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Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing Network and Community Building 2023/24 Awards

14 March 2024

果冻影院 Grand Challenges has recently announced awards from the Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing Network and Community Building funding call.

Grand Challenges Catalyst Grants 2023-24

This initiative supports networking, co-production, community and bid building activities. Successful applicants received funding of up to 拢2,500 to support activities that enable cross-disciplinary connections, work with individuals and communities with lived experience, and preparation for large-scale research bids.

Projects are focused on the need to bring about an improvement in the mental health and/or wellbeing of individuals or groups of individuals.听The judging panel approved funding for 14 applications, with total funding of over 拢33,000 awarded.

Professor Essi Viding and Professor Argyris Stringaris, Pro-Vice-Provosts (Mental Health and Wellbeing) commented:

We were delighted that the latest GC MHW Network and Community Building funding call produced a noteworthy number of high-quality proposals from across 果冻影院, showcasing a range of cross-disciplinary methods and collaborations. 听Focused on networking, co-production, community and bid building activities, the proposals frequently partnered with individuals and communities with lived experience to tackle and improve mental health issues across different groups and communities. We look forward to seeing how these projects develop, and the impacts that follow."

Summary details of the projects awarded are below:

Social media and mental health: using a participatory approach to explore how autistic people can flourish online.听
拢2,475.00

Dr Marc Tibber, Brain Sciences
Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, Brain Sciences

Urban Mental Health, inequalities and the exposome; early career workshop and cross-disciplinary capacity building听听 听
拢2,500.00听听 听

Professor Sahara Gibbon, Social and Historical Sciences听听 听
Professor James Kirkbride, Division of Psychiatry, Brain Sciences

Enhancing Smell Culture Awareness through Community Building and Public Engagement
拢2,500.00

Professor Ava Fatah gen Schieck, The Bartlett
Professor Marianna Obrist, Department of Computer Science, Engineering

Enhancing children and young people's arts and cultural engagement (ENACT)听听 听
拢2,472.60听听

Dr Jessica Bone, Population Health Sciences听听 听
Dr Hei Wan (Karen)Mak, Behavioural Science and Health, Population Health Sciences

The PROMOTE network: Improving access to effective Mental health care for older adult Trauma survivors with and without cognitive impairment听听 听
拢2,471.13听听 听

Dr Vasiliki Orgeta, Brain Sciences 听听 听
Dr Jean Stafford, MRC Unit for Lifelong Health & Ageing, Population Science & Experimental Medicine, Population Health Sciences

Green Head Space - Rooting Mental Health Institutions in Place听听 听
拢2,500.00听听 听

Dr Liza Griffin, The Bartlett听听 听
Mr Cedric Hall, North London Mental Health Trust

Coping with Menopause: exploring women鈥檚 lived experiences of work and the 鈥榤ultigenerational squeeze'听听 听
拢2,009.13听听 听

Dr Meena Khatwa, IOE, 果冻影院's Faculty of Education and Society
Dr Kelly Dickson, Social Research Institute, IOE, 果冻影院's Faculty of Education and Society

Eclectic Resilience & Trauma Interventions: Centralising Children鈥檚 Counter-Voices, Unheard and Unseen Perspectives听听 听
拢2,184.00听听 听

Dr Wendy Sims-Schouten, Arts & Humanities听听 听
Professor Rana Dajani, Robert Bosch Academy, Germany and the Hashemite University, Jordan

Cultures of Euphoria Networking Meeting听听 听
拢2,360.00听
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Dr Johanna Cook, Social and Historical Sciences听听 听
Professor Tanya Luhrmann, Stanford University

To be heard! A music festival to bring together the young-onset Parkinson's community听听 听
拢2,500.00听听

Dr Jennifer Foley, Brain Sciences 听听 听
Mrs Alison Carlier, Freelance sound artist, currently contracted by 果冻影院 Public Art

"Only connect鈥: 听Mapping 果冻影院鈥檚 Wellbeing Work听听 听
拢1,913.00听听 听

Sally Belcher, Human Resources 听听 听
Professor Samantha Rayner, Information Studies, Arts & Humanities

Heads Together: Community-Building for Non-Visible Illness and Disability听听 听
拢2,416.80听听 听

Dr Sin茅ad Murphy, Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement)
Dr Nicole Brown, Department of Culture, Communication and Media, IOE

Mental health impact of cancer therapy-induced nausea and vomiting on paediatric patients and their families听听 听
拢2,350.00听听

Dr Karolina Dziemidowicz, Life Sciences 听听 听
Mr Bhumik Patel, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

Centering mental health and wellbeing in Safer Space Conversations听听 听
拢2,500.00听听 听

Professor Sara Mole, Population Health Sciences听听 听
Noel Caliste, Business Operations Services, PS Hub

Advocacy across boundaries: Co-creating a collaborative framework for organisational action to move from silos to system improvement for mental health and wellbeing in construction听听 听
拢2,482.00听听 听

Dr Jean Xu, Bartlett听 听
Dr Simon Addyman, Bartlett

Dr Alexandra Pitman, Division of Psychiatry