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Programmes supporting the first steps of research agendas jointly defined with colleagues in ODA-target countries.

 


This grant has helped forge new scientific collaborations both in Cambridge and beyond with the possibility of future work together. It has also helped to meet researchers which also may have also not been able to work together by funding a quick reaction to an international problem.” 
Matthew Millner, Plant Science Researcher working on the genetic manipulation of wheat  

Read more at: Smart Imaging for Development – Sandpit and Seed-Funding Competition [Application deadline: 3rd November 2019; 26-27th November 2019]

Smart Imaging for Development – Sandpit and Seed-Funding Competition [Application deadline: 3rd November 2019; 26-27th November 2019]

The Sandpit's programme is available here and materials that were presented by BITRI are shared here . The projects that were supported by this programme are described here. Smart Imaging Recent advances in low-cost computing hardware, sensor technology, and machine-learning tools have opened...


Read more at: Seed funding competition and interdisciplinary workshop on Nutrition challenges in developing countries [Application deadline: 16th November 2018; 21st November 2018, Maxwell Centre]

Seed funding competition and interdisciplinary workshop on Nutrition challenges in developing countries [Application deadline: 16th November 2018; 21st November 2018, Maxwell Centre]

Cambridge Global Challenges SRI (CGC) and Cambridge Global Food Security IRC (CGFS) wish to support interdisciplinary research addressing specific challenges relating to malnutrition in Official Development Assistance-target countries.


Read more at: Technology for Development Graduate Sandpit [Application deadline: 19th December 2017; 15th January 2018, Maxwell Centre]

Technology for Development Graduate Sandpit [Application deadline: 19th December 2017; 15th January 2018, Maxwell Centre]

The Sandpit aims to bring together Graduate and Early Career Researchers in Cambridge to form small inter-disciplinary teams to generate and develop new technology-based ideas that could provide effective and affordable solutions to challenges faced in the developing world.


Welcome to Cambridge Global Challenges

Cambridge Global Challenges is the Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) of the University of Cambridge that aims to enhance the contribution of its research towards addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, with a particular focus on the poorest half of the world’s population.

 

Join the Interdisciplinary Research Centre

Register to Cambridge Global Challenges and to the IRC's mailing list here.

 

Learn about the support we provide 

Learn how Cambridge Global Challenges can support your research here.

 

Contact us

coordinator@gci.cam.ac.uk​