ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
ESRC/Department for International Development Joint Scheme for Research on International Development (Poverty Alleviation)
• Award winner: Catherine M. Campbell
• Institution: London School of Economics
• Value: £404,280
How can schools help African children cope with the impacts of disease and poverty? An investigation of "AIDS-competent" schools in rural Zimbabwe
• Award winner: Facundo Alvaredo
• Institution: Paris School of Economics (Ecole d'Economie de Paris)
• Value: £502,886
The long-run history of economic inequality
• Award winner: Katherine Brickell
• Institution: Royal Holloway, University of London
• Value: £196,355
Lay and institutional knowledge of domestic violence law: towards active citizenship in rural and urban Cambodia
• Award winner: Dorothea J. Kleine
• Institution: Royal Holloway, University of London
• Value: £282,753
Leveraging buying power for development - ethical consumption and public procurement in Chile and Brazil
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH
Health Technology Assessment programme
• Award winner: Anthony Guy Marson
• Institution: Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Value: £2,012,384
A pragmatic randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of levetiracetam and zonisamide versus standard treatments for epilepsy: a comparison of standard and new anti-epileptic drugs (SANAD-II)
• Award winner: Paul Little
• Institution: University of Southampton
• Value: £1,090,461
Positive Online Weight Reduction (POWER)
Public Health Research programme
• Award winner: Harry Sumnall
• Institution: Liverpool John Moores University
• Value: £1,044,370
School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Programme (SHAHRP), Talking to Children About Tough Issues (TATI) and Alcohol Misuse Prevention Programme (STAMPP)
LEVERHULME TRUST
Research Project Grants Basic sciences
• Award winner: Iain Ridgway
• Institution: Bangor University
• Value: £36,020
Accurate demographic analysis of the ocean quahog
• Award winner: Ben Rowson
• Institution: National Museum of Wales
• Value: £87,218
Slugs of the British Isles: a guide to species and a screening of the fauna
IN DETAIL
• Award winner: Jennifer Logue
• Institution: University of Glasgow
• Value: £2,124,030
Surgical Obesity Treatment Study (SCOTS)
The study will collect data on every patient in Scotland having weight-loss surgery to monitor a number of details including weight, nutrient levels in their blood, any complications (wound infections or need for a second operation), heart attacks, mortality and quality of life (does it improve and do they feel more or less anxious/depressed after surgery?). It will analyse patients for 10 years after surgery. Patients will be sent a blood form at six months, then annually, and will attend a local GP practice for blood tests and weight checks. If the results are abnormal, the surgeon will be informed and the patient will be sent to get a full nutrient blood test. These results will be returned to the surgeons and GPs. Patients will report any quality of life, psychological and surgical complications themselves.