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Recipients of 2020/21 UCL-SJTU Strategic Partner Funds
16 February 2021
Congratulations to the awardees of the first joint seed funding call from UCL and Shanghai Jiao Tong University
In the first UCL-Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) Strategic Partner Funds, aimed at supporting the development of collaborative research and education initiatives, eight projects were awarded funding of up to £10,000 each.
Submissions were assessed by a committee composed of members from both institutions, with UCL and SJTU contributing matching funds to support the successful proposals.
The applications focused on the mutual priorities of mitigating the impact of COVID-19 and addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
One of this year’s recipients, Dr Jie Liu (Institute of Education), said: “I feel very honoured to receive this funding together with my colleague at SJTU, Dr Xinghua (Kevin) Liu. Our project will pilot a telecollaboration platform where SJTU and UCL students can provide feedback on one another’s academic writings in an authentic cross-cultural rhetoric situation. We look forward to the exciting outcomes of the collaboration and the opportunity to strengthen links between the two universities.”
Congratulations to all the 2020/21 recipients of the UCL-SJTU Strategic Partner Funds:
| Lead UCL applicant | Faculty | Project |
|---|---|---|
Dr Tracey Clarke | Maths & Physical Sciences | Alleviating loss mechanisms in organic photovoltaics for a clean energy future |
Professor Paul Ekins | The Bartlett | Implementing the Environmental Sustainability Gap (ESGAP) framework for China and its provinces |
Dr Dan Frampton | Medical Sciences | SJTU School of Medicine and UCL COVID-19 genomics training course |
Professor Andrew Hudson-Smith | The Bartlett | Remote Experiences Across Campuses & Heritage via Online University Teleportation (REACH OUT) |
Dr Jie Liu | Institute of Education | Fostering cross-cultural awareness through telecollaboration |
Dr Antonio Lombardo | Maths & Physical Sciences | Rapid on-chip COVID-19 detection using carbon-based nanomaterials field-effect transistors |
Dr Parashkev Nachev | Brain Sciences | Developing a framework for unified high-resolution oxygenation and metabolic imaging in acute stroke |
Professor Nicolae-Coriolan Panoiu | Engineering Sciences | Chemical and biological sensors implemented in a topological photonics platform |
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