Reducing plastic and packaging and waste in the flower industry

This project supports collaborative work between academic researchers, industry bodies and UK-based cut-flower firms to tackle these problems resulting in reductions in usage of plastics and packaging and better management of waste products.


TASHBEEK

EsTAbliSHing female academic networks: a pathway for Better addressing and managing womEn undEr-representation in senior leadership ranKs in Egyptian universities (TASHBEEK, تشبيك )


Evaluating peat-free propagation media suitable for production of high-quality ornamental transplants

The project aims to fill the scientific knowledge gap in peat-free plant production in ornamental horticulture. 


Modular laser sources for sustainable production of short personalized production series (WAVETAILOR)

WAVETAILOR focuses on two industrial scenarios related to the complex multi-material component and assembly. 


‘Procurement for Good’ - Place-based approaches to sustainable food supply chains: scaling socio-technical innovations as enablers for enhancing public sector food procurement

To critically evaluate the conditions in which place-based public food procurement networks, utilising open-source socio-technical innovations can scale to deliver the transformative changes needed for socially just transitions in food systems.


AFCAD (Advanced Fuel Cells for Aviation Decarbonisation)

The AFCAD (Advanced Fuel Cells for Aviation Decarbonisation) Project will bring zero-emission, hydrogen-electric propulsion to large, 2-5MW aircraft applications


In-Situ Mobile Application for the Triage of Pedestrians in Vehicle Collision (Sentinel)

In the UK, in 2022, 376 pedestrians were killed and 19318 were injured, highlighting the important societal impact and a notable economical loss of £2.2M per death and £261,498 for each seriously injured victim. 


APC25 PULSE

PULSE will bring new, UK-developed, power-electronics products and a dedicated make-like-production pilot line.


Breaking the Time Barrier: Using AI to Map the Evolution of Legal Precedents

This research aims to fill two important research gaps: Dynamicity of law and reasons for citation.


COSPAR: A probabilistic approach to planetary protection

This project offers an opportunity to update the international COSPAR Policy on Planetary Protection and will develop international leadership in planetary protection.


Transitions and Transformations in the Rehabilitation, Retraining and Rehoming of Racehorses

This pilot project will explore spatial transitions and relational transformations experienced by animals due to interventions in their lives by humans


Great expectations: a predictive processing account of human balance control

This research considers ways we can deliberately “manipulate” our predictive brains by using various interventions to modify our beliefs/expectations about an important perceptual-motor skills.


r-LightBioCom

r_lightBioCom’s ultimate aim is to enable the design and production of sustainable composite structures. Ultimately, this will lead to more efficient systems such as lighter and more durable planes and cars which can be re-used or recycled.


Nexeon Faraday Challenge R5: NewBATSEED- New Biomass Anode Technology and Silicon Electrodes with high Energy Density

The New BATSEED (New Biomass Anode Technology and Silicon Electrodes with High Energy Density) project supports two innovative development strands for the next generation of automotive EV battery cells and anode materials, delivering a significant boost in energy density.


LiSTAR - Li-Sulphur Technology AcceleratoR

The UK Government has banned the sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles from 2040. For this to be achieved and for the adoption of increasing amounts of renewable energy, improvements in battery technology are needed.  


EXtrAPower

Nyobolt Ltd is bringing to the market an ultra-fast charging battery technology, providing a solution to critical unmet needs in the automotive sector and beyond.


Clean Futures

Clean Futures is a government backed programme designed to support the West Midlands transport sector to be at the heart of the Green Industrial Revolution.


Music, Medicine and Dance - exploring what it means to perform

This AHRC-funded Network project is led by Prof Roger Kneebone (PI), Imperial College, London and Sarah Whatley (Co-I)  and brings together a network of practitioners, academics, and educators from music, dance, fine arts, medicine, and science to investigate the role of cross-disciplinary approaches to performance.