Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellowship 2012. (360G-Wellcome-099887_A_12_Z)

£826

The Wellcome Trust is widely recognised in the UK and internationally as the leading funder of innovative public engagement, inviting the public to explore big scientific challenges. Likewise, I have a reputation and passion for delivering innovative, high-quality public engagement across the interface of science, medicine and the humanities. Public engagement has an important role in achieving extraordinary improvements in human health and, as a pioneer who works with the public, including with some of the most deprived, yet creative communities in the UK, I can offer a considerable contribution to the Wellcome Trust Vision. Through my public engagement endeavours, I work responsively to cultural contexts and strive to forge trust in order to breakdown the barriers between researchers and the public. By way of example, my public engagement endeavours have connected non-English speaking communities at risk of disease and infection to work alongside researchers investigating associated biomedical diseases. These public engagement activities have transformed community members into advocates and translators of important health information. My experience and commitment to creativity, intellectual curiosity, professional development and organisational learning ensure I thrive as a Wellcome Trust Fellow. As a filmmaker and archive fanatic I was inspired by the Wellcome Library collection, with a game, Lost Cats Legacy, that caught the attention of Sheffield International Documentary Festival. I am excited by the public engagement possibilities of the digitised material from the Wellcome Library’s collection and the prospect of support from Wellcome staff to unlock its creative potential. A Wellcome Fellowship would present considerable strategic added value by helping me to consolidate lessons from ‘networked’ and citizen-led approach to public engagement that I am pursuing. Specifically I will offer an offering ongoing legacy to support the Trust’s Vision through audiences reached, quality of partnerships and heightened profile of biomedical science.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 826
Applicant Surname Ochu
Award Date 2015-10-03T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2015/16
Grant Programme: Title Public Engagement Fellowship
Internal ID 099887/A/12/Z
Lead Applicant Dr Erinma Ochu
Partnership Value 826
Planned Dates: End Date 2017-11-01T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2016-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region North West