UCL Grand Challenges convenes cross-disciplinary collaborations to explore interconnected solutions to a range of societal issues.
University College, London
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Don’t miss out on the latest news from the #UCL Grand Challenges – here’s how to find out what we’re doing:
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Our Transform: Creating impact through knowledge exchange programme has started today!
This programme of events aims to help UCL staff and doctoral students gain the skills to transform their research and knowledge into real world impact: uclenterprise.org/Transform1
#UCLTransform
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Our very own David Scott will be speaking at a @GrandChallenges event next week 🎤
David will join researchers, policymakers, practitioners and innovators to explore what works in tackling complex challenges, share insights across sectors, and consider how strategies must evolve in a rapidly changing world.
Don’t miss the chance to hear from him!
Find out more and register ➡️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/tackling-…
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"Research doesn't end in publication, but continues through impact & dialogue."
Check out @syemilytse
& Rosalind's blog recap on presenting findings from the @GrandChallenges #VisibleCoSpace project, specifically how #youthclubs impact YP's #mentalhealth blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe-student-…
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📢 Call for applications: Global Engagement Funds & Strategic Partner Funds 2026/27
Apply by 19 June to build or grow international collaborations at @UCL
GEF:
ucl.ac.uk/global/funding-sta…
Partner Funds:
ucl.ac.uk/global/funding-sta…
More partner funds open in autumn 2026.
Mental Health Awareness Week starts next week 💚
We’ll be sharing how UCL’s interdisciplinary research is tackling today’s biggest mental health challenges, spotlighting projects driving real-world impact.
Follow along from Monday.
Last chance to book! Improving interventions for children’s & young people’s #mentalhealth 🧠 13 May | 9am–5pm
Showcasing cutting‑edge research, NHS partnerships & new approaches to prevention and early intervention. Check out our confirmed speakers! bit.ly/3N2ah0l
Applications open for Mental Health & Wellbeing ECR Catalyst Grant Call with funding of up to £10k available to support innovative, cutting-edge research that crosses disciplinary boundaries & focuses on bringing discovery to practice.
Deadline: 18 May bit.ly/3PKtgxh
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This week, @UCL is visiting South Africa and Kenya to strengthen partnerships and explore collaboration across health, climate and AI.
Led by @profgeraintrees, the visit brings together universities, policy partners and innovation actors.
#UCLandAfrica
🌍 Upcoming event | 5 May, 5–6:30pm
Join Dr Caroline Howe at the Annual Graham Woodgate Lecture on getting transformative change right for biodiversity & climate policy.
📍 Gustave Tuck LT, UCL
Sign up: bit.ly/4sX3rYN
🎧 New Fair Enough episode: Profs Lauren Andres & Victoria Austin explore spatial inequality with Bridget Wilkins & Prof Mike Raco, looking at how housing, planning, and local decisions shape lives and opportunities. bit.ly/4cOYGug
Applications open for Mental Health & Wellbeing ECR Catalyst Grant Call with funding of up to £10k available to support innovative, cutting-edge research that crosses disciplinary boundaries & focuses on bringing discovery to practice.
Deadline: 18 May bit.ly/3PKtgxh
Interested in applying to the ERC Plus scheme? Register now for the ERC Plus webinar on 14 May, 11:00–12:00 for an information webinar introducing the ERC Plus scheme and its key features.
👉 Register here: bit.ly/490iPfG
We’re excited to announce that Polly Curtis, CEO of Demos will deliver the closing reflections: The Future for Challenge-Led
Approaches remarks for our conference on Friday 5 June.
Book your place and join us to hear Polly's closing remarks. bit.ly/49KJdd9
🚨Calling Researchers! Climate Crisis Funding Opportunity
Climate Network Accelerators (Apply for up to £25k)
Strategic Sub-Theme Awards (Apply for up to £40k)
Deadline: 14 May
Learn more: bit.ly/4bsBmTy
🚨 Calling researchers interested in policy impact 🚨
Applications open for 2 UKRI Research and Development Missions Accelerator Programme Fellowships
Work at the science–policy interface on:
⚡ Clean energy
🏠 Experimental evaluation
Apply by 28 April: bit.ly/4sOjpVA
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Pleased to be a Fellow @SciTechgovuk in shaping the Future of #Childhood & #Adolescence in 10-20 years time. If you've UK evidence on on/offline youth #crime, #VAWGs, #harms, #exploitation pls 📧 me!
@educrimjustice @UCL_IOE_PHD @IOE_London @keriwonglab @GrandChallenges @ucl
We’re proud to announce that Dr Keri Wong has been appointed a 2025/26 DSIT Expert Exchange Fellow. Embedded in the Government Office for Science, she’s shaping long‑term thinking on the future of childhood & adolescence to inform UK policy.
🔗 bit.ly/4tbFY6W
Our April newsletter is out now! Read the latest news, opportunities and upcoming events in our monthly bulletin: bit.ly/4mKtHnH
Make sure you sign up and stay up to date: bit.ly/4a0Fjx2
📢 Book your place at Festival of Early Stage Researchers 2026.
3 June , 9:30am–6:30pm at UCL East
Whether you’re looking to connect, learn, be inspired, or celebrate the ECR community, FESR 2026 is your space.
👉 Find out more: bit.ly/4th0BPs
Following the government’s announcement of a legal ban on smartphones in schools in England, Ethne James Souch, Jessica Ringrose, Marc Tibber and Sophie Wilson discuss whether phone bans are supporting young people or excluding them.
Listen now: bit.ly/4vDehG5
Applications open for Mental Health & Wellbeing ECR Catalyst Grant Call with funding of up to £10k available to support innovative, cutting-edge research that crosses disciplinary boundaries & focuses on bringing discovery to practice.
Deadline: 18 May bit.ly/3PKtgxh