Ewan Kirk has joined forces with the University of Cambridge’s engineering department to launch the Kirk Global Challenge, a new student competition to find original and innovative ideas for growth in the developing world.
The Turner Kirk Trust has provided a £250,000 philanthropic gift to launch the Turner Fellowship programme, based at the world-renowned Cambridge Conservation Initiative.
The University of Southampton has launched a new student-led research programme to develop new unmanned aviation vehicles (UAVs) to fight back against climate change and poaching, after a £15,000 donation by the Trust.
The Kirk Distinguished Visiting Fellowship programme, hosted at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, has been launched to support under-represented groups within higher mathematical research.