With this third call, Circle U. provides academic and research staff as well as students with opportunities to develop projects across the alliance, to strengthen the alliance and to drive bottom-up initiatives. By funding smaller scale, limited in time, bottom-up projects, the ultimate goal is to facilitate the initiation of potential long-term collaborative activities within the alliance which are contributing to the fulfilment of Circle U.’s vision and mission.
The success of this call and more importantly the richness and quality of the proposals demonstrate once again the relevance of the Circle U. seed-funding scheme for our communities.
Prof. Eivind Engebretsen, Dean of the Circle U. Open Campus
This year, 66 proposals were submitted. Following a transparent evaluation process led by 11 academics across the alliance, 13 projects – including two student-led projects – have been selected and will be awarded a grant of up to 10.000 EUR. As stressed by the evaluation committee, the process was not easy considering the very high quality of the proposals and their potentials for Circle U. “The success of this call and more importantly the richness and quality of the proposals demonstrate once again the relevance of the Circle U. seed-funding scheme for our communities,” underlines Prof. Eivind Engebretsen, Dean of the Circle U. Open Campus and member of the evaluation committee. “It is essential indeed to support bottom-up initiatives that will make Circle U. a tangible reality for academics, researchers and students. But will also explore new paths of cooperation,” continues Kevin Guillaume, Secretary General of Circle U.
From research workshops and papers, summer schools, innovative learning activities, training opportunities for staff and early career researchers to engagement with society. From AI, mathematics, climate, democracy, global health to gender studies. The selected projects are very diverse and will certainly open up new doors for future collaborations within Circle U.
| Project title | Project lead | Host university |
|---|---|---|
| Co-creating Cultural Competency Education—Transcending multilingualism and multiculturalism | Shuangyu Li | King’s College London |
| Federated Learning for multi-center AI research in Dentistry | Ruben Pauwels | Aarhus University |
| Consumption Reduction to Induce Social and Environmental Sustainability | Arnd Florack | University of Vienna |
| Building a New Generation of Young Researchers to tackle climate issues and air quality: atmospheric pollutants, first aggregation stages and water interactions in aerosol formation | Isabelle Kleiner | Université Paris Cité |
| The Genealogy of Mathematical Concepts | Carlo Nicolai | King’s College London |
| Evolution of colloid transfer during river ice break-up in permafrost catchments | Sophie Opfergelt | UCLouvain |
| Accelerating the Societal Dimension of Open Science Training through Citizen Science | Mordechai (Muki) Haklay | Université Paris Cité |
| Circle U-lympics, a warm up for Paris 2024 | Trocellier Zumreta | Université Paris Cité |
| Generative AI, health literacy and well-being of citizens | Jörg Matthes | University of Vienna |
| TENet - Teacher Education Network | Stephan Breidbach | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| Working on Inclusive Identities, Intersectionality & Diversity in Teacher Education | Eva Verena Kleinlein | University of Vienna |
| Science, Environment and Gender: The Reception of "Silent Spring" nowadays | Claudia Pisuttu | University of Pisa |
| One Health or Many Health? A Multidisciplinary, Multicultural Approach to Global Health | Aleksa Jovanović | University of Belgrade |
More information on our pages dedicated to the Seed Funding Sceme.