Grant winners - 16 January 2014

Royal Society

University Research Fellowships

• Award winner: Constantinos Papageorgakis
• Institution: Queen Mary University of London
• Value: £440,397

Using Yang-Mills theory to understand objects with five spatial dimensions in M-theory (M5-branes)

• Award winner: Yulia Yuzenkova
• Institution: Newcastle University
• Value: £4,141

Mechanisms of cyanobacterial transcription

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Research Grants

• Award winner: Simon McQueen-Mason
• Institution: University of York
• Value: £2,820,184

Learning from marine wood borers: enzymes and mechanisms of lignocellulose digestion

• Award winner: Sarah Zylinski
• Institution: University of Leeds
• Value: £353,593

Investigating depth perception in non-human vision using the dynamic camouflage of cuttlefish

National Institute for Health Research

Health Technology Assessment Programme

• Award winner: Jonathan Sterne
• Institution: University of Bristol
• Value: £240,193

What is/are the best oral anticoagulant/s for primary prevention, treatment and secondary prevention of venous thromboembolic disease, and for prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation?

• Award winner: Hazel Everitt
• Institution: University of Southampton
• Value: £1,232,554

ACTIB (assessing cognitive behavioural therapy in irritable bowel): a randomised controlled trial of clinical and cost-effectiveness of therapist-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy and web-based self-management in irritable bowel syndrome

Leverhulme Trust

Research Project Grants
Sciences

• Award winner: Robert Leech
• Institution: Imperial College London
• Value: £175,806

Vocal learning and the importance of noise

• Award winner: Aris Karastergiou
• Institution: University of Oxford
• Value: £230,685

Real-time discovery on next-generation telescopes with graphics processing units

• Award winner: Mark Brosnan
• Institution: University of Bath
• Value: £210,761

Computer-delivered social stories to reduce challenging behaviour in ASD

• Award winner: Larry Bull
• Institution: University of the West of England
• Value: £92,420

Embodied evolutionary computing design: vertical axis wind turbine case study

Humanities

• Award winner: William Lyons
• Institution: University of Bristol
• Value: £244,911

Scripture, dissent and deaf space: St Saviour’s, Oxford Street

In detail

Award winner: Jules Holroyd
Institution: University of Nottingham
Value: £220,608

Bias and blame: do moral interactions modulate the expression of implicit bias?

This project will explore whether moral interactions – such as being blamed or being held responsible – are useful tools for regulating implicit bias. Studies have shown that implicit biases – automatic associations made without reflective control – can lead to unintentionally different or unfair treatment of stigmatised individuals. Such biases are common, resistant to deliberate moderation, and significant influences on judgement and action. Psychologists and philosophers have developed and tried strategies to regulate implicit bias, but none has looked into holding individuals responsible. This is what the team will investigate.