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Research Awards – December 2004

(10 January 2005)

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

Professor R H Layton: British Conference Grant - The causes of recent warfare
The British Academy, £1,709

Dr C Panter-Brick: Growth and gut damage: A new hypothesis
International outgoing short visit - Dr Dharma Sharna Manandhar/Nepal
The Royal Society, £2,558

Business School

Dr R M McMurray: What makes a good ‘first-contact’ nurse in primary care? A national study of patient perspectives and nurse aspirations
Department of Health, £9,830

CASS

Professor G Glover: Child Health Services Mapping Project
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Strategic Health Authority, £36,750

CEM Centre

Dr R J Coe: Funding for Increased Flexibility Programme - Cohort 3
Empirical Research into Attitudes of IFP Students, Learning & Skills Council, £3,000

Dr R J Coe: Funding for Increased Flexibility Programme - Cohort 3
Empirical Research into Attitudes of IFP Students, Learning & Skills Council, £10,000

Chemistry

Dr K S Coleman: The chemical modification of single-walled carbon nanotubes and their use in nanocomposite materials
EPSRC, £205,757

Professor D Parker: Structural chemistry of materials - Academic Fellowship
EPSRC, £125,000
(Linked to EPSRC awards for:- Dr P G Steel, Chemistry: Professor R A Abram, Physics & Professor M S C O’Neill, English)

Dr P G Steel: Bioactive Chemistry - Academic Fellowship
EPSRC, £250,000
(Linked to EPSRC awards for:- Professor D Parker, Chemistry: Professor R A Abram, Physics & Professor M S C O’Neill, English)

Earth Sciences

Professor J P Davidson: Mechanisms and timescales of eruption triggering
NERC, £196,122.03

English

Professor M S C O’Neill: Literature and medicine, - Academic Fellowship
EPSRC, £125,000
(Linked to EPSRC awards for:- Professor D Parker, Chemistry: Professor R A Abram, Physics & Dr P G Steel, Chemistry)

Professor S Regan: Writing England: Time and Place in Modern Fiction
The British Council Poland, £1,500

Geography

Dr M Watson: Designing and consuming: objects, practices and processes
ESRC, £103,009
(in collaboration with Lancaster University)

Physics

Professor R A Abram: Nanoscale physics - Academic Fellowship
EPSRC, £125,000
(Linked to EPSRC awards for:- Professor D Parker, Chemistry: Dr P G Steel, Chemistry & Professor M S C O’Neill, English)

Professor C S Adams: Single-atom addressability in a 3D quasi-electrostatic lattice: neutral atom quantum gates
EPSRC, £364,556
(co-investigator: Dr S L Cornish, Physics)

Dr P J Edwards: From fundamental particle to galaxies and the universe: provision of resources
PPARC, £7,111

Dr C G Lacey: Star formation and galaxy evolution - International Incoming Short Visit - Dr Hector Julian Martinez/Argentina
The Royal Society, £4,232

School of Engineering

Dr T D Short: Design for sustainable development: the role played by developing countries - International outgoing short visit - Eng. Albert Butare/Rwanda
The Royal Society, £3,682

School for Health

Professor P J Degeling: Harnessing strategic asset planning and management in support of service improvement
Department of Health, £652,976