Research & Knowledge Exchange Funding

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Falmouth has a wide-ranging portfolio of research projects that have been recognised and supported by grant funding, awarded by UK and/or international funding bodies. 

A selection of current and recent funded projects can be found below as well as contact details for our funding team.

Example funded projects 

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Online Orchestra image

Online Orchestra

By harnessing the internet, the Online Orchestra gave people living in remote communities the opport...

Online Orchestra
Fog of Sex
Fog of Sex - Olivia Thatcher as student lap dancer Naomi

Fog of Sex (Stories from the frontline of student sex work)

Fog of Sex (Stories from the frontline of student sex work) is a 60-minute drama documentary which w...

Fog of Sex (Stories from the frontline of student sex work)
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Lobster Grower juvenile tray

Lobster Grower & Lobster Grower 2

Lobster Grower is a consortium led project, working to establish a low-carbon method of rearing lobs...

Lobster Grower & Lobster Grower 2
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Anti Festival zipline
Image: Pekka Mäkinen

ANTI Contemporary Art Festival

ANTI Festival presents an annual season of contemporary art shown across public spaces.

ANTI Contemporary Art Festival
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South West Creative Technology Network

The South West Creative Technology Network drives both blue-sky thinking and real-world developments...

South West Creative Technology Network
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Polish Vermin by Agnieszka Blonska
BOV Ferment July 2017 – Polish Vermin by Agnieszka Blonska – Photographer Jack Offord

Polish Vermin

Polish Vermin is a piece of theatre which explores the lives of EU migrants living in the UK in the ...

Polish Vermin
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The Sowenna project

The Sowenna Project is developing a VR environment with young people who have mental health problems...

The Sowenna project
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Ambulatory heart rate variability monitoring, distress, and self-harm in university students

This project aimed to track the parasympathetic nervous system of university students by using a hea...

Ambulatory heart rate variability monitoring, distress, and self-harm in university students
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The South West Centre of Excellence for Satellite Applications

The South West Centre of Excellence for Satellite Applications is developing space-focused research ...

The South West Centre of Excellence for Satellite Applications
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Repair Cafe At Redwing Gallery

The Role of the Creative Hubs in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

Funded through Research England's Strategic Priorities Fund and delivered in partnership with Cornwa...

The Role of the Creative Hubs in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

All funded projects

View all funded projects

Head to our Research & Knowledge Exchange Projects page to view all research projects at Falmouth that have received funding. From the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Council to the European Regional Development Fund our projects have received funding from many organisations.

View funded projects
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Contact funding team

Speak to our External Funding Team

Our dedicated External Funding Team are on hand to answer any questions and provide further information relating to Research & Knowledge Exchange funding at Falmouth. 

Contact us

Research funding news

Mike Robinson
Mike Robinson

£33,000 worth of Aerospace Funding for Cornish Start-up

09 July 2021

A start-up from Falmouth University’s venture studio, Launchpad, has received an offer o...

£33,000 worth of Aerospace Funding for Cornish Start-up
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News SWCTN Data Prototype Call 2020

Funding Call Open for Technology Expansion in the South West

09 July 2020

The South West Creative Technology Network (SWCTN) are proud to announce the launch of the Data Prot...

Funding Call Open for Technology Expansion in the South West
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Government Award for Launchpad Programme

20 September 2019

Falmouth University's Launchpad programme has been named as one of only 20 new University Enterprise...

Government Award for Launchpad Programme
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£700k for Future-Focused Museums Project

18 April 2019

A collaborative project, led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP with Falmouth University and th...

£700k for Future-Focused Museums Project
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SWCTN Logo

£6.5m Project to Drive Digital Innovation in the South West

15 May 2018

A project worth £6.5million is being launched across the South West to expand the use of digital te...

£6.5m Project to Drive Digital Innovation in the South West