After a competitive selection process, 11 initiatives have been awarded funding totalling $130,924 for Round One of the University of Queensland (UQ) Global Partnerships Funding Scheme in 2026.
To support the successful implementation of the Global Engagement Framework, the Global Partnerships Funding Scheme has been created to assist UQ faculties, institutes, and units in pursuing activities with specific international partners that will strengthen the impact of UQ’s global network.
Congratulations to the successful applicants:
Multiple countries
UQ Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT) – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong), The University of British Columbia (Canada), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China): Engineering Polymers for Sustainable Chemistry and Energy.
UQ EAIT – Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China), Fudan University (China), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), The University of Tokyo (Japan): Symposium on Power System Resilience: Renewable Energy Integration, Control, and Security.
North America
UQ Faculty of Science – University of Alberta (Canada): UQ-University of Alberta EMCR Community in Energy Transition Geoscience.
UQ Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (BEL) – University of Alberta (Canada): UQ–Alberta Strategic Defence Innovation Ecosystem Program.
Europe
UQ Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) – University of Zurich (Switzerland): Provenance Histories: Unlocking Museum Collections As Resources for Global Stories.
UQ Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences (HMBS) – Technical University of Denmark (Denmark): Technology Leaving No Australian Behind: Piloting the Universal Design Guide for Australian Practitioners.
UQ HASS – University of Zurich (Switzerland): ClimDis@UZH: Finalising a UQ–UEF–UZH EU Horizon Application on Climate Change Discourse.
Southeast Asia
UQ BEL – Foreign Trade University (Vietnam): UQ-FTU Career Development Capacity Building Program.
UQ EAIT – Chulalongkorn University (Thailand): Analysis and Design Framework for Very Large Floating Structures (VLFS).
Northeast Asia
UQ Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) – University of Science and Technology of China, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (China): Precision Nanomedicine and Advanced Manufacturing for Global Health.
Pacific
UQ EAIT – The University of the South Pacific (Fiji); Building Cyber Security Research Capacity for Pacific Island Countries.
