Seed-funded Projects
The Una Europa Seed Funding initiative aims to spark and support long-term collaborative activities between our partner universities, to "plant a seed" that will eventually attract external funding.
Here you can learn about all our seed funding projects so far. Please use the filters to search by call, Focus Area or academic discipline. You can find more information in the downloadable PDFs. If you have further questions regarding a specific project, please reach out to the coordinator(s) of the project using the contact details provided.
All Seed Funding projects
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Towards using DNA nanostructures as targeted pharmaceuticalsContact: Giampaolo Zuccheri, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacy and Biotechnology
giampaolo.zuccheri@unibo.itDownload (PDF, 87 KB)Towards the use of DNA nanostructures as targeted pharmaceuticals
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Dante and the Multiplicities of Cultures in Medieval EuropeContact: Giuseppe Ledda, Associate Prof, Dept. of Classical Philology and Italian Studies
giuseppe.ledda@unibo.itDownload (PDF, 78 KB)The project built a research network involving scholars across European universities, working jointly towards exploring how Dante’s writings reflect and interact with the variety of cultures of medieval Europe and the reception of Dante’s works in various European countries.
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ALIHASContact: Silvio Cruschina, Associate professor, Dept. of Languages Italian Philology
silvio.cruschina@helsinki.fiDownload (PDF, 79 KB)A Lingustic Investigation of Hate Speech: How to identify it and how to avoid it
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Creating a collaborative UNAEUROPA Service-Learning networkContact: Cinzia Albanesi, Professor, Dept. of Psychology
cinzia.albanesi@unibo.itDownload (PDF, 82 KB)Creating a collaborative UNAEUROPA Service-Learning network to transform teaching and learning in the European Space of Higher Education
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WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANTS AS CARBON SINKContact: Alessandro Dal Pozzo, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Engineering
a.dalpozzo@unibo.itDownload (PDF, 83 KB)Exploring the feasibility of CO2 capture applied to waste combustion
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Early Career Researcher Workshop: Environmental Plant CellContact: Steven Spoel, Personal Chair of Cell Signalling, School of Biological Sciences
steven.spoel@ed.ac.ukDownload (PDF, 77 KB)UNA EUROPA Early Career Researcher Workshop: Environmental Plant Cell.
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LARESContact: Giuseppina Viscardi, Associate Professor, Dept. of History and Cultures
giuseppina.viscardi@unibo.itDownload (PDF, 86 KB)Language and Religion. Lexical Change and Variation in Religious in Religious Enculturation / Acculturation phenomena of the Ancient World
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UNA-OHContact: Olli Peltoniemi, Professor, Animal Reproduction Science
olli.peltoniemi@helsinki.fiDownload (PDF, 66 KB)One Health as an emerging focus area for Una Europa (UNA-OH)
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Enhancing Linguistic Scholarship in Eastern Africa (ELSEA)Contact: Jenneke van der Wal, Universiteit Leiden
g.j.van.der.wal@hum.leidenuniv.nlDownload (PDF, 872 KB)Of the approximately 7,000 languages spoken in the world today, one third are endangered, and only around a half have been assigned a proper description – analysis of how that language is actually used (or how it was used in the past) by a community.
Read more...Language description is vital: it informs school materials and books, enhances understanding of cultural heritage and history, and determines the typology of language structures. However, local experts often lack the necessary training to tackle this vast task. The ELSEA project aims to overcome this gap by training early-career linguists in East Africa.
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Meeting the Peak (PEAKSOLVE)Contact: Margaret Graham, University of Edinburgh
margaret.graham@ed.ac.ukDownload (PDF, 528 KB)Peak human population (~10.5 bn) is expected within 50 years, before declining to ~10.3 bn by 2100. Most of the increase will occur in Africa whilst populations in many developed nations are already decreasing. Read more...
This project will explore changes in where people live, how they will impact the environment (especially freshwater) and how to respond to the global challenges of both increasing and shrinking populations.
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Global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance: Tools, technologies and methods (GLOSAR)Contact: Annamari Heikinheimo, Helsingin yliopisto/Helsingfors universitet
annamari.heikinheimo@helsinki.fiDownload (PDF, 689 KB)The development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasingly serious threat to global public health and requires action across all government sectors and societies. Read more...
This project aims to strengthen multidisciplinary education and research, raise awareness of AMR and build networks between European and African universities to tackle AMR from a One Health perspective.
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Respiratory Health, Outdoor Air Pollution and Solid Waste Management: A Built Environment Perspective (RESPIRA_ABEP)Contact: Pieter Van den Broeck, KU Leuven
pieter.vandenbroeck@kuleuven.beDownload (PDF, 321 KB)This project assesses the impact of mismanaged solid waste burning on air pollution and chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), focusing on Nakuru's Gioto and Nairobi’s Dandora Dump sites. Aiming to reduce air quality inequity and improve CRD care, it involves communities in devising waste management strategies for more sustainable urban planning. Read more...
Seed funding will be used to organise workshops and stakeholder meetings, engaging researchers and professionals at various career stages from partner universities for knowledge exchange and developing joint funding applications.