Leiden University Global Fund grants 14 project proposals

Published on 12 December 2024

On 9 December, a lottery to conclude the first call of the Leiden University Global Fund (LUGF) Seed Fund has granted 14 project proposals €15.000. These projects will be working to enhance the relationship between Leiden University and her partners in Africa, Latin America, North East and South East Asia.

Leiden University colleagues have been active in these regions for a long time. The LUGF Seed Fund was established in 2024 to invest in regional activities that may bloom into impactful collaborations, but also to connect regional activities and initiatives to the broader strategic vision of the university. This seed fund call was aimed to encourage colleagues to think about interdisciplinary projects with priority partners that could be scaled up within the regions or used to facilitate south-south collaboration. With a total of 45 eligible project proposals, the call was a great success. An overview of all proposals is available on the staff website.

The lucky winners that came out of the lottery draw are listed in the table below. In 2025, these colleagues will use the funding to set up their projects worldwide.

#	Title	Co-Lead	Co-Lead	Partners
2024-03	Enhancing Eye-Tracking for Language Research via Neuromorphic Computing in AR/VR Headsets	Qinyu Chen	Yiya Chen	Fudan University
2024-14	School for Digital Deaf Studies	Victoria Nyst	Peter van der Putten	Université Cheikh Anta Diop; University of Ghana; Université Houphouët Boigny; University of Central Lancashire; Pusat Penelitian Tuli (PUPET)
2024-15	The operations of multinational Corporations (MNCs) in conflicted areas: towards the development of a conceptual framework	Chibuike Uche	Valderrama Mosquera	University of Nairobi; University of Lagos; Alex Ekwueme Federal University
2024-23	From maps to apps in Java: Grasping space through objects	Verena Meyer	Bart Barendregt	National University of Singapore (NUS); University of Kyoto; Universitas Brawijaya
2024-24	Mapping and assessing the construction materials required for Belt and Road Initiative	Tomer Fishman	Maikel Kuijpers	China Academy of Sciences
2024-26	Exploring Perceptions of Urban Forest Cultural Ecosystem Services in Brazil and the Netherlands	Rita de Sousa e Silva	Rosanne van der Voet	Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC); Santa Catarina State University (UDESC)
2024-29	Molecular Cocktails on the Rocks: Interstellar Ice Compositions	Thanja Lamberts	Anke Haarmann	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
2024-33	The lived experiences of forced migration: an interdisciplinary view of the Darién Gap crossing	Natalia Donner	Maartje van der Woude	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2024-36	Global Community Justice - Reconceptualising Community Based Responses to Criminalised Harms and Wrongs	Miranda Boone	Martin Hernán di Marco	University of Cape Town
2024-39	Understanding Homicide in Indonesia: Harnessing Traditional and New Media Data for Insight	Dr Olga Bogolyubova	Prof dr Marco Spruit	Universitas Gadjah Mada
2024-48	Development of a standard for FAIR-based Computer-Supported clinical decision-making in Ante-Natal Care in Global South	Mirjam van Reisen	Thed van Leeuwen	Universitas Airlangga; University of Nairobi; University of Addis Ababa; Witwatersrand University; Johannesburg University; University of Namibia; University of Equator; Chinese Academy of Sciences
2024-49	Emerging Digital Frontiers: Indo-Pacific Perspectives on Security and Technology	Jelena Vićić	Rogier Creemers	National University Singapore; Virginia Commonwealth University; UvA
2024-53	Leiden University International Staff Week 2025	Hungwah Lam	Colleagues at every faculty	Stellenbosch University; Pontifical Catholic University; Peking University; Universitas Gadjah Mada; All Una Europa Universities
2024-54	The Language of Food: documentation and representation of food preparation and culinary culture in Africa and its diasporas	Azeb Amha	Felix K. Ameka	University of Ghana; Africa Museum, Brussels

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