National Institute for Health Research
Health Technology Assessment Programme
- Award winner: Gavin D. Perkins
- Institution: University of Warwick
- Value: £1,8,762
Protocolised trial of invasive and non-invasive weaning off ventilation
- Award winner: Alex Georges Copello
- Institution: University of Birmingham
- Value: £528,563
Adaptation and feasibility study of a family and social network intervention for young people who misuse alcohol and drugs
Public Health Research programme
- Award winner: Wouter Poortinga
- Institution: Cardiff University
- Value: £739,600
The health impacts of structural energy performance investments in Wales: an evaluation of the Arbed programme
Health Services and Delivery Research Programme
- Award winner: Joe Sanderson
- Institution: University of Birmingham
- Value: £90,460
Towards a framework for enhancing procurement and supply chain management practice in the NHS: lessons for managers and clinicians from a synthesis of the theoretical and empirical literature
- Award winner: Stephanie Jan MacNeill
- Institution: Imperial College London
- Value: £241,288
Quality improvement in cystic fibrosis: what can we learn from each other?
Royal Society
Wolfson Research Merit Awards
Awards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancement
- Award winner: Jonathan Oppenheim
- Institution: University College London
Quantum information science: tools and applications for fundamental physics
- Award winner: Oliver Phillips
- Institution: University of Leeds
Tropical forests in the changing earth system
- Award winner: Ian Smail
- Institution: Durham University
The physics of the formation of massive galaxies
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Responsive Mode Research Grants
- Award winner: John Hill
- Institution: Royal Holloway, University of London
- Value: £535,203
The history of forgotten television drama in the UK
- Award winner: Richard Rodger
- Institution: University of Edinburgh
- Value: £633,168
Mapping Edinburgh’s social history (Mesh): a capital digital resource
In detail
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Alzheimer’s Research UK and other funding agencies
Award winner: Roxana Carare
Institution: University of Southampton
Value: £1 million
Physiology of perivascular drainage of the brain and how it is affected by advancing age
In research into the neurophysiology of ageing, “it is essential to have a firm understanding of the normal brain and its functions”, said Dr Carare, senior lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine. “Our research will help to clarify the normal physiology of drainage pathways for fluid and solutes from the brain and the effects that age has upon these pathways. We hope that within five years enough will be known about the physiology of lymphatic drainage of the brain to embark upon devising therapies that facilitate the perivascular elimination of peptide amyloid-ß from the brain for increasing well-being and delaying the onset of cognitive decline in the elderly.”