Research Development International Collaboration Awards 2025-26

Multi-disciplinary framework for development of environmental public health interventions in Salvador, Brazil

  • UoB Lead: Dr Josephine Walker in the Bristol Medical School

  • International Collaborator: Professor Federico Costa (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil)

The future of the seabed

  • UoB Lead: Dr Laurence Publicover in the Department of English

  • International Collaborator: Dr Charne Lavery (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Reconnaissance visit to co-develop a proposal to develop a successful experience in long-term adoption of sustainable livestock farming that used participatory action research

  • UoB Lead: Dr Maria Paula Escobar-Tello in the Bristol Veterinary School

  • International Collaborator: Dr. Alexandre de Azevedo Olival (Matto Grosso State University, Brazil)

South Asian trials methodology research: Optimising informed consent in critical care research aligned with pandemic preparedness

  • UoB Lead: Dr Sangeetha Paramasivan in the Bristol Medical School

  • International Collaborator: Professor Dr Madiha Hashmi (Ziauddin University, Pakistan)

Developing climate resilient crops for the future: research exchange visits to develop high impact future grant bids

  • UoB Lead: Dr Sibongile Zimba in the School of Biological Sciences

  • International Collaborator: Dr Frederik van der Bom (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Research collaboration opportunities in aerosol science and indoor air

  • UoB Lead: Dr Alexander Edwards in the School of Chemistry

  • International Collaborator: Dr Niko Siilin (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd)

Developing international partnerships to understand wildlife contributions to antimicrobial resistance

  • UoB Lead: Dr Irene Bueno Padilla in the Bristol Veterinary School

  • International Collaborator: Dr Danny Fuentes-Castillo (Universidad de Concepción, Chile)

Building collaborations to strengthen food security and Indigenous livelihoods through stingless beekeeping in the Amazon

  • UoB Lead: Dr Christoph Grueter in the School of Biological Sciences

  • International Collaborator: Dr Francisco Roman Danobeytia (Amanatari, Universidad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia, Peru)

Modelling and Governing Collective Behaviour: Towards Fair, Transparent Future Digital Infrastructure

  • UoB Lead: Miss Leona Huang in the School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering

  • International Collaborator: Dr Ruiqing Han (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Breakdancing and Beatmaking in English Language Education in Japan: Artistic Collaboration, Knowledge Flows, and Creative and Cultural Industries in Language Pedagogy

  • UoB Lead: Professor Justin Williams in the Department of Music

  • International Collaborator: Assistant Professor Beng Hwee Tan (Kanda University of International Studies, Japan)

Susan Loveall-Hague visit

  • UoB Lead: Professor Chris Jarrold in the School of Psychological Science

  • International Collaborator: Dr Susan Loveall-Hague (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

Fuelling mood: brain energy imbalance in depression

  • UoB Lead: Dr Valentina Mosienko in the School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience

  • International Collaborator: Professor Aiman Saab (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

Encountering Nature in the 19th Century

  • UoB Lead: Dr Tara Puri in the Department of English

  • International Collaborator: Dr. Teja Varma Pusapati (Shiv Nader Institution of Eminence, India)

Epimorphic Regeneration in Zebrafish – the role of microRNAs in skeletal patterning

  • UoB Lead: Professor Chrissy Hammond in the School of Biochemistry

  • International Collaborator: Danillo Pinhal (Universidade do Estado de Sao Paulo (UNESP), Brazil)

The Resilience of women workers' Movements in UK and Argentina

  • UoB Lead: Dr Maud Perrier in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies

  • International Collaborator: Dr Paula Varela (CEIL-CONICET, Argentina)

UK-Germany Electrical Machines Collaboration

  • UoB Lead: Professor Nick Simpson in the School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering

  • International Collaborator: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany)

The History of Fume Events: Next Steps

  • UoB Lead: Dr Stephen Mawdsley in the Department of History

  • International Collaborator: Prof. Bruce Lanphear (Simon Fraser University, Canada)

Machine learning for growth trajectory modelling in longitudinal population studies

  • UoB Lead: Dr Ahmed Elhakeem in the Bristol Medical School

  • International Collaborator: Professor Karim Lekadir (University of Barcelona, Spain)

Modelling and machine learning to understand electroreception

  • UoB Lead: Dr Ryan Palmer in the School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology

  • International Collaborator: Dr Jake Turley (National University of Singapore)

Building collaborations for modelling non-communicable diseases burden among people living with HIV in Kenya

  • UoB Lead: Dr Kennedy Kipkoech in Population Health Sciences

  • International Collaborator: Professor Samuel Mwalili (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya)