Manchester-Melbourne-Toronto (MMT) Research Fund
The MMT Research Fund was the first major initiative of our new trilateral alliance and is open to applications from all research areas.
In recognition of strong bilateral partnerships between the universities of Manchester, Melbourne and Toronto, the three institutions formed a trilateral alliance in 2021.
The alliance aims to facilitate further collaboration between the three partners, drawing on joint expertise and resources.
Current calls
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Further information
If you have any questions, please get in touch with the relevant contact at each university:
The University of Manchester
Joanne Jacobs, International Relations
email: international.partnerships@manchester.ac.uk
The University of Melbourne
Kim Turner, Researcher Development Schemes
email: res-devschemes@unimelb.edu.au
The University of Toronto
Kevin Rowley, International Research Officer
email: kevin.rowley@utoronto.ca
Previous grants awarded
2023
Manchester lead |
Melbourne lead |
Toronto lead |
Faculty (UoM) |
School (UoM) |
Title of the research project |
| Dr Claudia E Henninger | A/Prof Suzie Reichman | Professor Heather MacLean | FSE | School of Natural Sciences | Molly Fish-ing Microfibre-pollution, legacy and future investigations through engaging stakeholders |
| Dr Wei Zheng | Dr Jue Wang | HUMS | School of Environment, Education and Development | Characterising spatial inequality of obesity and the underlying obesogenic environment | |
| Prof Jens Chluba | A/Prof Christian Reichardt | Prof Adam Hincks | FSE | School of Natural Sciences | Cosmic gas in the Universe’s largest structures |
| Professor Sophia Ananiadou | Prof Eduard Hovy | FSE | School of Engineering | Misinformation in health in the era of ChatGPT | |
| Dr Zhonghua Zheng | Prof Arthur Chan | FSE | School of Natural Sciences | Deciphering airborne nanoplastic patterns: lab analytics merged with machine learning | |
| Prof Dawn Dowding | Dr Sophie Jones | Dr Jennifer Stinson | FBMH | School of Health Sciences | Standards for reporting and auditing children’s pain in EHRs |
| Dr Alissa Ferry | Dr Monika Molnar | FBMH | School of Health Sciences | Neural measures of speech segmentation in diverse populations | |
| Prof Graeme Black | A/Prof Lauren Ayton | Prof Elise Heon | FBMH |
School of Medical Sciences |
Improving care for children with inherited retinal diseases |
| Prof Stephen Hutchings | Dr Dara Conduit | Dr Kenzie Burchell | HUMS | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures | Beyond disinformation: Assessing digital communications strategies of hybrid neo-authoritarian empires |
| Prof James Thompson | Prof Kathleen Gallagher | HUMS | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures | THRIVE: Fostering urban social and creative thriving through the Arts | |
| Dr Jose Ricardo Aguilar Cosme | Dr Rachael Moses | FSE |
School of Engineering |
Exploring capacitive electrostimulation for improving dental implant osseointegration | |
| Dr Lujia Chen | Prof Jason Monty | FSE | School of Engineering | Improving reliability of dynamic cable for floating offshore applications |
2022
Manchester lead |
Melbourne lead |
Toronto lead |
Faculty (UoM) |
School (UoM) |
Title of the research project |
| Dr Wendy Thompson | Dr Leanne Teoh | Dr Sonica Singhal | FBMH | School of Medical Sciences | Dental antibiotic stewardship: development of a sustainable and adaptable approach |
| Dr Ian Mell | Dr Marie Dade | Prof Tenley Conway | FHUMS | School of Environment, Education and Development | Valuing the benefits that people perceive from their urban forests |
| Dr Jo Mylan | A/Prof Jane Dyson | Prof Tania Li | FHUMS | School of Social Sciences | University student food insecurity: towards a shared, multinational research agenda |
| Prof Martie van Tongeren | Dr Tania King | Dr Peter Smith | FBMH | School of Health Sciences | Understanding and addressing long COVID impacts on work participation |
| Dr Abigail Gilmore | Dr Christiaan de Beukelaer | Prof Deborah Leslie | FHUMS | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures | Beyond the creative city: new interdisciplinary topographies for creative placemaking |
| Dr Yi Jin | Dr Laura Burchill | FSE | School of Natural Sciences | Missing links in global sulfur metabolism | |
| Dr Abi Stone | Dr Jan-Hendrick May | FHUMS | School of Environment, Education and Development | A southern-hemisphere perspective on human-environment relations along desert margins | |
| Dr Jenna Mittelmeier | Dr Samantha Marangell | FHUMS | School of Environment, Education and Development | Spaces of global higher education: exploring the purpose of 'campus' | |
| Dr Viktor Schlegel | Dr Daniel Beck | FSE | School of Engineering | Robust natural language processing for healthcare | |
| Dr Bahar Koymen | Dr Samuel Ronfard | FBMH | School of Health Sciences | A cross-linguistic approach to children's social learning and listening | |
| Dr Yawei Zhao | Dr Zachary Hyde | FHUMS | School of Environment, Education and Development | Making rent: generational inequality and the housing crisis | |
| Dr Pauline Whelan | Dr Lindsay Jibb | FBMH | School of Health Sciences | Transforming health self-management: building a trans-Atlantic digital intervention co-design lab | |
| Dr Byron Bitanihirwe | Prof Stephen Matthews | FHUMS | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures | Implications of antenatal corticosteroid exposure on neurocognitive outcomes in offspring |