Applications
Applications for the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Global Connect Fund are now open
Case studies of projects funded by the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Global Connect Fund
Project title: Strengthening HTLV-1 research and policies in Africa through multidisciplinary, multisectoral collaboration
Project lead: , Department of Infectious Disease
Project title: The impact of AI on collaboration and belonging on the student experience
Project lead: , Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship
Project title: Building a regional platform for assessing WASH technologies for market readiness and scalable implementation in India and Nepal
Project lead: , Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Full list of projects
The table below shows all projects funded by the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Global Connect Fund, as of May 2026.
| Lead applicant | Department | Faculty | Hub | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Camille Kandiko Howson |
Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship |
Central |
India |
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|
Guillermo Rein |
Mechanical Engineering |
Engineering |
USA |
Fostering California-based institutional collaborations on wildfire research |
|
Yufei Zhang |
Mathematics |
Natural Sciences |
USA |
Understanding and Tackling Modern Challenges in Financial Technology |
|
Sunitha Pangala |
Life Sciences |
Natural Sciences |
India |
Harnessing Indian forests for methane mitigation and climate gains: A nature-based solution. |
|
Carolina Rosadas |
Infectious Disease |
Medicine |
Ghana / Africa |
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|
Sarah Ranchev-Hale |
Enterprise |
Central |
USA |
Showcasing 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Innovation in Silicon Valley: A Startup Venture Trek to San Francisco |
|
Robbie Murray |
Physics |
Natural Sciences |
Singapore |
Rapid high throughput mass spectrometry for border protection |
|
Richard Abel |
Surgery and Cancer |
Medicine |
USA |
AI-Accelerated Molecular Dynamics for Rare Bone Disease: Advancing Gene Therapy through UK-US Convergence Science Partnership |
|
Shiranee Sriskandan |
Infectious Disease |
Medicine |
Ghana / Africa |
Towards a Global UK-Ghana Centre for Emerging Bacterial Threats |
|
Washington Yotto Ochieng |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Engineering |
Ghana / Africa |
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Enhancing Resilience in Ghana |
|
Vincent Savolainen |
Life Sciences |
Natural Sciences |
Ghana / Africa |
Integrating Technological Solutions into Environmental Sustainability: The Case of Mole National Park, Ghana |
|
Michael Templeton |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Engineering |
India |
|
|
Ravi Vaidyanathan |
Mechanical Engineering |
Engineering |
India |
Longitudinal Voice Data as a Neurodegenerative Biomarker: India-UK Cross-Cultural and Language Pilot Work |
|
Nicholas Long |
Chemistry |
Natural Sciences |
Singapore |
Sustainable Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis: SSC2025 conference attendance and presentation, alongside networking meetings and events. |
|
Elena Forasacco |
Early Career Researcher Institute |
Central |
Singapore |
Designing new learning opportunities for doctoral students: enhancing inter-institutional, interdisciplinary and intercultural collaboration competencies |
|
Daniel Mitelpunkt |
Digital Media Lab |
Central |
Singapore |
51³Ô¹ÏÍø-NTU novel STEMB simulation - a visit to engage in dialogue, knowledge-exchange and explore collaborative opportunities |
|
Tiago Gaspar |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Engineering |
India |
Assessing Climate–Vegetation–Soil Interactions for resilient slopes |
|
Phillip Bennett |
Metabolism Digestion & Reproduction |
Medicine |
Singapore |
Ambient Mass Spectrometry for Assessment of Preterm Birth Risk in a Multi-ethnic Singapore Population |
| Sefa Awaworyi Churchill | Economics & Public Policy | Business School | Ghana / Africa | Strategic Research Masterclasses: Empowering Ghana’s Research Ecosystem |
| Jingwen Weng | Materials | Engineering | USA | Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaborations on Fast-Charging Battery Safety and Coupled Thermal–Gas Mechanisms |
| Costas Velis | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Engineering | Ghana / Africa | Co-creation of a transdisciplinary research project in West Africa to quantify the magnitude of open burning on dumpsites and in the built environment |
| Hannah Klim | Infectious Disease | Medicine | Singapore | Building a UK-Singapore partnership for wildlife surveillance of emerging avian influenza |
| Martin Bidartondo | Life Sciences | Natural Sciences | Singapore | Bringing fungi into natural capital and environmental assessment |
| Thrishantha Nanayakkara | Dyson School of Engineering | Engineering | India | Democratised Precision Agriculture Through Shared Robotics and AI: A UK–India–Sri Lanka Initiative |
| Oliver Alexander | Physics | Natural Sciences | India | Collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay to investigate attosecond dynamics in molecules |
| Koen van Dam | Chemical Engineering | Engineering | Ghana / Africa | Deep dive into scenarios for Ghana’s sustainable transport futures and the impact on the country’s energy system |
| Peter Johnson | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | Singapore | Adoption and Evaluation of a Shared API Standard for Educational Microservices |
| Parastoo Hashemi | Bioengineering | Engineering | USA | iGEM expanded: Training Innovators Through a Structured Approach to Competitive Engineering Biology |