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Read more at: UK Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: programme summaries for Middle East and North Africa, 2017 to 2018

UK Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: programme summaries for Middle East and North Africa, 2017 to 2018

2 July 2018

Linked index to updated summaries of Conflict, Stability and Security Fund programmes in the Middle East and North Africa region.


Read more at: £12 million in grants to tackle superbugs in a global context awarded to four UK Universities

£12 million in grants to tackle superbugs in a global context awarded to four UK Universities

25 June 2018

Multimillion pound grants have been awarded to four UK universities to conduct interdisciplinary research into the biological, social, cultural and economic drivers behind the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in low and middle income countries (LMICs).


Read more at: First recipients of the Borysiewicz Biomedical Sciences Fellowship Programme announced

First recipients of the Borysiewicz Biomedical Sciences Fellowship Programme announced

25 June 2018

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs has announced the first nine recipients of the Borysiewicz Biomedical Sciences Fellowship programme.


Read more at: Google to open African’s first AI centre in Ghana

Google to open African’s first AI centre in Ghana

25 June 2018

Google announced plans to open Africa’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) centre in Accra, Ghana later this year, noting that people across Africa do amazing things with the internet and technology for themselves, their communities and the world.


Read more at: ‘Carbon bubble’ coming that could wipe trillions from the global economy

‘Carbon bubble’ coming that could wipe trillions from the global economy

22 June 2018

A collaborative study (Nature Climate Change, 4 June 2018) by University of Cambridge researchers and international colleagues models the economic impact of globally changing demand for fossil fuels in the effort to mitigate climate change.


Read more at: Cambridge researcher recognised in 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours list

Cambridge researcher recognised in 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours list

21 June 2018

Professor Christopher Dobson has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.


Read more at: A parliamentary lab meeting at MRC

A parliamentary lab meeting at MRC

21 June 2018

Each year scientists pair up with UK parliamentarians to gain an insight into each other’s worlds, as part of the Royal Society’s Parliamentary Pairing Scheme. Glenn Masson, a postdoc from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, shares his experience of welcoming an MP into his lab.


Read more at: 'Curbing cholera' (Robert H Hall, Science Translational Medicine, 13 Jun 2018)

'Curbing cholera' (Robert H Hall, Science Translational Medicine, 13 Jun 2018)

21 June 2018

Report on early hopeful results of the protective effects of an engineered, orally administered probiotic cholera vaccine candidate in preclinical modelling.


Read more at: How much time is left to meet the Paris climate agreement?

How much time is left to meet the Paris climate agreement?

20 June 2018

Dr Phil Goodwin, University of Southampton and Professor Ric Williams, University of Liverpool trial a new methodology for accurate climate change prediction.


Read more at: MRC introduces new researcher co-investigator status to widen participation in grant proposals and aid career progression

MRC introduces new researcher co-investigator status to widen participation in grant proposals and aid career progression

20 June 2018

To support the development of researchers across different career stages, the MRC will introduce a new status to recognise the contributions of research staff as researcher co-investigators on grant applications from July 2018.


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.

 

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