The University of Southampton has been successful in all three of its COVID-19 response bids entered for Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) development fund awards where our researchers sparked new partnerships and collaborations with WUN partners. Of the 89 bids submitted only eight were successful. Each award is for £10K and is disbursed immediately.
The winning groups with University of Southampton participation are:
MommyDaddyCovid stress study
- Lead Principal Investigator: Professor David Olson (University of Alberta)
- Co-Investigator: Professor Ying Cheong (University of Southampton)
- Research Team: University of Alberta; University of Rochester; University of Southampton; University of Massachusetts Amherst
The purposes of this study are to assess the stress and resilience levels of pregnant health care workers and their partners to administer a randomized controlled trial of an innovative and simple intervention to reduce stress and anxiety and promote resilience in this very special group of front line health care providers.
Understanding evidence pathways and government decision-making in response to Covid-19: a multi-country comparative analysis
- Lead Principal Investigator: Professor Sir Peter Gluckman (University of Auckland)
- Co-Investigator: Professor Keith Godfrey (University of Southampton)
- Research Team: The University of Auckland; University of Bergen; The University of Sheffield; University of Southampton
This project draws on shared expertise in science advice, policy studies and philosophy of science as well as our membership of the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA). At the core of the collaboration is this research question: which domains of expertise are governments engaging to help them come to decisions and shape responses?
University students in the time of Corona (COVID-19)
- Lead Principal investigators: Professor Martin Forsey & Dr Kati Tonkin (University of Western Australia)
- Co-Investigator: Hongfei Liu (Southampton Business School)
- Research Team: The Chinese University of Hong Kong; University of Ghana; The University of Leeds; National Cheng Kung University; The University of Sheffield; University of Southampton; The University of Western Australia
The aim of this project is to focus on the different student experiences of learning at this profound moment, as well as the impact on their well-being and their sense of connectedness.
The WUN Research Development Fund will be announcing a new round of funding next month with an internal deadline of 14 September. Watch this space for further details.
