Grant scheme supports 21 new projects
Projects ranging from young people’s vaping to women’s leadership, and from the future of Welsh animation to the impact of online hate will all benefit from our latest Research Workshop Grant Scheme awards.
The grant scheme has become an important part of Wales’ research landscape. It has supported 94 projects since it was launched, providing a total of just under £95,000. Successful projects each receive up to £1000 to support a workshop or series of workshops that support innovative and collaborative research activity.
This year’s 21 recipients demonstrate just how popular the scheme has become in a short period of time.
The following projects were successful in their bid for funding across these four different categories:
| Project Title | Lead Proposer | Lead Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Wales Studies | ||
| Towards a sustainable future for Welsh animation | Elain Price | Swansea University |
| MonkNet | Harriett Webster | University of Wales Trinity Saint David |
| Histories of Wales-Asia connections: new sources and perspectives | Helena Lopes | Cardiff University |
| Y Wladfa revisited: collaborative futures in Welsh Patagonian studies | Lucy Trotter | Aberystwyth University |
| The strange survival of quango Wales | Marc Collinson | Bangor University |
| Monitoring and inspecting Welsh language provision within prisons | Robert Jones | Cardiff University |
| Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences | ||
| Creating community collaborations: developing mutually respectful research relationships | Esther Muddiman | Cardiff University |
| Four nations law and humanities forum: early career research workshop | Lizzy Willmington | Cardiff University |
| Co-creating inclusive pathways for women’s leadership in Wales | Shehla Khan | University of South Wales |
| Early Career Researcher | ||
| Empowering early careers: Building the WIPAHS Research Network | Amie Richards | Swansea University |
| Understanding school readiness: perspectives from parents and caregivers | Alys Parkins | University of South Wales |
| Can science support the inclusion of seagrass in international climate policy | Emma Alice Ward | Bangor University |
| Rubbish plasmonics – accelerating light-driven chemistry with electronic waste | Igor Kowalec | Cardiff University |
| Exploring immersive simulations for nature-based tourism, leisure and wellbeing research | Joseph Baldwin | Cardiff Metropolitan University |
| Endometriosis management and promotion of wellbeing using evidence-based research (EMPOWER) | Laura Elizabeth Cowley | Swansea University |
| Exploring the practical and psychological concerns of animal sector professionals | Shubha Sreenivas | Wrexham University |
| French and francophone philosophers and the development of LGBTQIA+ movements | Thomas Payre | Aberystwyth University |
| Exploring Wales’ role in the sustainable urban air mobility | Tiansheng Yang | University of South Wales |
| Co-developing a study on social networks and young people’s vaping | Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari | Bangor University |
| Pathways to Peace This stream is run in partnership with Wales’ peace academy, Academi Heddwch Cymru. Up to £2000 is available to projects that involve an international partner. | ||
| Evanescent and emerging spaces: land struggles of Palestinians and Guarani | Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris | Cardiff University |
| Peace through language: measuring online hate’s impact | Phoey Lee Teh | Wrexham University |
“The grant scheme becomes more popular with every year that passes,” said Dr Rhian Powell, the LSW’s Programme Officer for Researcher Development.
“We are now having a consistent and tangible impact on efforts to make Wales a great place in which to carry out research.
“This scheme is just one aspect of what we offer through our researcher development programme, alongside our ECR Network, the webinars and training sessions we run, our annual ECR Colloquium, and other work to support researchers, including the new Trusted Voices grant scheme that will launch in 2026.”