Posts Tagged ‘funding’
£20 million boost for Scots researchers to fight global exploitation and abuse of children
Pioneering Scottish researchers have been given a multi-million pounds boost in the worldwide battle against the sexual exploitation and abuse of children. A £20 million ten-year funding agreement has been struck to support the work of the Childlight Global Child Safety Institute, based at the University of Edinburgh. Since its launch last year, its team…
Read MoreThe University of Edinburgh Takes the Lead in Responsible AI Integration within Secondary Education
‘Towards Embedding Responsible AI in the School System: Co-Creation with Young People’ The University of Edinburgh has received Arts and Humanities Research Council funding for the project ‘Towards Embedding Responsible AI in the School System: Co-Creation with Young People’ as part of their Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) programme. The project will investigate what generative AI…
Read MoreDDI boost for social change
Ten projects aimed at promoting social change through innovation have received funding from the Data-Driven Innovation initiative. Nearly £200,000 of funding has been awarded to proposals ranging from using augmented reality to help animal conservation to understanding air quality using bike-mounted sensors. Gemma Cassells, Lead Strategist for the Data-Driven Innovation initiative, said: “This Small Grants…
Read MoreDDI launches research grants for social change through innovation
Staff at the University of Edinburgh have been invited to submit small grant proposals on the theme of social change through innovation. Following the success of previous DDI-supported open calls, the DDI initiative has allocated £250,000 to be released as small grants to support staff at the University of Edinburgh applying data-driven innovation ideas to…
Read MoreDDI ‘Building Back Better’ Open Call Awards
Twenty-one data-driven research projects, which include tackling homelessness, tourism recovery and job retention in the football industry, will receive funding as part of the DDI initiative’s ‘Building back better’ open call. ‘Building Back Better’ Open Call DDI have funded projects covering a range of themes, including Smarter Places; Creative and Cultural Recovery; Climate, Food and Sustainability; and Health and Wellbeing. …
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