£1M infrastructure investment for University of Dundee

A seven-figure funding boost as part of a multi-million pound investment in research organisations across the UK includes investment in the digitisation of internationally important archives and media collections

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has provided £213 million to expand and upgrade existing infrastructure.The University of Dundee benefits through two grants totalling more than £1 million, in the areas of life sciences and arts and humanities. The University’s MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit has been awarded £808,000 to purchase mass spectrometers and key computational resources to support research, whilst a grant of £249,000 will allow a team from the university to obtain equipment to digitise internationally important archives and media collections. In doing so, they will ensure these resources remain accessible, enabling a longer-term strategy to support the creative economies through research projects and public engagement.

Calum Colvin (pictured), Professor of Fine Art Photography at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, said: ‘The University is an important centre for creative collections within the UK research landscape, with particular strengths in non-traditional archives and museum collections, such as time-based art, comics and artist’s books.

This grant will allow our multi-disciplinary team at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, the School of Humanities, and the Archives & Museums Services to expand public engagement and publication activities’.