The British Academy announces the first recipients of the ODA (Official Development Assistance) Global Innovation Fellowships 2024

The British Academy have awarded up to £150,000 each for seven Fellowships as part of the ODA Global Innovation Fellowships funding scheme.

The 12 month fellowships are managed by the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT), as part of part of the £337m International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF), which is designed to enable potential and foster prosperity. The aim of the fellowships is to provide opportunities to UK-based early- and mid-career researchers from across the humanities and social sciences to develop their skills, networks and careers in the creative and cultural, public, private and policy sectors. They'll address challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions to create new and deeper links beyond academia, so enabling knowledge mobilisation and translation, as well as individual skills development.

This is the first call for this ODA strand of the programme, offering opportunities for ODA Global Innovation Fellowship award-holders to embed themselves with a partner organisation. The partner organisation must be based in any of the following countries: Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and any country from this list of Least Developed Countries.

The 2024 ODA Global Innovation Fellowships programme awardees are:

Please note: Awards are arranged alphabetically by surname of the grant recipient.

Dr Melanie Channon

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Home Institution: University of Bath

Award Value: £157,108*

*£7,108.00 was provided through the British Academy’s Additional Needs Funding.

Scope of Fellowship: Health & Wellbeing

Partner: Centre for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA)

ODA Partner Country: Nepal

Dr Jamille Dias

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Home Institution: School of Advanced Study, University of London

Award Value: £145,717

Scope of Fellowship: Environment, Sustainability & Nature

Partner: Kaapora

ODA Partner Country: Brazil

Dr Charis Enns

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Home Institution: University of Manchester

Award Value: £149,041.87

Scope of Fellowship: Environment, Sustainability & Nature

Partner: IMPACT Kenya

ODA Partner Country: Kenya

Dr Rosie Everett

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Home Institution: Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)

Award Value: £114,405.08

Scope of Fellowship: Environment, Sustainability & Nature

Partner: Global Water Partnership Lesotho

ODA Partner Country: Lesotho

Dr Dogus Simsek

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Home Institution: Kingston University

Award Value: £126,330

Scope of Fellowship: Cities & Urbanisation

Partner: Refugees and Asylum Seekers Assistance and Solidarity Association (RASAS)

ODA Partner Country: Turkey

Dr Robby Soetanto

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Home Institution: Loughborough University

Award Value: £150,000

Scope of Fellowship: Environment, Sustainability & Nature

Partner: Housing and Settlements Agency (DISPERKIM)

ODA Partner Country: Indonesia

Dr Poppy Spowage

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Home Institution: Quenn Mary University of London

Award Value: £149,992

Scope of Fellowship: Health & Wellbeing

Partner: Santuri East Africa

ODA Partner Country: Kenya