Seedcorn funding for collaborations

The Eastern Arc Facilitation Fund was launched in September 2019. 12 applications have been received to date and seven grants have been awarded, as follows: 

• Pilot projects
  • Conservation genomics to tackle infectious disease in the endangered Mauritius parakeet
  • Low-energy AI for the Autonomous Detection of Invasive Species
  • A pilot study on the effect of the EU Directive on Sustainability Reporting in large EU financial and non-financial firms
  • Rethinking ethical consumerism: Understanding the differing householder roles in effecting sustainable change
  • Tracing impacts of foetal vs contemporary climate conditions on adult physical and mental wellbeing

• Workshops
  • Mathematics of the Eastern Arc
  • Experimental Social Sciences Workshop