Grant winners - 1 August 2013

National Institute for Health Research

Health Services and Delivery Research Programme

• Award winner: Andrew David Judge
• Institution: University of Oxford
• Value: £532,390

Models of care for the delivery of secondary fracture prevention after hip fracture: a health service cost, clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness study within the South Central Region

• Award winner: Gill Hubbard
• Institution: University of Stirling
• Value: £666,262

The use of cardiac rehabilitation services to aid the recovery of colorectal cancer patients: a pilot randomised controlled trial with embedded feasibility study

• Award winner: Jenny Shaw
• Institution: University of Manchester
• Value: £653,798

The effectiveness of the older prisoner health and social care assessment and plan (OHSCAP): a randomised controlled trial

Royal Society

Wolfson Research Merit Awards

Awards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancement

• Award winner: Daniel Kroening
• Institution: University of Oxford

Program analysis with abstract satisfaction

• Award winner: Stephan Lewandowsky
• Institution: University of Bristol

The (mis)information revolution: information seeking and knowledge transmission

• Award winner: Anne Neville
• Institution: University of Leeds

Understanding surfaces at the centre of engineering system performance

• Award winner: David O’Hagan
• Institution: University of St Andrews

Translating discoveries in organofluorine chemistry into practical applications

Science and Technology Facilities Council

• Award winner: Martin Beevers
• Institution: Aston University
• Value: £63,194

Using structural correlations to inform the development of longer lasting dental restorations

Leverhulme Trust

Research Project Grants
Sciences

• Award winner: Gareth Jones
• Institution: University of Bristol
• Value: £201,136

Ecosystem services, bats and biodiversity: an evidence-based approach in Malawi

• Award winner: Tim Lenton
• Institution: University of Exeter
• Value: £224,415

Controls on ocean redox structure and atmospheric oxygen during the Proterozoic

Nuffield Foundation

Research and Innovation Grants

• Award winner: Andrew Noyes
• Institution: University of Nottingham
• Value: £148,984

Rethinking the value of advanced mathematics participation

In detail

Award winner: Denes Szucs
Institution: University of Cambridge
Value: £201,633

Understanding the origins and experience of mathematics anxiety in primary and secondary school pupils

Some children and adults suffer from mathematics anxiety, a debilitating emotional reaction that ranges from feelings of mild tension to strong fear. This study will provide an in-depth understanding of the emotional roots of mathematics anxiety in primary and secondary school children, and raise awareness among teachers, parents and psychologists. The results will enable the team to identify triggers and to understand coping mechanisms and the interaction of anxiety and performance. This will help to determine how mathematics anxiety can be avoided, how existing anxiety can be alleviated and how positive attitudes towards maths can be promoted.