

Excited to see where UCL × SJTU goes next!

UCL and Shanghai Jiao Tong University deepen strategic partnership

UCL hosted Professor Ding Kuiling, President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, along with a delegation from the university at UCL East, where the two institutions signed their first university-wide Me...

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