On the 16th Oct the Williamson Trust launched jointly with the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) a brand new community-led award.  

‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’: Community-led Awards are designed to support community-led research which has the goal of improving people’s health and the health of the environment.  

The Williamson Trust, together with the RSE, is looking to award ten pilot-projects led by community organisations £5,000 each to conduct a research project for up to 12 months. 

Funding will be provided to support new and existing research projects in any discipline that promotes the health of individuals by fostering healthy communities, healthy environments, and healthy foods. Research proposals should focus on one of three topics: climate; nature; and food. 

Professor David Salt FRSE, Chair of the Trustees of the Williamson Trust, said:

 

Whether it be through knowledge of a local area, or through a shared experience, communities contain the knowledge and creativity to tackle grand challenges and provide localised solutions to intractable problems.  With these funding awards, we are investing in the power of community-led ideas that can deliver real change in people’s lives.

Professor Anne Anderson OBE FRSE, Vice President of Research at the RSE, said:

I am extremely pleased that we have launched this Healthy Planet, Healthy People award, in collaboration with the Williamson Trust. This is a new area of research for the Royal Society of Edinburgh to be supporting, and I feel that it is vital that we do so. 

The health of the individual and the health of the environment are inextricably linked, and it is my hope that this award fund will inspire and enable some fascinating and thought-provoking research which will lead to improvements in both.

The awards are open to applications from groups who can demonstrate that they could lead and deliver on their proposed research project. Academics can apply for funding, however the awards must be community-led.

Applications are open from Monday 16 October 2023, until midday on Monday 22 January 2024.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND TO APPLY, PLEASE VISIT:

Click here to apply for the Award