SPaRK research projects are unique in that they each have a supervisor from a non-HEI partner. These partners offer support and guidance to SPaRK, providing valuable non-academic input into our training.
Many also provide opportunities for our students to engage with them via the provision of placements to assist in the development of their research and skills, whilst making a real-world contribution to society and industry.
Read more about our partners below. More information will be added soon.
Almac
Almac
ESR: Swati Kumar
Project: Metabolomics for early detection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Recurrence
Belfast City Hospital
Belfast City Hospital
ESR: Álvaro Cárcamo Martínez
Project: Microneedle mediated drug delivery for enhanced treatment of basal cell carcinoma
Biovotec
Biovotec
ESR: Adrian Juncos Bombin
Project: Development of a Nanomedicine in an Electrospun Patch for Wound Healing’ (NEW)
Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires
Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires
ESR: Hadil Sulieman
Project: Development of advances protease inhibitor nanoformulations for human disease
Chinese Customs Museum
Chinese Customs Museum
ESR: Georges Moraitis
Project: Chinese Customs Houses and Sino-Western Encounter in the Unequal Treaty Era (1854-1949)
Horta Museum
Horta Museum
ESR: Apolline Malevez
Project title: Art Nouveau & the Aesthetic of the Interior in Belgian Art & Literature (1890 - 1920)
INEGI
INEGI
ESR: Massimiliano Russello
Project: Synthesis and modelling of multifunctional hierarchical thin-ply/CNTs/GNP composites.
Inserm
Inserm
Project title: Accessing adherence to the Mediterranean diet; new tools, biomarkers & associations with healthy ageing
Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
ESR: Boris Odložilík
Project: Biological effects of laser-accelerated ion bursts.
International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam
International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam
ESR: Homer Wagenaar
Project: Patentless invention: the economic effects of the abolition and re-introduction of patents in the Netherlands
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
ESR: Filippo Bertozzo
Project Title: Disease in the Early Cretaceous - A Comparitive Study of Iguanodon and Hadrosaur Paleopathology
Sapienza Universita Di Roma
Sapienza Universita Di Roma
ESR: Giorgio Zicari
Project Title: Quantum machine learning in simulated linear-optics scenarios
Universite Rennes
Universite Rennes
ESR: Theofilos Valkanidis
Project: Deciphering free kicks in football
University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
ESR: Shane O'Donnell
Project title: Creative media as a vehicle for reduction of suicide risk in men
Women's Aid
Women's Aid
ESR: Lucia Klencakova
Project title: The impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on teenage women’s educational well-being