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Research Awards - November 2004

(7 December 2004)

Research grants have recently been awarded to staff from a number of university departments:

Dr S Bell: EUMON - EU-wide monitoring methods and systems of surveillance for species and habitats of community interest
European Commission, £95,209

Dr C Panter-Brick: Growth and gut damage: a new hypothesis Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
£13,514

Dr T M Pollard: Early life influences on women’s reproductive function and health - Conference Award
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, £4,161

Applied Social Sciences

Professor T Blackman: PhD Support - Jonathan Wistow
Hartlepool Borough Council, £10,500

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Dr C L Thompson: Biochemistry and proteomics of 5-HT2C/PSD95 and stargazing/PSD95 complexes in frontal cortex
Institut de Recherches Servier, £46,500

CAHHM

Mr M J White: Arts and Health Action Plan
Arts Council of England, £1,000 (Extension to existing award)

Chemistry

Dr L R Hutchings: The microscale polymer processing consortium for macromolecular engineering: toolbox development and application
EPSRC, £660,402
(co-investigator: Dr N Clarke, Chemistry)

Dr E Khosravi (): Syntesis of well-defined supported initiator for preparing of polymer brushes - International Incoming Short Visit - Dr Sevil Cetinkaya/Turkey
The Royal Society, £4,382

Dr P J Low (): Spectroelectrochemical characterisation of unusually conjugated systems International Joint Project - Dr Frantisek Hartl/Netherlands
The Royal Society, £9,200

Dr P J Low: 2004 Inorganic and Organometallic Specialist Group Conference Conference Grant - New Zealand
The Royal Society, £1,500

Dr P G Steel: Silenes - novel reagents for organic synthesis? International Joint Project - Dr Carl Henrik Ottosson/Sweden
The Royal Society, £10,400

Dr R L Thompson: Extended range ion beam analysis system
EPSRC, £22,453

Computer Science

Dr S S Dantchev: Senior Visiting Fellowship in Communications
Royal Academy of Engineering, £4,180

Geography

Dr L J Bracken: Developing tools for interdisciplinary research: physical and social science perspectives on the use of rural catchments
ESRC, £10,427
(in collaboration with University of Newcastle)

Professor R I Ferguson: Gravel-bar dynamics: testing a 2-D modelling approach
NERC, £2,933.40
(transferred from University of Sheffield)

Dr H Lovell: Postdoctoral Fellowship
ESRC, £26,498
(transferred from Edinburgh University)

Physics

Dr D P Hampshire: Fabricating disordered high-magnetic-field nanocrystalline superconductors using milling and hot isostatic pressing
EPSRC, £358,266

Professor W J Stirling: CEDAR: Combined EScience Data Analysis Resource for High Energy Physics
PPARC, £81,428
(in collaboration with University College London)

School of Applied Social Sciences

Dr S Duggan: Pupils First Project
Sunderland LEA, £8,070

School of Engineering

Dr L Ran: Fault-tolerant, low-cost power conversion and control for variable-speed generators
EPSRC, £226,473
(co-investigator: Dr J Bumby, School of Engineering)

Professor S Salous: A study for systems at 60GHz and above
Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC, £37,500

Dr D G Toll: Biological and engineering impacts of climate change on slopes (BIONICS)
EPSRC, £73,695
(in collaboration with University of Newcastle)