Updates

The team produce a quarterly newsletter to provide information on funding opportunities, events and internationalisation activity.

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In the future we are changing the way we communicate with you. We will use the Faculty announcements to signpost to articles on the FBMH Internationalisation Webpage We hope that this will allow us to update you more frequently and also highlight the useful content on our intranet. As ever, we welcome your thoughts and suggestions

Newsletters from the collaboration on regnerative immunology between the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Manchester:

Events

New Meet & Greet with UoM & Uchile on Obesity and the Climate Crisis!

How are nutritional health and the climate emergency linked? We invite you to the third joint session between the University of Manchester and Universidad de Chile.

This is a space to connect, identify gaps in public policy, and take action through public health

📅 Date: 19th May

⏰ Time: 2:00 - 3:30 PM (UK) | 9:00 – 10:30 AM (CL)

📍 Place: Online (Zoom link will be shared after registration).

Our guest speakers are:

Prof. Jedidah Mould: “Delivering nutritional education to underserved communities”.
Prof. Lorena Rodríguez-Osiac: “Addressing obesity in the era of climate change: a transdisciplinary perspective”
Prof. Arpana Verma: “How the Ottawa Charter at 40 needs to evolve to reduce obesity in light of the climate crisis and obesogenic environments, policy and practice”.
Prof. Patricia Gálvez: “Rethinking food environments: practices, interactions and inequalities in the context of obesity and climate change”

We invite undergraduate and graduate students, academics, and researchers to join us. Register here

Global Mental Health Showcase - Monday 8^th June

We are delighted to invite you to our UoM FBMH Global Health Showcase Day – a chance for us to come together to celebrate the University of Manchester's portfolio of global mental health work, particularly focused on our partnerships within South and Southeast Asia.

It features a keynote presentation from Professor Vikram Patel, Harvard University, a leading commentator on global mental health and a long-time collaborator in some of our South Asia programme (please see Vikram's bio with abstract attached).

It will also feature the views of Professor Kara Hanson, Head of Global Health at the National Institute of Health and Care Research UK.

The programme features NIHR-and GCRF MRC funded work across autism and neurodevelopment, common mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression, self-harm and suicidality, and community assessments of mental health. Whilst we will highlight the impact that this partnership work has made in our partner countries, we will also illustrate how the approaches have in turn improved health services and outcomes in the UK.

Date: Monday 8^th June 2026
Time: 09:00-17:00 (see agenda attached for more details)
Location: Michael Smith Lecture Theatre, Michael Smith Building, The University of Manchester, Dover Street, M13 9NT
Accessibility: AccessAble - Michael Smith Building (link includes photos of the building and directions)
Catering: Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

If you would like to attend this in person event, please Register

(Please note registration is required by all who attend, including speakers to help us manage numbers due to capacity of the room and to capture allergy and dietary requirements).

New Horizon Europe Support Fund Announced

Recognising the challenges often associated with developing EU funding bids, the University’s Research Committee has introduced a Horizon Europe Support Fund, offering targeted assistance for proposals across all pillars of the programme. The fund will provide:

External grant‑writing support, with particular focus on Pillar II and European Research Council (ERC) applications.
Consortium fees for applications across all Horizon Europe pillars.
Other eligible interventions that directly strengthen or prepare EU funding submissions.

Funding is available on a rolling monthly deadline until fully allocated, with upcoming dates at 4pm on 30 April 2026, and 29 May 2026.

Further Support Resources

Further information on RDI support for Horizon Europe applications can be found on the dedicated internal page: Support for Horizon Europe bids.

News

Support for Horizon Europe Bids — RDI Team

The Support for Horizon Europe Bids page outlines extensive internal support available to researchers preparing proposals for Horizon Europe

🔧 What the RDI team can help with

💡 Discussing project idea suitability
📄 Interpreting call documentation and criteria
🧱 Structuring proposals for excellence, impact & implementation
✍️ Support editing proposal templates
👥 Coordinating internal peer review
🔎 Identifying partners internationally
📊 Benchmarking institutions (bibliometrics)
🏛️ Supporting partner workshops & networking

UKRI Horizon Europe Guarantee guidance updated

The latest version of the Horizon Europe Guarantee guidance document has been published on the UKRI website (PDF, 0.9MB) – also attached, with a number of updates relevant to ERC and MSCA Guarantee grants.

Key changes include:

Updates on awards being issues & closed through the Funding Service (TFS)
Clarification of total funding requested through the Guarantee
Exchange rate updates for 2025
Further guidance added on subcontracting and setting up applicants on IFS
Policy clarifications on remote working and cascade funding
MSCA: additional guidance on end-of-grant financial reporting, requirements for changing supervisor (PF), and expectations for ROs regarding contributions for recruited researchers.

Please check out our New Global Futures website

New Research Security Hub is here

All the information and guidance you need to keep you and your work secure

The University’s new Research Security Hub is now live, helping academics and PS staff keep themselves and their work safe as we face a complex international environment and therefore new and changing potential risks.

The Hub contains all the information, guidance and support colleagues will need as they carry out their work, whether it’s collaborating on research, managing data, information governance, travelling or working abroad, welcoming visitors, ATAS requirements or managing Export Controls.

The Hub also includes Government guidance from the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA), including its Trusted Research campaign to support the UK’s research community.

You can visit the Hub at:

Research Security Hub

Quantum leap for UK and Germany science and research links

South Korea to associate with Horizon Europe

Funding for ‘greener’ international travel

Colleagues say our top up fund for reducing emissions is easy to access – and opens up new ways of working

Further details

INTERNATIONAL VISITS UPDATE

Emerging and Developing International Partnerships and Initiatives

Kuwait

FBMH met with National Technology Enterprises Company, Kuwait to discuss the possibility of developing a medical university in Kuwait
NTEC is a fully owned subsidiary of the Kuwait Investment Authority
A visit is planned to discuss possible plans further