Grand Challenge of Transformative Technology - Responsible Innovation Awards 2023/24
17 April 2024
UCL Grand Challenges recently announced awards for the GCTT Responsible Innovation Awards funding call
This 2023/24 Special Initiative from the Grand Challenge of Transformative TechnologyÌýoffered up to £20,000Ìýto support innovative interdisciplinaryÌýprojectsÌýfor work on theÌýdevelopment of technology that can lead to positive societal outcomes as well as those that considerÌýthe impacts that technology has on society. The call was open to both brand-new collaborations and ideas and applications that build on previous Grand Challenges funded projects and collaborations.
The review panel was delighted to receive over 50 applications from faculties acrossÌýUCL as well as Professional Services.ÌýFunding was approved for four applications, with a total funding of nearly £70,000 awarded.
Summary details of the projects awarded are below:
- Crowdmapping for Food Security in Ethiopia: Scaling up
Amount awarded: £19,971.53Ìý
Led by Prof Muki Haklay (UCL, Dept of Geography) and Dr Jonathan Cooper (UCL ARC), the project builds on previously funded Grand Challenges project to scale up the innovation for crowdmapping changes in condition of resources and facilities that communites depend on.Ìý
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- Digital persuasive game innovation to improve patient management of Urinary Track Infection in the NHS and Africa
Amount awarded: £19,872Ìý
Prof Patty Kostkova (UCL IRDR) and Dr Ai-Nee Lim (Whittington Health NHS Trust) lead a new collaboration to address UTI through serious games prototype intervention.Ìý
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- Building a decision support system for university students and researchers with Artificial Intelligence
Amount awarded: £20,000Ìý
Dr Sahan Bulathwela (UCL Computer Science) and Prof Mutlu Cukurova (UCL Knowledge Lab, IOE) builds on a previous Grand Challenges funded project under the UN SDGs: Pathways to Achievement category to develop a an informed system to help students and faculty navigate their personal SDG agenda.Ìý
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- Exploring Sustainable Futures Game
Amount awarded: £10,000Ìý
Led by Prof Joanna Williams (BSP) and Dr Gemma Adams (Beesworx and Cranfield University), this project scopes the potential to develop a new prototype of a sustainable futures multi-media game for policy-makers, building on the currently existing developed and offered by Cranfield University.Ìý
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