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Research awards

(31 May 2002)

Research grants have been awarded to members of staff from Chemistry, Community and Youth Work Studies Unit, Geography, Linguistics and English Language and Physics.

Chemistry
Professor T Marder
Study Abroad Fellowship - Catalysed Functionalisation of C-H Bonds
£1,153 - The Leverhulme Trust


Community and Youth Work Studies Unit
Ms Jean Spence
Capacity building of new and emerging community organisations through the can-do organisational inventory
£3,800 - The Scarman Trust


Geography
Dr J Warburton
Undergraduate Research Bursaries 2002 - A laboratory investigation into the entrainment of large peat blocks and effects on sedimentation in gravel-bed rivers
£1,227 - The Nuffield Foundation


Linguistics and English Language
Professor A Holmberg
Null Subjects and the Structure of Parametric Theory
£371,753 - Arts and Humanities Research Board


Physics
- Dr C M Baugh
Undergraduate Research Bursaries 2002 - The Quintessential Universe
£1,450 - The Nuffield Foundation

- Dr S M Cole
Undergraduate Research Bursaries 2002 - Gravitational instability in quasi-regular mass distributions
£1,450 - The Nuffield Foundation

- Dr D P Hampshire
Undergraduate Research Bursaries 2002 - The effect of cyclic strain on the critical current of Nb3Sn
£1,080 - The Nuffield Foundation

- Dr I G Hughes
Undergraduate Research Bursaries 2002 - Refractive index variation in an electomagnetically induced transparent medium
£1,350 - The Nuffield Foundation


For assistance on research grants applications contact the REDSS office on d7600.