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University of York - Mahidol University Seed Grant 2026

The York-Mahidol Seed Grant 2026 has now closed.

We are pleased to announce the following successful projects taking place over the next year:

  • RobotAgri Probe: Soft Robotic Probes for Minimal-Disturbance Deep Soil Carbon Analysis and One-Health Monitoring (Associate Professor Dr Kamonrat Phopin and Dr Manish Chauhan)
  • Valuing Hidden Treasures: Quantifying Sea-to-Land Carbon Dynamics to Empower Local Communities (Dr Apichaya Englong and Dr Ed Garrett)
  • Co-Designing Real-World Water-Smart Regenerative Aquaculture–Rice Systems for Climate-Resilient Food Production in Bueng Boraphet (Dr Piyathap Avakul and Professor Bob Doherty)
  • Leadership in the music industry: Insights from the Global South and North (Assistant Professor Dr Treetip Boonyam and Dr Stewart Campbell)
Number of projects:
Three per year
Funding amount:
GBP £20,000 (For Mahidol side approximately 400,000 Baht) per project
Open to:
All disciplines

Through the seed grant we aim to:

  • Encourage effective collaboration between academic teams from both institutions to drive outstanding research.
  • Expand research efforts in areas of shared interest, emphasising scale and focus.
  • Foster engagement at all academic levels by ensuring diverse research team compositions.
  • Provide international research training opportunities.
  • Establish a strong foundation for continued research collaboration, securing external funding.
  • Support the development of long-term strategic research alliances between the two universities.
  • Actively promote and facilitate academic exchanges for research visits between the two institutions.

We are delighted to support these collaborations and look forward to seeing the outcomes of each project.

Previous and current York-Mahidol Seed Grant projects
2025-26
  • Professor Bob Doherty (York) / Dr. Pornpirat Kantatasiri (NA-MU): Developing a Sustainable Food Innovation Model by Integrating Regenerative Agriculture and Local Wisdom in Bung Boraphet, Enhancing Environmental Resilience and Community-Driven Entrepreneurship.
  • Professor Zhihong Huang (York) / Assistant Professor Warakorn Charoensuk (EG-MU): Advancing AI-Integrated wearable monitoring: A co-designed approach for clinical validation.
  • Professor Giovanna Massei (York) / Associate Professor Anuwat Wiratsudakul (VS-MU): Human-wildlife conflicts and coexistence: a One-Health approach.
2024-25
  • Dr. Harald Fredheim (York) / Assistant Professor Patoo Cusripituck (RILCA-MU): The Participatory Engagement in Safeguarding and Progressing Cultural Heritage in UK and Thai Museums.
  • Professor Rob Marchant (York) / Associate Professor Paramita Punwong (EN-MU): The ‘Wisdom of the Land’: how to best navigate Thailand’s Future.
  • Associate Professor Richard Friend (York) / Dr. Nitima Sutapin (KA-MU): The Wasteshed: an interdisciplinary approach to waste governance.
  • Dr. Jessica Ochalek (York) / Associate Professor Montarat Thavorncharoensap (PY-MU): Informing a cost-effectiveness threshold for health technology assessment in Thailand: A marginal productivity approach.