Grand Challenges Special Initiatives 2022/23 Awards

UCL Grand Challenges recently awarded funding under four special initiative themes in academic year 2022/23:

• Climate Crisis
• Food Security
• Place & Displacement
• UN SDGs: Pathways to Achievement

The special initiative calls enable support for collaborative, innovative, and impactful cross-disciplinary activities. In total, over 70 applications were received from all 11 faculties at UCL as well as the Office for the Vice-Provost (Health) and the UCL Students’ Union. Four judging panels, one for each theme, approved funding for 17 applications, with total funding of nearly £150,000 awarded.

We are delighted that Dr Fergus Green (UCL Political Science) and Dr Steve Pye (UCL Energy Institute) were amongst the winners for their project:

No New Fossil Fuel Projects: A Fossil Fuel Research Hub to support legal practitioners challenging the legality of new fossil fuel supply projects
 

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