We are delighted to announce the projects which were successful in securing a Spring 2021 Collaboration Fund award. As always we were impressed by the diversity and breadth of the submissions we received, the 4 successful projects were:

• White Rose Multidisciplinary Network on Infertility in low and middle income countries (HEARTFELT) – Dr Julie Balen, School of Health and Related Research, ScHARR, University of Sheffield
• Unleashing the Power of Influencer Marketing to Stimulate Prosocial Causes – Hossein Olya, Management School, University of Sheffield
• Infectious Illness Presenteeism in the Age of Covid-19 – Dr Rebecca Webster, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield
• Slavery and Steam: Steam Power, Railways and Colonialism – Prof. Jonathan Finch, Humanities research Centre/Department of Archaeology, University of York

You can read about previous collaboration fund awards here.

A valued aspect of the Collaboration Fund is seeing the new innovative ideas submitted by Early Career Researchers.  The scheme, originally launched in October 2008, has enabled academics from the universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York to undertake cross-discipline multi-partner research. 

The scheme has helped to raise the profile of the White Rose universities and assisted the careers of researchers. 

Further details of the autumn round will be announced shortly, in the meantime if you have a project idea or any questions please contact Claire Pickerden or Karen Tsui.