A total of 13 new projects involving researchers from the University of Glasgow, including four colleagues from the College of Arts & Humanities, will share in new funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 

The projects are among 60 selected at the RSE’s autumn 2023 Research Awards open call.

A total of £727,752.71 will enable research across all academic disciplines, with projects ranging from uncovering Scotland's earliest textiles to terahertz quantum nanoelectronics to fire festivals and the collective entrainment of crowds.

In this latest round, lead investigators represent 17 of the 19 Scottish higher education institutions. However, the reach of these awards extends far beyond Scotland, with funded projects enabling collaboration between researchers based at 47 institutions in total, including internationally, with academics based in India, New Zealand, and Japan.

The RSE's Research Awards Programme runs twice a year in spring and autumn. It aims to support Scotland's research sector by nurturing promising talent, stimulating research in Scotland, and promoting international collaboration.

RSE Vice President, Research, Professor Anne Anderson OBE FRSE, said “The Research Awards Programme of the RSE plays a vital role in supporting Scotland's thriving research community. These awardees will help to advance our knowledge, address global challenges, and contribute positively to Scottish society. On behalf of the RSE, I offer my congratulations to these leading researchers and their international colleagues and look forward to following the outcomes of their work."

The RSE is grateful for the ongoing support from the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), with contributions also from the RSE Scotland Foundation.

The projects involving researchers from the College of Arts are:

Personal Research Fellowships

Dr Susanna Harris standing in front of a swirly mosaic holding a bunch of round ceramic weights on sticks. These are replica spindles, tools used to twist fibres into yarn.

  • Dr Susanna Harris, School of Humanities | Sgoil nan Daonnachdan
    Project Entitled: Uncovering Scotland's earliest textiles

Small Grants

An image of Professor Alexandra Shepard

  • Professor Alexandra Shepard, School of Humanities | Sgoil nan Daonnachdan
    Project Entitled: Twentieth-Century life: The journals of Rhoda McWhannell

 

An image of Professor Gerard Carruthers taken in January 2024. Credit Martin Shields

  • Professor Gerard Carruthers, School of Critical Studies
    Project Entitled: A history of the Saltire Society: Setting and achieving national cultural priorities

Research Collaboration Grants

Dr Louisa Campbell in The Hunterian with one of the Roman stones she examined for paint pigment

  • Dr Louisa Campbell, School of Humanities | Sgoil nan Daonnachdan
    Project Entitled: A history of the Saltire Society: Setting and achieving national cultural priorities

First published: 20 February 2024

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