Researchers from the University of Glasgow have received funding through the Autumn 2024 round of the RSE’s Research Awards Programme. 

The University was successful in securing funding for 16 out of the 66 projects, which are worth a total of £686,500. Five out of the 16 UofG successful projects were from colleagues in the College of Arts & Humanities.

The Research Awards Programme enables research across all academic disciplines, with projects including tackling the impacts of air pollution on health, the development of a novel measurement tool for the subsurface Net-Zero energy transition, assessing wetland diversity in Scotland using ecoacoustics, and an investigation into how women's participation in martial arts influences their recovery from gender-based violence. 

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, commented, “The RSE's Research Awards Programme is crucial in supporting Scotland's vibrant research community. These awardees will drive forward knowledge, address global challenges, and make valuable contributions to Scottish society. On behalf of the RSE, I congratulate these outstanding researchers and their international collaborators, and I look forward to following the outcomes of their work." 

Professor Chris Pearce, Vice Principal for Research and Knowledge Exchange, said: "The University of Glasgow is very grateful to the RSE for its ongoing support of our research and our researchers. The awards demonstrate the depth of talent and breadth of ideas at the University – advancing knowledge, addressing challenges and driving impact."

The Spring 2025 RSE Research Awards Programme is currently open until noon, 9 April 2025. 

Visit rse.org.uk/programme/research to find out more. 

The call includes five different funding opportunities covering all career stages and academic disciplines: 

  • Small Research Grants  
  • Research Collaboration Grants  
  • Personal Research Fellowships 
  • International Joint Projects  
  • Scotland-Lower Saxony Research and Innovation Scheme 

Autumn 2024 RSE Awardees from the College of Arts & Humanities: 

Small Research Grants 

Dr Alex Antoniou, School of Humanities | Sgoil nan Daonnachdan, Imperialism and emperor worship: Local responses to the emperor's divinity 
 

Research Collaboration Grants 

Dr David McMenemy, School of Humanities | Sgoil nan Daonnachdan with collaborator Professor Steven Buchanan, University of Stirling. “More than one way to burn a book?”: Culture wars, censorship, and neutrality in Scottish public libraries 

Personal Research Fellowships 

Dr Oliver Charbonneau, School of Humanities | Sgoil nan Daonnachdan, Mohonk: Making the US pedagogical empire 

International Joint Projects (Stream 1) 

Professor Fiona Macpherson, School of Humanities | Sgoil nan Daonnachdan with collaborator Professor E.J. Green, Johns Hopkins University, United States. New foundations of the structure of perception 

International Bilateral Visits 

The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the RSE Bilateral Exchange Programme (Outgoing Programme): 
  • Professor Anselm Heinrich, School of Culture & Creative Arts, visiting colleagues at the University of Baribor, Slovenia. Theatre ecologies in 20th-Century Slovenia. German-language theatres and companies, 1918 – 1945 
 

First published: 26 February 2025

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