GCRF projects 2018-19

Scottish innovation to ensure safe and effective TB treatment in Africa

GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorDerek Sloan SchoolsMedicine, Geography and Sustainable Development ODA countriesUganda Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 3 Tuberculosis (TB), the leading infectious cause of death worldwide, is a major public health problem in Uganda with 86,000 new cases (40% HIV co-infected) and 11,000 deaths per year. Recent clinical trial results suggest that higher doses of … Read more

Safeguarding heritage for sustainable development of coastal sites in Tanzania

GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorRichard Bates SchoolsEarth & Environmental Sciences, Computer Science, History ODA countriesTanzania Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 14, Goal 16 The World Heritage site of Kilwa Kisawani was once at the heart of trade along the east coast of Africa. It is is located in one of the poorest regions of Tanzania. Today, the ruins sit … Read more

Recovering Samoan instrumental music to promote cultural heritage and enterprise

GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorEmma Sutton SchoolsEnglish ODA countriesSamoa, Fiji, Solomon Islands Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 1, Goal 5 The project aims to build a consortium of scholars, musicians and heritage industry staff recovering rare Samoan traditional instrumental music. It was developed in collaboration with Samoan musicians, musicologists and heritage industry staff in response to their … Read more

Pacific Connections

Community film-making & gender inequality in the Pacific GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorDr Tony Crook SchoolsSocial Anthropology ODA countriesSolomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga The prevalence of violence against women in the Pacific region is among the highest in the world. Countries across the region have identified the social, well-being and economic … Read more

India’s coastal blue carbon resource

GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorWilliam Austin SchoolsGeography & Sustainable Development ODA countriesIndia Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 13, Goal 14 Blue Carbon resources offer the potential to become incorporated into frameworks for the implementation of sustainable development goals and to help meet the challenges of the current global climate emergency. The frameworks of the Intergovernmental Panel on … Read more

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