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RSE announces 16 recipients of community-led research awards
Generously backed by the Williamson Trust, a total of £73,625.39 will be awarded to 16 community research projects across Scotland.
RSE ‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’: Community-led Research Awards are designed to enable new and existing community-led research projects in any discipline that promote the health of individuals by fostering healthy communities, healthy environments, and healthy food.
In this second round of the funding programme, the number of projects awarded has exceeded the inaugural round by four projects, such was the strength of the applications.
Professor David E Salt FRSE, Chair of the Williamson Trust, said, “The trustees at the Williamson Trust are excited to fund 16 great community-led projects from across Scotland. Applications to the Healthy Planet, Healthy People Community-led Research Awards continue to grow, demonstrating the strong desire of communities in Scotland to develop local solutions to the ongoing global challenges to our environment, our communities and our food.
This year, we again have an amazing diversity of projects, from dolphins, bees, seeds, orchards, woodlands and lochs to food banks, composting, urban crofts and coffee shops! We truly look to invest in hope and the power of ideas wherever they arise.
The Trust hopes that these locally focused projects can find solutions to the challenges the local communities face and that these solutions can also have wider application.”
RSE Vice President, Research, Professor Anne Anderson OBE FRSE commented, “This marks the second round of RSE ‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’: Community-led Research Awards, which were introduced to expand the Society’s range of awards and the type of research we support.
The health of people and the environment are closely connected, and I hope that these awards will strengthen these innovative research groups and drive positive change in both areas. I look forward to following their progress and achievements over the coming year.”