• Jack Baker. 'Enhancing the Impact of Botanical Collections on Policy for Climate & Conservation Outcomes'. Collaborative Doctoral Partnership between RBGE and the University of Edinburgh, funded by the AHRC. 
• Claire Banks. 'Company Drawings of Natural History: the Evolution of Techniques and Materials'. Collaborative Doctoral Award between RBGE, the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh, funded by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities, which focuses on the natural history drawings commissioned by Dr.Francis Buchanan-Hamilton. 
• Dr Sarah MacAllister. 'Plants and Pedagogy: the Role of Female Botanical Artists in Medical Education, 1726-1961'. Collaborative Doctoral Partnership between RBGE and the University of Bristol, funded by the AHRC. 

These projects build on the pioneering research being undertaken by Dr Henry Noltie to understand the Indian Company illustrations held at RBGE, Kew and the NHM, London, research by Dr Mark Watson on the historical collectors in Nepal and India and the work of the Centre for Middle Eastern Plants (CMEP) to tackle societal challenges with in-country partners.