Dr Gang Li to receive RSE Research Award
Published: 1 November 2021
RSE Research awards made to 48 researchers whose work will benefit individuals, communities, and broader society
SPaN’s own Dr Gang Li has been announced as one of 48 winners of a Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Award for his project: Mitigating Virtual Reality Sickness Using Neurostimulation in Users During Immersive Cognitive Therapies.
The Royal Society of Edinburgh has announced 48 exceptional researchers as recipients of the RSE Research Awards programme, awarding a total of £836,000 in research funding. With 10 of the 15 Scottish universities represented by the awardees.
With an average grant value of £17,000, various disciplines have been supported, including science, art, humanities, social science, and multidisciplinary projects. The research projects also support international collaboration between researchers in Scotland and those in Brazil, Indonesia, and the United States.
They will work on a wide and diverse range of projects, from transforming autism research and examining harassment in the UK music industry to confronting customer abuse during the Covid-19 crisis and business incubators' role in scaling up women-led start-ups.
Launched in spring 2021, the revised RSE Research Awards programme runs twice a year in spring and autumn. The funding programme aims to support Scotland's academic researchers, nurture promising talent, stimulate research in Scotland, and promote international collaboration, which will be of lasting benefit to the individuals and communities concerned and to broader society.
Professor Emerita Anne Anderson OBE FRSE, Chair of the RSE Research Awards Committee, Royal Society of Edinburgh said
"The RSE Research Awards programme is vital for sustaining the knowledge and talent pipeline in our vibrant research and innovation sector across the length and breadth of Scotland. Funding enables awardees to deepen their research into significant global challenges, to support career development, and to make significant benefits to society and the economy. The RSE sends its congratulations to each of the award winners and wishes them good fortune in the conduct and outcomes of their research."
The RSE delivers its mission of the advancement of learning and useful knowledge by:
- Inspiring and supporting young talent through a wide-ranging programme of research grants and awards
- engaging the public across Scotland on key contemporary issues through its outreach programme RSE@ and a wide-ranging programme of public events
- providing impartial advice and expertise to inform policy and practice through in-depth examination of major issues and providing expert comment on topical matters
- promoting Scotland’s interests overseas through building relationships with sister academies across the world and facilitating research collaborations.
First published: 1 November 2021