Dr. Evelyn Taboada was one of the recipient for the 2015 Newton Fund Awardee from the British Council. The British Council awarded 10 of the best proposals for the Newton Fund Institutional Links and Researcher Links – Travel and Workshop Grants. The researchers featured here will lead Philippine-UK research on various areas including sustainable cities, agritech, computing science, universal healthcare and engineering. The British Council will launch new calls for applications to Newton Fund programmes in April and July 2015.