LEVERHULME TRUST
Research Project Grants
Sciences
- Award winner: Peter Meyer
- Institution: University of Leeds
- Value: £101,765
Dissecting an ancient but hitherto cryptic function of DNA methyltransferases
- Award winner: William B. Motherwell
- Institution: University College London
- Value: £155,648
Studies of non-covalent interactions of functional groups with pi systems
- Award winner: Neil Oldham
- Institution: University of Nottingham
- Value: £153,221
Trans-polyketide synthases and their products: making the connection
Leadership Award
Award winner: Will Pettigrew
Institution: University of Kent
Value: £818,692
Corporations and cultural hybridisation: English overseas trading companies in the 17th century and the development of a global dialogue about governance
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH
Health Technology Assessment programme
- Award winner: Saul Nicholas Faust
- Institution: Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Value: £261,324
Duration of intravenous antibiotic therapy for children with acute osteomyelitis or septic arthritis: a feasibility study
- Award winner: Nefyn Williams
- Institution: Bangor University
- Value: £519,537
FEMuR: fracture in the elderly multidisciplinary rehabilitation - developing a multidisciplinary rehabilitation package following hip fracture
- Award winner: Adnan Tufail
- Institution: Moorfields Eye Hospital
- Value: £385,488
Can automated diabetic retinopathy image assessment softwares replace one or more steps of manual imaging grading and is this cost-effective for the NHS diabetic eye-screening programme?
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
Responsive Mode Grants
- Award winner: Darren Griffin
- Institution: University of Kent
- Value: £535,554
Genome assembly, chromosomal organisation and comparative genomics of multiple bird species: beyond “catalogue of genes”
- Award winner: Martin Warren
- Institution: University of Kent
- Value: £481,242
Development of cobalamin surrogates as probes and carriers through synthetic and chemical biology approaches
IN DETAIL
European Regional Development Fund
Award winner Helen Fogg
- Institution Lancaster University Management School with four higher education partners
- Value £5 million: £2.5 million in ERDF grant funding, plus £2.5 million in matched funding
- Fusion: development of innovative products, technologies and services across London-based small- and medium-sized enterprises
The Fusion initiative aims to support up to 1,000 ambitious small- and medium-sized enterprises in the creative and digital industries to innovate and grow - accessing new markets, and offering new services, technologies and products. Led by Lancaster University Management School, the consortium of higher education institutions delivering the project includes Queen Mary, University of London, the Centre for Creative Collaboration (University of London), the Council for Industry and Higher Education and the Royal College of Art. London Fusion will offer a range of support from the partners which will be tailored to meet the needs of growth-focused companies. The project will run for two years.