These mid-sized grants, worth up to £300,000 over three years, build on previously funded projects from the Frontiers of Engineering for Development and Frontiers of Development seed funding awards, helping them to scale up previous activities into fully formed research projects that tackle global challenges.
The first tranche of 13 awards were awarded in March 2020. To explore the projects funded under this scheme, please follow the links below.
Rational biological design and transdisciplinary evaluation of constructed wetlands
As a sustainable decentralised sanitation solution in Mexico City
Environmental health in sub-Saharan Africa
Leveraging local and global air pollution data for epidemiological research
Harnessing technology to improve prediction of future depression onset among Brazilian adolescents
The IDEA-TECH project
Optimised electronic patient records to improve clinical monitoring of HIV-positive patients
MONART trial, in rural South Africa
