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The Isaac Newton Trust is delighted to announce that Professor Dame Ann Dowling will become the next Chair of Trustees, succeeding Professor Frank Kelly at the end of his term. Since its founding in 1988, the Trust has been led by a distinguished succession of Chairs; Professor Dowling will be the first woman to hold this position.A Trustee since 2…

The Isaac Newton Trust is delighted to have supported Churchill College’s Creative Writing in the Archive Workshop through the TC Collection-based Research in the Humanities (TCCBRH) programme. In February 2026 the Churchill Archives Centre hosted a day-long creative writing workshop. The day was split into two parts: a paper-making session in the …

The Isaac Newton Trust is delighted to mark Professor Frank Kelly’s exceptional service as he approaches the end of his term as Chair of the Trustees this month. Professor Kelly has served as a Trustee since 2017 and has led the Trustees with distinction for the past six years, following his election as Chair in 2020. During this time, the Trust ha…

Following the Isaac Newton Trust’s (INT) Strategic Review, the Trust is introducing important changes to how small‑scale research funding is administered by the Trust across the Collegiate University. From Easter Term 2026, the Trust will oversee a new joint initiative between the Trust and the Schools of the University: the INT School Research Ena…

The Isaac Newton Trust (INT) exists to champion research excellence across the Collegiate University, responding with agility and purpose to the evolving needs of scholars, disciplines, and institutions. The ability to adapt to changes in the funding landscape remains a core priority of the Trust. As such, the Trust has recently undertaken an evide…

A new book by visual research artist and University of Cambridge visiting tutor Nabil Ali, Gold From Newton's Apple Tree: Historical Recipes for Natural Inks, Paints, and Dyes, has just been released, inviting readers on an immersive, alchemical journey into the world of organic colour.Drawing on decades of experimentation and collaboration, from i…

We are pleased to announce the publication of our 35th Annual Report for 2024-25, which is hot off the press! The past year has been one of both transition and achievement, and we are delighted to share reflections on what has been accomplished.You can read the Annual Report for 2024-25 here.This year, the Trust committed over £2.5 million to suppo…

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…