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UCL's Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing's mission is to become a beacon for improvements in mental health and wellbeing through transformative cross-disciplinary research, practice and partnerships

UCL has rich collective expertise in the area of mental health and wellbeing, and activities supported by the Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing will enable this expertise to be harnessed for the benefit of our own university community and society more broadly. The need to work across disciplines to achieve this goal is clear - human beings are complex and embedded in different communities, so no single discipline will have the definitive answers for mental health and wellbeing. 

 

Improving mental health outcomes is an urgent and pressing societal need, and one to which UCL can make an important contribution through cross-disciplinary research and innovation, education and academic expertise, and through partnerships across healthcare, industry and policy. UCL's Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing will be supporting activities across these areas over the next five years. 

GC MHW is led by Pro-Vice Provosts (Mental Health & Wellbeing) Professors Essi Viding and Argyris Stringaris, and Siobhan Morris, Assistant Director Grand Challenges. 

 

 

Funding Announcements

 


Pump-priming Funding Call 2024-25 Awards Announced 

Funding of over £375,000 has been awarded to 17 projects, from across 9 faculties as well as external partners, to support research that crosses disciplinary boundaries and accelerates intervention discovery and development.

> Find out more about the projects funded

Network and Community Building 2023-24 Awards Announced 

Funding worth £33,000 has been awarded to 14 projects to support networking, co-production, community and bid building activities.

> Find out more about the projects

Latest news 


Spotlight on... Essi Viding and Argyris Stringaris

Pro-VIce Provosts (Mental Health & Wellbeing) recently featured in UCL's Spotlight on series talking about their approach to improving mental health and wellbeing

Professor David Osborn appointed NHS Research Collaboration Lead for GC MHW

The new role will harness interdisciplinary expertise across UCL, build on existing collaborations, and catalyse new partnerships

UCL Mental Health & Wellbeing Principles

UCL has agreed on a set of Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles for all staff and students, as part of a whole-university approach to building a healthy community, complementing and interacting the UCL's Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing

Mapping a route to discovery: cross-disciplinary mental health & wellbeing research at UCL

Summary of workshop discussing trends and direction of travel for mental health and wellbeing research, brokering partnerships and new collaborations, and enable ideas to be sparked and expertise to be harnessed for the benefit of UCL's own community and society more broadly

'What's going on with adolescent mental health?'

Event recording of discussion drawing experts from UCL and beyond to discuss the latest research, recommendations, and impact of social media on mental health