The Learned Society of Wales’ research workshop grant scheme reaches its first anniversary having funded 23 research projects that range from martial arts to Parkinson’s Disease, dolphins to community farms. 

The scheme awards grants up to £1000 to allow researchers to run workshops that bring partners together at the early stage of planning and developing a collaborative research project. 

The aim is that these workshop then lead to the creation of a network or bids for additional funding to develop the project further. 

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The schemes we have funded in the first year are (listed with the lead proposer): 

Health and Disability in Public History	Dr Emily Cock	Cardiff University
Decolonising the University in the Welsh Context	Dr Ahmed Memon	Cardiff University
The Wales Martial Arts Researcher-Practitioner Network	Dr George Jennings	Cardiff Metropolitan University
Raising Awareness of Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) Amongst Employers When Recruiting Individuals with a Learning Disability	Dr Rebecca Ward	Swansea University
Making Active Travel Accessible for Children in Wales	Dr Amy Mizen	Swansea University
Welsh Writing in English and its Borders: A Digital Bibliography	Dr Elizabeth Edwards	University of Wales Trinity St David
‘The ground beneath our feet’: Sites of Deep Time in Wales	Dr Andrew Webb	Bangor University
Interrogating Social Prescribing; Swansea Community Farm	Dr Menna Brown	Swansea University
Welsh & Basque Cooperation Workshop Series	Dr Igor Calzada	Cardiff University
Feminism in South Wales, 1974-1999: From the Women’s Liberation Movement to the National Assembly	Dr Rachel Lock-Lewis	University of South Wales
Mapping the Historical Fictions of Wales: an Inter-Disciplinary Approach	Professor Diana Wallace	University of South Wales
Understanding Key Issues and Priorities for Research into Care-Experienced Children and their Families in Wales Using Linked Administrative Data	Laura Cowley	Swansea University
Reading Displacement: Displacement of Communities in Policy, History and Art	Professor Mererid Hopwood	Aberystwyth University
Care Research Interest Group (CRIG)	Dr Maria Cheshire-Allen	Swansea University
An ECR-Led Research Workshop to Critically Discuss Psychological Support for People with Parkinson’s Disease – Bringing Together Mindfulness and Acceptance Based Therapy in Wales	Dr Lucy Bryning	Bangor University
‘Languages Connect Cs’: Developing Teachers’ and Learners’ Vocabulary Knowledge and Skills in Line with the New Curriculum for Wales	Ellen Bristow	Cardiff University
Developing the Wales Sexual Health Research and Evaluation Network	Adam DN Williams	Cardiff University
Welsh Language Communities and Dementia	Dr Hanna Binks	Aberystwyth University
Climate Change Response Through Natural and Cultural Heritage Management: A Network for Wales (ClicherNet4Wales).	Dr Lynda Yorke	Bangor University
Addressing the Barriers to Inclusive Cycling in Wales	Professor Sin Yi Cheung	Cardiff University
The Unknown Dolphins of the Gulf of Suez, Red Sea.	Gemma Veneruso	Bangor University
Reducing the Impact of Childhood Trauma in Wales: A Coproduction Approach	Professor Sinead Brophy	Swansea University
Public Legal Education in Wales: Opportunities for Welsh Law	Dr Huw Pritchard	Cardiff University

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Cathy Stroemer, our Programme Manager for Researcher Development, said: 
 
“The first year of the workshop grant scheme has been a huge success. 

“We are thrilled with the quality and range of applications we have received. Many of the projects have delivered impressive outcomes. 

“Perhaps most importantly, several of the schemes have already used our grant as a springboard to successfully bid for further funding to develop the project. 

“This was the purpose of our grant scheme and we are thrilled at the impact it is already having. 

“One of the Society’s strategic aims is to create an environment that supports Wales’ current and future experts. 

“The success of the first year of the grant scheme demonstrates how we are meeting that objective.” 

The next round of the scheme will open later in the autumn of 2023.