BISCA Catalyst Fund 2025/26

Assessing severity of environmental and public health impacts of adopting ammonia to decarbonise power generation

• Dr Karn Vohra, Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

• Prof William Bloss, Professor of Atmospheric Science, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Climate-Pollution-Cognition Nexus: Integrating Molecular, Social, and Educational Evidence to Shape Climate-Health Action

• Dr Laura-Jayne Bradford, Daphne Jackson Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

• Dr Thomas Faherty, Post-doctoral Researcher, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

• Professor Francis Pope, Professor of Atmospheric Science, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Community-led monitoring of river pollution at high frequencies to underpin legal enforcement

• Dr James C. White, Research Fellow in Water Sciences, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

• Dr Jianbao Jiao, Associate Professor in Computer Science

• And their project team

CREAM: Developing Climate-Resilient, Low-Carbon Health Systems through AI-Assisted Planning and Operation Management Support

• Dr Weiqi Hua, Assistant Professor in Energy Systems, School of Engineering

• Prof Ross Millar, Professor of Health Organisation and Management, School of Social Policy and Society

• And their project team

AI-Driven Insights into Energy Asset Lifetimes for Resilient Net-Zero Investment

• Dr Natanael Bolson, MTC Manufacturing Futures Fellow, School of Engineering

• Prof Robert Elliott, Professor of Economics, Birmingham Business School

From Waste to Value: Environmental and Economic Assessment of Hospital Waste Streams in an NHS Case Study

• Dr Edward Cant, MTC Manufacturing Futures Fellow, School of Engineering

• Dr. Helen Onyeaka, Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering

• And their project team

Inequalities in climate change: from carbon emissions to flood risk

• Dr Shasha Han, Assistant Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

• Prof Yuli Shan, Professor in Sustainability, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

• Dr. Xilin Xia, Associate Professor in Resilience Engineering, School of Engineering

Project ARC: Advanced Recycling of Composites

• Dr Matt Keith, Assistant Professor, School of Chemical Engineering

• Prof. Jonathan Radcliffe, Professor in Energy Systems and Policy, School of Chemical Engineering

• Dr Partha Roy, Assistant Professor in Finance, The Department of Finance, Birmingham Business School

Urban Heat Resilience: Transnational Knowledge Exchanges between the UK and India

• Dr Tahmina Yasmin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

• Prof. Niheer Dasandi, Professor of Global Politics and Sustainable Development, School of Government

• And their project team