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The Open University has awarded funding from its Open Societal Challenges programme for a new project, titled ‘Sustaining Bournemouth: The Changing Face of Our Foodbank During Financial Crisis’.

The Open University has secured over £500,000 in funding to support pioneering research to solve one of the longest-standing mysteries in plant evolution - the early origins and diversification of angiosperms (flowering plants).

Dr Alexandra Okada’s research for CARE-KNOW-DO has been recognised as one of the top 10 publications in the field, earning a finalist spot for the prestigious “Research Worth Reading” award by the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST).

A groundbreaking initiative, led by the Welsh Refugee Council in collaboration with Open University’s Professor Marie Gillespie, has secured £25,000 in funding to break down barriers for refugee women in Wales.

March's research image of the month is from Precious Chatterje-Doody and Paul-François Tremlett.

The Open University has played a pivotal role in the PRIME (Protecting Minority Ethnic Communities Online) project, a major three-year research initiative led by Heriot-Watt University, which is set to conclude at the end of March 2025.

This month’s (February 2025) research image of the month is from Dr Philip Seargeant, who specialises in sociolinguistics, with a particular interest in political storytelling.

The Open University has awarded funding through its Open Societal Challenges platform to support a groundbreaking research project in partnership with the charity Transforming Autism.

The Open University in Ireland, in partnership with the Institute of Educational Technology, has been awarded funding for the Peace of Mind project supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.

Open University academic Dr Jenny Douglas has been selected for a prestigious Accelerator Award from the Wellcome Trust. The grant of £ 153,273 will fund research into improving black women’s health and wellbeing in the UK.