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The first awardees for the University of Oxford’s Enriching Engagement funding scheme have now been announced, including five projects from across the Medical Sciences Division

Trophy of three golden starts linked together

Enriching Engagement is a pilot Wellcome-funded grants programme open to Wellcome grant holders and awardees at the University of Oxford, to develop and deliver Public Engagement with Research projects. 

Round 1 awardees are:

  1. Dr. Alex Bullock and Dr. Ellie Williams (Nuffield Department of Medicine) - Development of an SGC Zone within SMASHFest UK: Space Plague escape room project
  2. Prof. Derrick Crook and Dr. Phil Fowler (Nuffield Department of Medicine) - Broadening and deepening public participation in BashTheBug.net online citizen science project
  3. Prof. Deborah Gill and team (Radcliffe Department of Medicine) - Gene Therapy for lung diseases schools engagement
  4. Prof. Patricia Kingori (Nuffield Department of Population Health) in partnership with Eloise King - The Shadow Scholars of Global Health documentary
  5. Prof. Shankar Srinivas and Dr. Tomoko Watanabe (Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics) - Dynamic Origins dance project
  6. Prof. Chris Lintott  and Dr. Helen Spiers (Department of Physics) - Scribbling for Science in Schools: Taking Authentic Research into Schools with the Zooniverse

The next round will open in February 2020. Further details are available on our PER 'Funding' page