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The Isaac Newton Trust is proud to have supported Dr Tristan Hynes through our matched funding Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme.We are delighted to share that Tristan has recently secured employment as Assistant Professor of Psychology at Simon Fraser University from early 2026. We wish Tristan the very best for the next stage of his acade…

The INT is proud to have supported Dr Lefan Wang through our matched funding Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme.We spoke with Lefan about her innovative project, ‘New Insights into Foot Biomechanics via Personalized Multimodal Sensing Insole’ and her experience as an early career researcher.Lefan told us, “I work on developing a personalised…

The INT are proud to support Dr Akaash Kumar, PhD through our College Junior Research Fellowship programme by contributing to his Research Fellowship at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. Akaash's PhD work, completed at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) and University of Cambridge is now published in Nature Photonics! Akaash …

Dr Joseph Millard has recently published a new paper as part of the GLobal Insect Threat-Response Synthesis (GLiTRS) project, titled ‘A Multithreat Meta-Analytic Database for Understanding Insect Biodiversity Change’. This represents an incredible achievement and is the result of a huge collaborative effort. To celebrate, we reached out to Joe for …

The Isaac Newton Trust is delighted to support the Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science and the Public through the Strategic Research Grants programme. Dr Mariam Rashid works as the Centre’s Engagement Associate and is directly supported by this grant.Mariam studied an integrated masters in Physics at Durham University, spending a year at Osaka Univers…

Earlier this month, the Chair of the Trustees, Professor Frank Kelly hosted INT's Fellows’ Garden Party in the Fellows’ Bowling Green at Trinity College Cambridge. We were thrilled to see so many in attendance on a warm and sunny afternoon! It was a delight to talk with our Early Career Fellows and award holders and hear about their projects, while…

The INT is proud to support Dr Luis Fernando Bernardi Junqueira through our matched funding Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme.We are delighted to share that Luis has recently received the 2024 Royal Asiatic Society Bayly Prize, the UK’s most prestigious award for doctoral research in Asian studies, as well as the 8th Dissertation Prize of t…

Dr Kelly Fagan Robinson held Leverhulme Early Career matched funding with the Isaac Newton Trust between 2021-2024. Kelly’s project, ‘Communication Faultlines on the Frontlines’, charted and analysed the ways that individual experiences, bodies, and moral judgments contribute to specific definitions of value and social action. She continues to work…

We are proud to support the Climate Action Toolkit project through our Widening Participation and Induction Fund programme!Climate Action Toolkit is a cross-disciplinary primary school programme designed to boost teacher confidence in delivering climate change education. By offering a structured scheme of work that integrates Arts, Humanities, and …

The Isaac Newton Trust’s Widening Participation & Induction Fund has contributed to many University of Cambridge College initiatives since the first round in 2022.We are proud to have provided support to the Sustainable Urban Futures project, led by Churchill College, University of Cambridge CORE Fellow Dr Rachel Thorley. SUF hosted a cross-discipl…