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Research Awards - April 2004

(6 May 2004)

In April 2004 funding was secured by staff in the following departments: Archaeology, Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geography, Mathematical Sciences, Physics, Politics.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Professor I Bailiff: Luminescence dating of bricks from St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles, Dorset - English Heritage £6,300

Dr R Carter: Archaeological and Geomorphological Survey of Coastal Iran (Bushehr Province) - The British Academy £4,880
Archaeological Survey of Coastal Iran- Society of Antiquaries of London £1,500

Dr J Chapman: The prehistoric exploitation of salt in Bulgaria - Society of Antiquaries of London £2,000

Dr G Philip: Settlement and Landscape Development in the Homs Region, Syria - Council for British Research in the Levant £7,000

Dr Mark White: The Dover Hinterland Palaeolithic Project - Society of Antiquaries of London £1,500

BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Dr P Chazot: PhD Studentship - Probing the NMDA NR2B Subunit - Pfizer Inc. £27,651

Dr C Jahoda: Characterisation of a novel adult stem cell population from hair follicle dermistesting functional competency - BBSRC £289,664
Conversion of epithelia into skin for therapeutic purposes - Medical Research Council £314,466

EARTH SCIENCES
Dr R E Holdsworth: The commercialisation of GAVA - Geospatial acquisition, visualisation and analysis: a new tool for field-based scientists - NERC £86,378.17
(Co-investigators: Dr K J W McCaffrey - Earth Sciences, Dr R W Hobbs - Earth Sciences)

GEOGRAPHY
Professor J D Rigg: Project Cycle Management and Participatory Methodologies - European Commission £21,173.61

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Dr R A W Gregory: Post-Strings Conference 2004 - PPARC
£4,115

PHYSICS
Professor W J Stirling: High Energy Physics - Commonwealth Fellowship Mr Prakash Mathews - The Association of Commonwealth Universities £1,750

Professor C S Frenk: Leverhulme Visiting Professorship - Professor Julio Fernando Navarro - The Leverhulme Trust £36,750

Dr M Gierlinski: Postdoctoral Fellowship - X-ray Spectra from Accreting Compact Objects - PPARC £111,719

Dr G D Love: An Adaptable Imaging Camera: Part B - PPARC £86,620.63

Professor B K Tanner: Novel atom scale characterisation of advanced thin film structures - EPSRC £77,004

POLITICS
Dr R Wittlinger: History and identity in United Germany: new debates about Germany's past - The British Academy £4,910