Nine interdisciplinary research and innovation projects have been awarded up to £50,000 each through RISE, an accelerated programme tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) led by researchers at the University of Manchester.

The SPRITE+ team had a fantastic three days exhibiting and speaking at Security & Policing 2026, the UK Government’s flagship national security event.

We invite applications to co-develop a framework with Freedom2hear, focused on analysing, building, and piloting resilience strategies to enhance online content moderation systems.

We are excited to invite applications from Expert Fellows to lead a SPRITE+ Community of Interest.

We invite applications from researchers with expertise in machine learning, data security, digital identity, human–computer interaction, responsible AI, or socio-technical systems to collaborate with Impromptu.

RISE offered grant funding for up to ten short projects running between April and August 2026.