Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Research Grants
- Award winner: Brian Shiels
- Institution: University of Glasgow
- Value: £428,822
Molecular epidemiology of ticks and tick-borne disease, host resistance and development of novel pathogen vaccines
- Award winner: David Middleton
- Institution: Lancaster University
- Value: £338,401
Compatibility rules for glycosaminoglycan-amyloid interactions
- Award winner: Fiona Tomley
- Institution: Royal Veterinary College, University of London
- Value: £311,446
An integrated model of host-parasite interactions in coccidian parasites
- Award winner: Rivka Isaacson
- Institution: King’s College London
- Value: £333,534
The structure and function of SGTA, a key regulator of protein quality control
Leverhulme Trust
International Network Grants
Sciences
- Award winner: Phil Green
- Institution: University of Sheffield
- Value: £124,994
A cloud-based computational resource for clinical and educational applications of speech technology
Social sciences
- Award winner: David Benson
- Institution: University of Exeter
- Value: £120,657
Integrated water resources management as an approach for climate change adaptation: comparative lesson drawing
Research Project Grants
- Award winner: Jon May
- Institution: Plymouth University
- Value: £246,061
In the dancer’s mind: creativity, novelty and the imagination
National Institute for Health Research
Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme
- Award winner: Ajit Lalvani
- Institution: Imperial College London
- Value: £1.2 million
Validation of new technologies for diagnostic evaluation of tuberculosis (VANTDET)
- Award winner: Julian Teare
- Institution: Imperial College London
- Value: £1.6 million
A randomised controlled trial of a duodenal sleeve bypass device (Endobarrier) compared with standard medical therapy for the management of obese subjects with type 2 diabetes
Economic and Social Research Council
ESRC/DFID Joint Scheme for Poverty Alleviation Research
- Award winner: Tobias Kelly
- Institution: University of Edinburgh
- Value: £499,912
A comparative analysis of the documentation of torture and ill-treatment in low-income countries
In detail
Award winners: Theo Farrell (PI), Antonio Giustozzi and Michael Semple
Institutions: King’s College London and Queen’s University Belfast
Value: £330,000
The Taliban’s War: The Other Side of the Afghan Conflict, 2001-15
This project will employ oral history and work with Afghan field researchers to examine how the Taliban have planned, fought and experienced the war in Afghanistan since 2001. It will examine the resilience of Taliban insurgency and assess the prospects for reconciliation after the withdrawal of Western combat forces at the end of this year. It is based on a pilot study of the war and builds on talks by Theo Farrell and Michael Semple with senior Taliban figures that explored Taliban perspectives on reconciliation.
