115 Collaborations & Growing
A Transnational Academic Alliance
The Birmingham-Illinois Partnership for Discovery, Engagement & Education (known as “BRIDGE”) was established by the University of Birmingham (UK) and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA) has been flourishing for a decade.
Research Areas
Together, we have created a flourishing network of faculty relationships, generating impressive research results and funding successes. There are now dozens of active research relationships across a wide range of disciplines.
Joint Funding
Through mutual investment, a joint research fund has been established by both universities to which faculty members from each institution are encouraged to apply.
Since 2014, we’ve…
Latest News
BRIDGE Alliance marks tenth year of collaboration with $600,000 investment in joint research
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Birmingham are tripling their investment in their partnership to develop new signature research collaborations.
BRIDGE Spotlight: Introducing BRIDGE Water Fellow Dr. Sophie Comer-Warner
Analicia Haynes interviews current Prof. Sophie Comer-Warner, an assistant professor of Aquatic Biogeochemistry and the current BRIDGE Fellow in Water Sciences at Illinois.
A Partnership to Remember: Understanding BRIDGE
Analicia Haynes traces the history of the University of Birmingham and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign partnership back to the turn of the century in celebration of the 10-year anniversary.
