UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
New and supplementary research grants and contracts awarded and announced during 2004-2005 were as listed below.The total value was £32,217,521.
Abbreviations
AHRC Arts & Humanities Research CouncilBBSRC Biotechnology and Biological SciencesCCLRC Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research CouncilsCEC Commission of the European CommunitiesDEFRA Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilESRC Economic and Social Research CouncilMRC Medical Research CouncilNERC Natural Environment Research CouncilPPARC Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANCIENT HISTORY
Dr P Beavitt Early Metal Working in Borneo£3,630 British Academy
Dr N Christie The Wallingford Burg to Borough Research Project£3,500 Marc Fitch Fund
Prof L Foxhall Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship£31,250 Humboldt Foundation
San Salvatore: Greek Settlement in Upland Calabria£19,386 British Academy
Bova Marina Archaeological Project, Umbro Greek site£2,500 Society of Antiquaries
Prof C HaselgroveTraprain Law Environs Project (Post-Excavation Year 1)£10,000 Historic Scotland
Prof M Palmer Supplement - Industrial Archaeology Liaison Officer and Database Manager£28,777 Association for Industrial Archaeology
Dr M PluciennikArchaeology of the Torcicoda Valley£18,400 British Academy
Prof C RugglesSpatial Perception in a Desert Environment: A Contextual Study of Geoglyphs in South Coastal Peru£146,300 Asociacion Cultural Peruano Britanica
Dr S TarlowUniversity of CambridgeChanging Beliefs of the Human Body: A Comparative Social Perspective£142,633 Leverhulme Trust
Dr M Van der VeenThe Roman and Islamic Spice Trade£500 British Academy
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Dr R YoungThe Archaeology of Dir, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan£6,470 British Academy
International Hindu Kush Symposium£900 Royal Society
BIOCHEMISTRY
Prof C BagshawGreen fluorescent proteins: exploiting their photophysical complexities£107,554 The Leverhulme Trust
Dr M CarrSupplement - NMR-Based Structural Studies Of The M Bovis Protien MPB70£5,000 Veterinary Laboratories Agency
Prof D CritchleySupplement - Role of the cytoskeletal protein vinculin in focal adhesion dynamics and cell motility£13,892 Cancer Research UK
Wellcome Trust Vacation Studentship - Mr A Seager£1,320 Wellcome Trust
Co-Investigator, Dr C Pritchard, BiochemistryGenetic, Cellular & Structural Studies on the Integrin-Associated Cytoskeletal Protein Talin£1,329,337 Wellcome Trust
Dr M DickensVacation Studentship: Investigation of JIP3 Binding Partners by Yeast Two-Hybrid Analysis£1,320 The Wellcome Trust
Prof I EperonCorrecting splicing: development of therapies based on targeted oligonucleotide enhancers of splicing£304,903 Wellcome Trust
CNBP - a novel splicing modulator?£3,982 Royal Society
Co-investigator, Dr H Rahman, BiochemistryWorld Programme Fellowship £5,050 EMBO
Co-investigator, Prof N Samani, Cardiovascular ScienceExon repetition: trans-splicing linked to cis-transcription£186,508 MRC
Prof P Farmer Supplement - Molecular biomarkers of dose and effect of genotoxins£107,932 MRC
Dr A FryCo-ordinate regulation of the microtubule anchoring protein Nlp by the Nek2 and Plk1 centrosome Kinases£233,492 BBSRC
Identification and validation of NeK2 kinase inhibitors (Year 1)£78,592 Cancer Research UK
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Co-investigator, Dr M Pfuhl, BiochemistryStructure-function analysis of the dimerization domain of the Nek2 protein kinase£75,000 Hope Foundation for Cancer Research
Examining the role of Nek6, Nek7 and Nek9 protein kinases in cell cycle progression and spindle assembly in Xenopus laevis£170,622 The Wellcome Trust
Characterising the interaction between the cell cycle regulated NEK2A protein kinase and protein phosphate 1£1,600 The Biochemical Society
Supplement - Identification and validation of NeK2 kinase inhibitors£10,000 Cancer Research UK
Case Studentship£15,000 Millenium Pharmaceuticals
Dr D HeerySupplement - Structure/Function Analysis of the Leukemogenic Fusion protein MOZ-TIF2 and the wild type MOZ protein (year 3)£640 Cancer Research UK
Dr D LeysMolecules at metabolic cross-roads: structural biology of promiscuous molecules£30,000 European Molecular Biology Organization
Dr O MakarovaStudy of alternative splicing by purification of early spliceosomal complexes and comparative proteomic analysis£257,988 BBSRC
Dr M MansonSupplement - Chemoprevention Of Cancer - Molecular Mechanistic Studies£120,040 MRC
Dr S MonkleyValue in People Award£33,019 Wellcome Trust
Prof A MunroConference Grant£1,000 Royal Society
Royal Society Senior Research Fellowship Scheme 2004£31,226 Royal Society
Co-investigator, Dr D Leys, BiochemistryConstruction of a biotechnologically versatile and stable oxygenase biocatalyst£209,305 BBSRC
Dr J NormanSupplement - Kinase control of avB3 intregrin recycling£15,123 Wellcome Trust
Co-investigator, Dr I Barsukov, BiochemistryRole of the paxillin/poly(A)-binding protein 1 complex in mRNA trafficking during cell migration£216,359 BBSRC
Supplement: Endosomal recycling pathways and the control of angiogenesis£41,086 Cancer Research UK
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Dr M PfuhlNMR solution structural studies of the interaction between domains C5 and C8 of cardiac Myosin Binding Protein C£65,992 British Heart Foundation
Dr C PritchardSupplement - Use of gene targeting to study the role of the Raf protein kinases in cell signalling£44,686 Cancer Research UK
Prof N ScruttonIndustrial CASE Studentship - towards robust and specific alkane and hydrocarbon hydroxylase catalysts£6,000 Belle Technology
Co-investigator, Prof A Munro, BiochemistryMechanistic and structural basis of uphill electron transfer and reductive methylation in the human MS-MSR electron transfer complex£237,482 BBSRC
Dr J WoodwardCo-investigator, Prof N Scrutton, BiochemistryExternal Magnetic Fields & Human Health: A Link To Biological Enzyme Reaction Systems£46,500 The Colt Foundation
BIOCHEMISTRY / CHEMISTRY
Prof N Scrutton / Dr J Woodward Co-investigator:, Prof A Munro, BiochemistryExternal magnetic fields and human health: a link to biological enzyme reaction systems£78,307 EMF Biological Research Trust
BIOLOGY
Dr D Harper Achieving sustainable lakes in Kenya's Rift Valley£31,586 Earthwatch Institute
Prof P Heslop-Harrison Cryogenic detectors£15,000 HEROBC
Generation Challenge Programme: Unlocking Genetic Diversity in Crops for the Resource Poor£16,292 INIBAP
Development of sustainable wheat production systems via hybridization and molecular cytogenetics£4,000 USDA
Dr P JarvisElucidating the function of the chloroplast protein import apparatus component, Tic40£243,713 BBSRC
Supplement - Royal Society Rosenheim Research Fellowship - Molecular - Genetic Analysis of chloroplast protein import in Arabidopsis Thaliana - Yr 5 expenses£11,000 Royal Society
Dr E MallonCompetition and relatedness in the evolution of virulence£14,366 Royal Society
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Competition and relatedness in the evolution of virulence£24,070 British Ecological Society
Immune response affects flower choice in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris£4,175 Asssociation for the study of animal behaviour
The energetic cost of the immune response in bumblebees£1,386 The Nuffield Foundation
Dr T MathesonNeuronal integration underlying the computation of limb trajectory£29,082 BBSRC
Plasticity in neuronal circuits driving aimed limb movements£307,977 BBSRC
Dr S MollerDissecting SUF-protein mediated Fe-S cluster biogenesis and repair in Arabidopsis plastids£242,967 BBSRC
Automated fluorescence screening for plastid division mutants£14,940 The Royal Society
Chloroplast genetic engineering: Environmentally safe transgenic plants£116,578 Leverhulme Trust
Dr E RosatoMolecular analysis of Dropsophila cryptochrome£334,824 BBSRC
Co-investigators, Prof C Kyriacou, Genetics & Dr T Gaten, BiologyGene function in Antartic krill: determining the role of clock-genes in sychronised behavioural patterns£226,896 NERC
Dr C SmithAdaptation and co-evolution in an unusual spawning relationship£18,547 Leverhulme Trust
Prof D Twell 18th International Congress of Sexual Plant Reproduction£1,200 Royal Society
Functional analysis of two cell cycle regulators required for male-germ line development in Arabidopsis£254,523 BBSRC
Bioinformatic and functional analysis of late gametophytic regulatory elements£6,000 Royal Society
Prof G WhitelamPesticide biomarker antibodies£78,450 ADAS
Supplement - TSE Strain Typing£34,500 ADAS
Milk Clearance£5,000 ADAS
Intersection of Phytochrome Signalling and Temperature Acclimation in Arabidopsis£237,024 BBSRC
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
CANCER STUDIES AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Dr S AblettSupplement - UKCCSG Group - Data Centre - Yr 1£100,000 Cancer Research UK
Supplement - SIOP Nephroblastoma Clinical Trial and Study£1,500 Cancer Research UK
Supplement - Ewing tumour studies 1999£43,139 Cancer Research UK
Supplement - SIOP Nephroblastoma Clinical Trial and Study£27,044 Cancer Research UK
Co-investigator, Dr K Pritchard Jones, Cancer Studies & Molecular MedicineSupplement - UKCCSG Tumour Bank£47,000 Cancer Research UK
Co-investigators, Dr K Pritchard Jones, Cancer Studies & Molecular MedicineTissue Banks UKCCSG Tumour Bank (Year 1)£200,629 Cancer Research UK
Supplement - Hyperfractionated versus conventionally fractioned radiotherapy in standard risk medulloblastoma£38,184 Cancer Research UK
New Agents and pharmacology equipment grant£4,000 CRUK
Co-investigator: Prof R Walker, Cancer Studies and Molecular MedicineSIOP-LGG 2003: Co-Operative multi-centre study for children and adolescents with low grade glioma£30,845 CRUK
Support for CNS Tumour Trials£393,359 Samantha Dickson (Brain Tumour) Research Trust
Newcastle Pharmacology Studies£20,250 Cancer Research UK
Dr M EvansEstablishing the Utility of Fluorescence in Situ Hybridisation in Combination with the Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis ('comet') Assay£870 Biochemical Society
Prof A GescherGrant in Aid of Research£2,000 Indena SpA
Prof J Jankowski ASPirin and Esomeprazole Chemoprevention Trial (ASPECT)£70,129 Cancer Research UK
Unrestricted Educational Grant£54,000 AstraZeneca via UHL
Dr G Jones To Assess the Effects of Ionising Radiation Exposure on the Bio-Decontamination Efficacy of VHP£8,035 STERIS
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Alison Wilson Fellowship - A Study to Establish a Genetic Basis for Bladder Cancer Cell Radiosensitivity£15,000 Hope Foundation
Supplement - PhD Studentship - Gabriela Martinho de Almeida£500 Portuguese Ministry for Science and Technology
Dr J PringleInvestigation of Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms on the response of T-cells to Vitamin D Therapy in Psoriasis£59,856 Psoriasis Association
Dr J ShawCo-investigator, Prof RA Walker, Cancer Studies & Molecular MedicineNovel gene expression changes in breast cancers in young women£5,000 University Hospitals of Leicester
Characterisation of tumour specific plama DNA from breast cancer patients£4,000 University Hospitals of Leicester
Prof W StewardPurchase of specific items for aiding cancer research£95,000 John Hobley Charitable Trust
Dr J ThorpeTea Polyphenols as Prostate Cancer Prevention Agents£24,644 Prostate Cancer Research Foundation
Prof R WalkerUse of novel tumour markers in predicting response to endocrine therapy in the elderly with breast cancer£4,000 University Hospitals of Leicester
Functional significance of altered tenascin isoform expression in breast cancer£5,000 University Hospitals of Leicester
Tumour suppressor role of myoepithelial cells£4,000 University Hospitals of Leicester
Dr I WhiteReceptor Mediated Toxicity£82,636 MRC
CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES
Dr N BrindleRegulation of endothelial function by Tie1 RIP signalling£134,336 British Heart Foundation
Development of Novel Methods for Identification of Therapeutic Targets in Vascular Disease£315,247 Medisearch
Dr K ChitkaraCo-investigator, Dr A Gershlick, Cardiovascular SciencesGrant in Aid of Research£20,000 GlaxoSmithKline
Dr N ChongConference Grant - American Heart Association 2004£640 Royal Society
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Prof D EvansIdentification of emboli in middle cerebral artery ultrasonic blood flow signals£1,000 British Council
Prof M GalinanesCo-investigators, Dr B Matata, Cardiovsacular SciencesEfficacy of the mode of delivery of autologous bone marrow cells into heart scar muscle for the recovery of contractile function£157,540 British Heart Foundation
Research Fellow£7,500 East Midlands Cardiac Research Fund
Supplement: Sulphonylureas, KATP Channel Channel openers, and Ishaemic protection in the human normal and diabetic myocardium£2,090 Diabetes UK
Prof A Goodall Co-investigator, Prof N Samani, Cardiovascular ScienceBLOODOMICS: Identification of Risk Genes for Atherothrombosis in Coronary Artery Disease by Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis and High Throughput Exon Resequencing - first tranche£141,980 EU Commission
Laboratory Assays in Haemostasis (why do some people clot more than others?)£3,000 University Hospitals of Leicester
Conference Grant: (ISTH2005)£2,080 The Royal Society
Prof I GottlobSupplement - Clinical and Genetic assessment of nystagmus£39,000 University Hospitals of Leicester
Charitable Funds Grant - Pharmalogical Treatment of Nystagmus: a pilot Study£5,500 University Hospitals of Leicester
Pharmalogical Treatment of Nystagmus: a pilot Study£5,000 Nystagmus Network
Supplement - Development of an educational intervention for amblyopia treatment£1,765 Augenstern e. V.
Dr K HerbertCo-investigator, Mr A Yousuf, Cardiovascular ScienceMitochondrial damage as a mechanism for high glucose induced vascular endothelial cell ageing£4,000 National Heart Research Fund
Dr D LodwickCo-investigator, Prof N B Standen, Cell Physiology & PharmacologyMolecular Characterisation of the Unique Properties of the Vascular ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel£74,418 British Heart Foundation
Prof N LondonSupplement - Clinical Research Fellow/Resident Medical Officer£139,012 BUPA Hospital
Dr C Milner Co-investigator, Dr N Brindle, Cardiovascular SciencesGeneralised Oedema in Severe Burns - Targets to Reduce Endothelial Permeability£81,808 Royal College of Surgeons of England
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Prof L Ng Co-investigator, Prof A Tobin. Cell Physiology & PharmacologyKinase activation of NADPH oxidase in pre-eclampsia£83,028 British Heart Foundation
Urotensin-like peptides and prognosis after acute coronary syndromes (Fellowship - Dr Onkar Dhillon)£93,331 British Heart Foundation
Prof M NicholsonSupplement - Renal Transplant Fellow£63,673 Leicester General Hospital
Prof R PaneraiCo-investigator, Professor N Samani, Cardiovascular ScienceAccuracy of non-invasive measurements of arterial blood pressure in continuous estimates of systemic and cerebrovascular control parameters in humans£82,300 EPSRC
Mr G Peek London School of Hygene and Tropical Medicine,East Anglia, Various NHS collaboratorsSupplement - CESAR£19,522 HTA via London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Prof J PotterCo-investigator, Dr T G Robinson, Cardiovascular SciencesThe Stroke Association Clinical Fellowship - Dr David Eveson£40,000 The Stroke Association
Dr K RamnarineDevelopment and application of range doppler ultrasound systems for assessment of wall motion and emboli£4,000 British Council
Prof N Samani Pharmacogenetics of hypertension (The POPULAR) Study£12,500 Heartsearch
Investigation of the genetic regulation of the platelet ADP response£10,000 UHL NHS Trust
The Popular Study£5,000 Take Heart Leicester
The POPULAR Study£80,000 The Edith Murphy Foundation
Dr J ThompsonCo-investigator, Dr D Lambert, Cardiovascular SciencesInvestigation into changes in endogenous opiates and receptors, on peripheral blood mononuclear cells, during the course of a septic episode£9,196 British Journal of Anaesthesia
Prof B Williams Co-investigator, Prof H Thurston, Cardiovascular SciencesSupplement: Ascot Study£557,642 Pfizer Ltd via Imperial College
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
CELL PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
Prof J ChallissPharmacological Profiling of NK3 Neurokinin Receptor Antagonists£20,000 GlaxoSmithKline
Evaluation of the Antibody Immunocapture Technique of DeLapp et al. to Assess Ga-Specific [35S]-GTPyS Loading£60,000 GlaxoSmithKline
Dr N DaviesRegulation of arterial Ca2+-activated K+ (Bkca) channels by angiotensin II£71,308 British Heart Foundation
Dr R EvansSupplement - P2X Receptors For ATP Physiological Roles Regulation and Molecular Properties£22,220 The Wellcome Trust
Dr R FernSupplement - Ischemic injury of CNS white matter glia£112,174 National Institutes of Health
Prof I ForsytheFactors influencing the functional properties of the primary afferent neurones of the auditory system and principal cells of the cochlear nucleus£59,650 Wellcome Trust
Supplement - Synaptic Transmission in Central Nervous System: Direct Patch - Clamp studies of a mammalian giant synapse in the auditory pathway£52,276 Wellcome Trust
Dr B GrubbSupplement - Prostoglandin Receptor Distribution and function in the peripheral central nervous system£2,981 GlaxoSmithkline
Dr T HerbertGlucagon like peptide-1 signalling via L-type voltage gated calcium channels in pancreatic β-cells£66,200 Diabetes UK
Dr J MitchesonCASE Studentship - structural basis for drug binding to HERG potassium channels£20,295 Pfizer Ltd
Dr M MulheranSupplement - Characterising the mechanisms of established and potential neuroprotectants and tinnitolytics in the mammalian cochlea: physiology, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics£46,072 Action for Tinnitus Research
Prof S Nahorski Co-investigators, Dr R Evans, Cell Physiology & Pharmacology and Dr M Sutcliffe, ChemistrySupplement - Insights into the structure-function of P2X receptors using molecular modelling based bioinformatics£4,983 Wellcome Trust
Dr L Sampson Conference Grant - 49th Annual Biophysical Meeting£1,000 Royal Society
Prof N StandenTravel Grant - to attend Biophysical Society Meeting and visit Universities of Vermont and British Columbia£1,025 Royal Society
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Co-investigator, Dr M Dickens, BiochemistryInterrelationships between KATP channels and protein kinases in protection of isolated cardiac myocytes£73,818 British Heart Foundation
CHEMISTRY
Dr A AbbottIndustrial CASE Studentship 2004/2005 - Robert Harris£48,257 EPSRC
Bi-Ionic£4,500 DTI via C-Tech
KTP Project with Grosvenor Chemicals£103,744 Grosvenor Chemicals/DTI
Prof P CullisSafePharm Analytical Chemistry Project£35,340 SafePharm Laboratories
Dr D DaviesTravel grant to attend 21st International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry£750 The Royal Society
Dr A EllisCo-investigator, Prof C Binns, Physics & AstronomyNovel Magnetic Nanoclusters for the Life Sciences and Medicine£102,944 EPSRC
Prof E HopeConference Grant£321 Royal Society
Dr P JenkinsSupplement - To develop a less toxic analogue of fascaplysin as a novel therapeutic agent for the treatment of cancer£38,979 CRUK via De Montfort University
Dr M LoweCase Studentship - New Bifunctional chelates of 68Ga for use in positron emission tomography£15,000 GE Healthcare
Dr P Monks AMMA: Impact and Mechanisms of Greenhouse Gas Emmissions£62,747 CEC
African Monsoon Multidisiplinary Analysis - UK (AMMA-UK)£61,476 NERC
Dr E RavenCo-investigator, Dr P Moody, BiochemistryMechanism of proton delivery in ascorbate peroxidase£225,200 BBSRC
Expanding the frontiers of chemical biology£21,700 The Leverhulme Trust
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Co-investigator, Dr P Moody, BiochemistryTowards a unified view of substrate binding in heme peroxidases£229,638 BBSRC
Dr A StuartSupplement - Flourous-derivatised phase transfer catalyst£8,286 Royal Society
Supplement -Fluorus-derivatised phase transfer catalysts£9,730 Royal Society
Dr J WoodwardDirect detection of radical pair reaction intermediates in zero and weak magnetic fields using novel pulsed magnetic field methodologies£199,260 EPSRC
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Prof J FiadeiroLEG2NET - From Legacy Systems to Services in the Net£217,832 CEC
Dr N Ghani Theory and applications of containers£161,508 EPSRC
Dr A KurzCoalgebras and modal logic£5,000 Nuffield Foundation
Coalgebras, Modal Logic, Stone Duality£118,516 EPSRC
Dr S Reiff-Marganiec ICFI'05: International Conference on Feature Interactions in Telecommunications and Software Systems£8,253 EPSRC
Dr R Thomas Conference visit to DLT, Auckland£1,200 The Royal Society
Dr D Ulidowski Priorities in Operational Semantics and Term Rewriting£7,270 EPSRC
ECONOMICS
Dr M CaglayanThe Effects of Exchange Rate Movements on International Trade Flows: A Bivariate GARCh Approach£2,723 British Academy
Dr P DemetriadesNational and International Aspects of Financial Development£137,781 ESRC
Money, Macro and Finance Research Group£15,000 Bank of England
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Dr S Lemos Research Secondment to DWP£11,750 Department for Work & Pensions
EDUCATION
Dr T BasitTackling Racism on School Placements£5,580 Teacher Training Agency
Dr C ComberVideoconferencing Case Studies Evaluation Project£10,210 BECTA
Co-investigator, Dr T Lawson, EducationStrategic Leadership of ICT Programme Evaluation and Impact Study£29,366 National College for School Leadership
Prof P Cooper Transition Nurture Groups Project£32,000 Leicester City Council
Dr H CreminInvestigating how Schools Manage Primary-Secondary Transfer for Pupils who have regular Contact with TAs£6,610 Essex LEA
Ms R Griffiths Grief and Young Children£13,800 Laura Centre
Grief and Young Children£8,900 Parenting Fund
Evaluation of Bookshare Neighbourhood Regeneration Project£10,000 Leicester City Council
Dr G TennantSupplement - Beyond the Bar Chart£2,862 DfES via Mathematical Association
Dr P WarwickBuilding a Bridge to Inclusion for the Young People of North East Manchester£15,639 The Message Trust
ENGINEERING
Dr L BoulterCo-investigator, Prof T Bendell, EngineeringResearch into the impact of effect implementation of organisation excellence strategies on key performance results£76,667 EFQM
Prof A Cocks Engineering the green state (Case Studentship Farhad Motazedian)£48,257 EPSRC
Interfacial strengthening of metallic and ceramic alloys: a modelling framework for bridging length scales£311,712 EPSRC
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Dr H Dong Development of a multi-sensor single-pan scanning calorimeter£14,968 The Royal Society
Dr C EdwardsSliding mode observers for fault detection, isolation and sensor fault tolerant control in micro/nanosatellites£13,108 Royal Academy of Engineering/ Leverhulme Trust
Supplement - Sliding mode observers for fault detection, isolation and sensor fault tolerant control in micro/nanosatellites£21,149 Royal Academy of Engineering/Leverhulme Trust
Prof J Fothergill International Travel Grant£700 Royal Academy of Engineering
The development of nanocomposite dielectric structures£8,824 Schneider Electric
Dr S HainsworthMicromanipulation of powders at high temperature in the environment scanning electron£1,400 Nuffield Foundation
Dr P LefleyHigh Performance Opportunistic NiCad Battery Charging£13,300 HEROBC via Nottingham
Dr M PontSummer Studentships£3,000 MIRA Ltd
Prof A Ponter Travel Grant for IUTAM Congress, Warsaw£1,168 Royal Society
Prof I PostlethwaiteCo-investigator, Prof S Spurgeon, EngineeringSummer School: Mathematics for robust and nonlinear control systems£56,386 EPSRC
Prof S SpurgeonCo-investigator, Dr C Edwards, EngineeringAn Investigation of Novel Reconfiguration Methods for Use in Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Vehicles£40,000 Defence Technology Centre
Dr M TurnerIndustrial CASE Studentship 2004/2005 - Phillip March£48,257 EPSRC
Dr M Warrington Co-investigators, Dr A J Stocker & Dr N Zaalov, EngineeringFurther investigations and simulation of ionospheric radiowave propogation effects occurring over northerly paths£232,874 EPSRC
ENGLISH
Dr J Carroll 40th International Congress on Medieval Studies£400 British Academy
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Dr J Coleman HEL-LEX: New Approaches in English Historical Lexis£300 British Academy
Dr M HalliwellContesting Culture: American Liberal Imaginations in the 1950's£400 British Academy
1950s Visual Arts Beyond Modernism£2,620 British Academy
Dr A Mondal Amitav Ghosh: Negotiating Humanist and Postmodern Postcolonialism£14,013 AHRB
Prof E Treharne The Production and Use of English Manuscripts 1060-1220£383,854 AHRB
GENETICS
Dr R Badge Co-investigator, Prof Sir A Jeffreys, GeneticsThe rate and spectrum of L1 retrotransposon insertions in the human germline£321,276 The Wellcome Trust
Dr R BortsSupplement - Genetic and molecular analysis of crossover control in yeast and man£2,811 Wellcome Trust
Molecular and Genetic Analysis of the Interaction Between Recq Helicases And Mismatch Repair Proteins£84,317 Cancer Research UK
Dr Y DubrovaSupplement - Transgenerational instability in the germline and somatic tissues£3,027 Wellcome Trust
Prof Sir A Jeffreys Supplement: Human Molecular Genetics£68,900 Royal Society
Dr M JoblingSupplement: Infertility and Sex Reversal: Direct Molecular analysis of Sex-Chromosomal Deletions and Translocations in sperm£1,753 Wellcome Trust
Supplement: Y chromosome as a marker for the history & structure of human populations£5,351 Wellcome Trust
Dr C KramerConference Grant£1,060 Royal Society
Prof C Kyriacou The circadian proteome£354,173 BBSRC
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Dr J Morrissey Co-investigator, Prof P Andrews, Infection, Immunity and InflammationInvestigation of iron-responsive gene regulation in Streptococcus pneumoniae£122,594 Wellcome Trust
Dr M Plumb Genomic DNA hypomethylation in the radiation leukaemogenic process£75,000 Hope Foundation for Cancer Research
Hemopoietic stem cell numbers and risk of radiation-induced acute myeloid leukaemia£13,250 Leukaemia Research Fund
Dr S Shackleton Investigating the role of SUN1 in nuclear positioning£366,215 Wellcome Trust
Dr C Talbot Haplotyping of the NDST2 gene in Alzheimer's Disease£15,674 Alzheimer Research Trust
Prof R Trembath Dr S ShackletonThe role of the nuclear envelope in health and disease£169,243 British Heart Foundation
Dr C Tufarelli Mechanisms of antisense-RNA mediated DNA methylation in mammals£53,153 Cancer Research UK
GEOGRAPHY
Dr K Bennett Identities and Regeneration in the former coalfields of east Durham£33,276 ESRC
Prof M BradshawLearning from Sakhalin: geographies of knowledge in the oil exploration and production industry£7,254 The British Academy
British Travel Bursary£1,000 British Council
Dr C MercerDevelopment through the Diaspora: Hometown Associations in Africa and Britain£186,169 ESRC
Prof A Millington Conference Grant - 26th Indian Geography Congress£450 Royal Society
Dr S Page RESTORPEAT - Restoration of tropical peatland to promote sustainable use of renewable natural resources£68,062 CEC
Prof A ParsonsSupplement - Jornada Basin LTER IV: Linkages in Semi-arid Landscapes£21,666 NSF via New Mexico State University
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Dr M PhillipsInternational Conference of Critical Geography£700 British Academy
Co-investigator, Dr S Page, GeographyGentrifying rural nature£46,785 ESRC
Dr J PickerillAutonomous Geographies: Activism and everyday life in the city£700 British Academy
Autonomous Geographies: Activism and everyday life in the city£20,821 ESRC via University of Leeds
Finding common ground: Environmental justice and the interrelationships between white and aboriginal groups in Australia£4,986 British Academy
Dr J RoundSurviving Post-Socialism: Evaluating the Role fo the Informal Sector in Belarus£24,481 ESRC
Dr J RyanPhotography and Exploration£4,442 The British Academy
Photography and the representation of famine in India£2,400 Royal Geographical Society
Dr R SmithOverseas conference Grant£700 British Academy
GEOLOGY
Dr T BrewerThe JOI Alliance: Systems Integration and a Riserless Vessel for IODP£138,210 Columbia University
Dr G JenkinGlobal Ocean Oxygenation Through Geological Time from Selenium Isotopes£40,000 American Chemical Society
Understanding active and fossil magmatic-hydrothermal mineralising processes within an emergent volcano - PhD Studentship Daniel J Smith£4,500 British Geological Survey
The geometry and evolution of paleo-fluid-flow and the formation of volcanic-hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) deposits, the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus - PhD Studentship Simon M Jowitt£24,000 British Geological Survey
Prof A Khan Co-investigator, Prof P Maguire, GeologyInterpretation of the IANGASS 95 seismic data£7,964 Geological Survey of Cyprus
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Co-investigator, Prof P Maguire, GeologyGeophysical Education in the UK£3,093 Royal Astronomical Society/Geological Society
Prof M LovellCo-investigator, Dr T Brewer, GeologyInter-disciplinary Network for Improved Physical Properties Characterisation of the Natural Environment (Knowledge Transfer Fund Network Application)£61,351 NERC
Biologically Inspired Acoustic Systems (BIAS)£515,382 EPSRC
Dr C MoonCommonwealth Fellowship: Dr M Arif£1,750 Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
Prof A Saunders Extent and Environmental Impact of Permo-Triassic Siberian Trap Volcanism£186,972 NERC
Conference Visit : European Geosciences Union, Vienna, April 2005£634 Royal Society
Prof D Siveter Silurian soft bodied excavation, Herefordshire£540 English Nature
Co-investigator, Dr S Gabbott, GeologyThe preservation and palaeobiology of Cambrian animals£12,000 Royal Society
HEALTH SCIENCES
Mrs C Aynsley Supplement - Development of the Learning Disability Register£8,000 Learning Disability Partnership Board Leicestershire County Council
Prof R Baker Racial disparities in diabetes in the USA£1,000 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Primary Care Collaborating Centre£199,358 NICE via RCGP
An audit of NICE guidance relating to the referral guidelines for suspected cancer£15,500 NHS Interface Audit Group (Leicestershire)
Primary Care Collaborating Centre£263,252 NICE via Royal College of General Practitioners
Prof T BrughaSupplement - Operation and individual predictors of outcome of mental health assertive outreach services in England£75,512 Department of Health
Supplement: Improving the recognition and treatment of postnatal depression; a surer start for mothers and families of Leicester£34,000 NHS Sure Start via Leicester City West PCT
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Co-investigators, Dr C Hajat, Health Sciences and Prof N Samani, Cardiovascular SciencesThe genetic and environmental regulation of ambulatory blood pressure and pulse waveform phenotypes - Dr C Hajat£165,246 Medical Research Council
Prof P BurtonUK Biobank: Scientific Rationale Project£10,081 Wellcome Trust via UK Biobank Ltd
Co-investigator, Dr R Hsu , Health SciencesUK Biobank: The Fosse Way Cohort - Pre-pilot Pre-Contract Phase II£78,854 Wellcome Trust via UK Biobank Ltd
Phase 1 Pilot Project£62,223 Wellcome Trust via UK Biobank Ltd
Dr S DaviesCo-investigator, Prof C Hollin, Health SciencesSupplement - Arnold Lodge admission cohort: reconviction and intervening treatment£33,000 Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust
Dr M Dixon-Woods Co-investigator, Dr J Kivits, Health SciencesTwo cases for researching health information needs: every day health and medical research£28,743 ESRC
Co-investigator, Ms E Shaw, Health SciencesDESMOND: Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed£25,000 Diabetes UK
Dr E Draper National Paediatric Intensive Care Database Wales£18,000 Health Commission Wales
National Paediatric Intensive Care Database Edinburgh£10,000 NHS Lothian
Co-investigator, Dr J Kurinczuk, Health SciencesSupplement - East Midlands & South Yorkshire Congenital Anomalies Register£55,415 Directorate of Health and Social Care for the East Midlands
Supplement - National Paediatric Intensive Care Database£53,773 Department of Health via University of Sheffield
Prof D Field Co-investigator, Dr E Draper, Health SciencesSupplement - Trent Neo Natal Study£58,708 Directorate of Health and Social Care for the East Midlands
Co-investigator, Dr E Draper, Health SciencesSupplement - Trent Neo Natal Study£50,000 Yorkshire Neo Natal Network (PCTs)
Randomised trial to assess the neuro protective effect of mild cooling in neonates receiving extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)£383,321 British Heart Foundation
Co-investigator, Dr E Draper, Health SciencesTrent Neonatal Study£13,375 Leicestershire, Northampton and Rutland SHA
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Prof C Hollin CAMHS Health Needs Analysis£13,000 Leicester City West PCT
Supplement - Evaluation of Pathfinder Programmes£5,655 Home Office
Prof C Jagger Supplement - Support for LPCRA older person's research programme£5,000 Leicestershire Primary Care Research Alliance
Supplement - MRC - CFAS Cohort Analysis£10,000 MRC via Cambridge University
Co-investigator, Dr N Spiers, Health SciencesCompression or Expansion of disability? Forecasting future disability levels under changing patterns£33,998 Kings Fund
Dr S KatbamnaA study of perspectives on ageing, dependency, financial planning and paying for care in British South Asian communities£10,599 Nuffield Foundation
Dr K Khunti ADDITION Study£2,185 UHL NHS Trust
Co-investigator, Mrs A Dunkley, Health SciencesAudit of secondary prevention measures in patients with peripheral vascular disease in primary care: baseline audit£14,817 NHS (Leic) Interface Audit Group
Supplement - Audit of secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in primary care (phase2)£500 NHS (Leic) Interface Audit Group
Dr C McGrotherEvaluation of diet and lifestyle, comorbidity and socio-economic factors in the aetiology of urinary storage disorder in women£104,120 BUPA Foundation
Dr R McKinleyWDC Support£235,699 Leics, Northants & Rutland PG Deanery
Dr J MooreSure Start health checks£1,200 SureStart
Dr R Palmer Supplement - Eating Disorders Research£751 Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Eating Disorders Research£3,345 Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Dr R RileyEvidence synthesis combining individual patient data and literature-based results£189,137 Department of Health
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Dr M StoneCo-investigators, Dr Tim Stokes & Dr K Khunti, Health SciencesDiscussing obesity in the primary care consultation: an exploration of attitudes and consultation patterns in general practitioners, practice nurses and patients£3,100 Leicestershire Primary Care Research Alliance
Co-investigator, Dr K Khunti, Health SciencesDevelopment of an educational module for use in ethnic minority patients with type 2 diabetes: a project building on the Diabetes Educational and Self Management Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed (DESMOND) programme£79,988 Diabetes UK
Dr M Tobin Supplement - The genetic regulation of arterial pressure of the humans in the community (graphic study) MRC/Trent Special Training Fellowship in Health Services Research and Health in the Public£152,818 MRC
Dr M Wailoo Supplement: Heart rate and blood pressure variability in seven year olds including some who were intra-uterine growth retarded (IUGR) infants£6,100 Leicestershire Primary Care Research Alliance
Dr K WilliamsCo-investigators, Prof K Abrams, Dr N Cooper, Dr C McGrother, Health SciencesLong term outcomes of a RCT of the clinical and cost effectiveness of services for urinary symptoms£120,306 MRC
Mr M Williams Trent RDSU£2,822,954 NCCRCD/ Dept of Health
HISTORY
Dr N Aston Religion and the Arts in Enlightenment Europe, 1700-1800£15,000 Paul Mellon Centre
Dr S BallThe Anatomy of Conservatism: The Conservtive Party 1918-1945£14,013 AHRB
Prof R BonneyConference: Engaging Europe with the Islamic World£6,000 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Enterprise Shows Evaluation Report£1,000 MEEM
Prof R Colls Sport and the English Hero£68,656 Leverhulme Trust
Dr C DyerSupport for Conference: W.G. Hoskins and the Making of the British Landscape£100 Oadby & Wiston Borough Council
W.G.Hoskins and the Making of the British Landscape£1,500 English Heritage
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Dynamics of Medieval Villagescapes£4,000 Archaeology Data Service
Support for Conference: W.G. Hoskins and the Making of the British Landscape£953 British Academy
Medieval Settlements and Landscapes in the Whittlewood Area£1,000 Aurelius Trust
Co-investigator, Dr H Fox, HistorySupport for Conference: W.G. Hoskins and the Making of the British Landscape£450 Medieval Settlement Research Group
Dr H Fox Co-investigator, Prof C Dyer, HistorySupport for Conference: W.G.Hoskins and the Making of the British Landscape£953 Historical Geography Research Group
Dr I Harris George III's ilness of 1788-9 in its clinical and public aspects£7,935 Wellcome Trust
Grant in aid of research£6,000 Cambridge University Press
Dr J Hinks Book Trade Communities in English Provincial towns: 1695-1850£3,970 British Academy
Dr G Lewis Behind the Museum's Facade: The Role of Personal Politics in Virginia's Massive Resistance£400 British Academy
Massive Resistance: The Context, Ideologies and Strategies of the Southern Stand for Segregation£14,013 AHRB
Prof R RodgerLeicestershire Rural Partnership£5,950 Leicestershire Rural Partnership
Dr R SweetThe British in Italy and the Grand Tour in the Long Eighteenth Century£2,000 Paul Mellon Centre
Dr C-C Szejnmann Institute of Regional and Comtemporary History - Research Support£2,000 Fritz Thyssen Stiftung
INFECTION, IMMUNITY, INFLAMMATION (CLINICAL)
Prof P Andrew Co-investigator, Prof C O'Callaghan, Infection, Immunity and InflammationPNEUMOPEP: New Methods for Treatment of Antibiotic Resistant Pneumococcal Disease£294,293 EU Commission
Supplement - Pneumococcal Factors and Adhesion Molecules in Pneumococcal Colonisation of the Nasopharynx and Bronchopneumonia£4,667 The Wellcome Trust
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Dr J Barratt Study of isolated single human glomeruli using proteinchip technology and mass spectrometric analysis£2,500 Peel Medical Research Trust
Dr C Beardsmore Supplement: Respiratory function in infants following ECMO£5,692 UHL NHS Trust
Dr A Bevington Co-investigator, Dr T Herbert, Cell Physiology and PharmacologyThe role of the hexosamine pathway in global protein synthesis in protein wasting states£60,030 The National Kidney Research Fund
Co-investigator, Dr T Herbert, Cell Physiology and PharmacologyThe role of L-Glutamine depletion in protein wasting during metabolic acidosis - a targeted metabolomic approach£48,832 National Kidney Research Fund
Enhancement of the anabolic effect of insulin-like growth factor I by gene-silencing of the PiT2/Ram-1 phosphate transporter£1,997 Peel Medical Research Trust
Dr P Bradding Co-investigator, Mr M Leyland, BiochemistryRegulation of human mast cell function in asthma by the intermediate conductance calcium-activated K+ channel iKCA1£192,252 Wellcome Trust
Co-investigator, Prof A Wardlaw, Infection, Immunity and InflammationHuman mast cell adhesion to bronchial epithelium and airway smooth muscle£44,464 National Ashma Campaign
Co-investigator, Dr K Gough, BiologyInhibition of human mast cell adhesion using antibodies generated by phage display£49,047 Asthma UK
Dr C BrightlingRemodelling in asthma: mast cell and eosinophil interactions with mesenchymal cells£145,365 Asthma UK
Dr B BurkeUse of proteomics to determine the effects of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis on gene expression in primary human macrophages£6,000 Medisearch
Prof R CampCo-investigator, Dr P Freestone, Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Clinical relevance of novel epidermal autoantigens and streptococcus pro genes infections in Psoriasis£43,353 British Skin Foundation
Co-investigator, Dr P Freestone, Infection, Immunity and InflammationClinical relevance of novel epidermal autoantigens and streptococcus progenes infections in Psoriasis£6,759 MediSearch
Dr P FreestoneSupplement - The effects of catechomine stress hormones, ionotropes and their metabolites on the physiology and virulence of coagulase-negative staphylococci£1,820 The Wellcome Trust
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Dr N Garton Value in People Award - Fatty acid supply and demand for the tubercle bacillus: is fadD6 the gatekeeper and TAG the strategic reserve?£38,913 Wellcome Trust
Dr J Grigg Dr C Beardsmore, Infection, Immunity, Inflammation (Clinical)The isolation of cells originating in the lower airways by sputum induction in infants£12,305 Asthma UK
Dr R HirstValue in People Award - Neural stem cell activity and transplantation in pneumococcal meningitis£36,945 Wellcome Trust
Dr R James Novel immunoldiagnostic technology - Innovation Fellowship£11,963 HEFCE
Dr N LynchValue in People Award£20,826 Wellcome Trust
Prof K Nicholson Co-investigator, Prof M Barer, Infection, Immunity, InflammationRapid evaluation of possible Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae infectin in the management of acute admissions in the elderly£722,080 Department of Health
Prof C O'Callaghan Use of Heliox in nebuliser drug delivery£28,000 BOC
The domicilary measurement of nasal NO as a screening test for primary ciliary dyskinsia£5,800 Medisearch
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia£109,695 SPARKS
Co-investigator, Prof P Andrew, IIIAdhesion and invasion by pneumococci of the respiratory epithelium of children with primary ciliary dyskinesia£60,000 The Children's Research Fund
Dr C Ockleford Supplement - FFT and dynamic imaging of cavaleolar complex array in active striated muscle£3,210 The Anatomical Society of Great Britian and Ireland
Supplement - FFT and dynamic imaging of cavaleolar complex array in active striated muscle£7,500 The Anatomical Society of Great Britian and Ireland
EMBIC The Control of Embryo Implantation£29,411 EU
Dr K Rajakumar Co-investigator, Prof M Barer, Infection, Immunity and InflammationIdentifying and exploiting novel genomic sequences present in bacteria causing human blood stream infections£15,924 Medisearch
Do large chromosomally integrated genomic islands contribute to resistance dissemination in Acinetobacter spp?£9,970 British Society for Antimicrobal Chemotherapy
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Supplement - Identifying and exploiting novel genomic sequences present in bacteria causing human blood stream infections£15,924 Medisearch
Dr C Stover The role of properdin in infection and inflammation£251,220 MRC
Prof A Wardlaw Co-investigator, Dr S Bolton, Infection, Immunity, InflammationPatterns of eosinophil, mast cell and T cell migration in 3D collagen gels£116,277 National Asthma Campaign
The role of airborne pollen and spores in allergic disease in the East Midlands£178,722 MAARA
Patterns of Eosinophil, mast cell and T cell migration in 3D collagen cells£8,335 UHL Trust
Ziegler-Heitbrock L ProfInteraction of mycobacterium and host in tuberculosis£740 Royal Society
LABOUR MARKET STUDIES
Dr V Beck Employers, Young People and Gender Segregation in Wales£7,982 Equal Oppportunities Commission
Prof A Felstead Labour Market and Training Profiles of Selected Sector Skills Councils£6,950 NIACE
Dr J Sung Training and Development in Britain 2005£14,465 Chartered Institute for Personnel Development
Supplement: A Comparative Assessment of International Policy Approaches to Skills Leading to the Development of Policy Recommendations for the UK£19,197 Sector Skills Development Agency
Supplement - Human Resources Quarterly Indicators£11,506 CIPD
LAW
Dr M BellEquality and Diversity: Current Challenges for EU anti-discrimination law£1,500 British Council
Mr T Buck Research Seminar on the Social Fund£1,506 National Audit Office
Mrs I Chiu Three Challenges in the Reform of EU Securities Regulation£583 Society of Legal Scholars
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Prof C Clarkson Aggravated Risk-Taking£3,030 British Academy
Dr M CohnPerogative Orders in Council, Presidential Executive Orders: A Comparative Analysis of Executive Powers in the UK and the US£3,934 British Academy
Law, Religion and Secularism: Community Sessions and Evaluation£5,000 Leicester City Council
Dr C CrifoThe "Creation" of the Default Judgement in the 19th Century English Procedural Reforms£900 Society of Legal Scholars
Dr S Da Lomba Border Control, Immigration, Security and the EU Asylum Policy£400 British Academy
Border Control, Immigration, Security and the EU Asylum Policy£465 Society of Legal Scholars
Dr L GilliesModernisation of the Rome Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations£747 Society of Legal Scholars
Prof C Graham Co-investigator, Mr M Fitch, LawHousehold Water Services in England and Wales£3,500 Unison
Prof R WhiteAnalysis of Judgements in the European Court of Human Rights£95,438 AHRB
Dr L Zemer Intellectual Property Conference, St Louis£756 Society of Legal Scholars
Intellectual Property Conference, St. Louis£500 Society of Legal Scholars
LIFE LONG LEARNING
Dr P PoplawskiInternational DH Lawrence Conference£500 British Academy
Dr J Luger Co-investigator, Ms E Crewe, Lifelong LearningEast Midlands Aim Higher Healthcare Strand: Active Research£16,500 Aim Higher via Loughborough University
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
MANAGEMENT CENTRE
Dr A DaviesEvolution of Brand Consiousness: Retail Change and Intergenerational Factors£40,230 ESRC
Prof C Williams Small Businesses in the Informal Economy: Making the Transition to the Formal Economy£25,210 Small Business Service
MATHEMATICS
Dr A BaranovAsymptotic problems in representation theory£12,000 Royal Society
Dr R DavidchackTowards the complete characterisation of simple models of water: ice/ice and ice/water equilibria and interfaces£85,385 EPSRC
Prof A Gorban Model Reduction and Coarse-Graining Approaches for Multiscale Phenomena£2,000 London Mathematical Society
Dr J Levesley Conference grant for 11th International Conference in Approximation Theory£830 The Royal Society
Analysis of the probability of fixture clashes between Leicester City and Leicester Tigers£6,829 Leicester Tigers
Dr R Marsh Co-investigator, Dr J Scott, MathematicsCluster algebras and applications£170,744 EPSRC
Dr F Neumann Conference Geometric Topology, Discrete Topology and Set Theory£625 Royal Society
Dr D Notbohm Conference Geometric Topology, Discrete Topology and Set Theory£625 Royal Society
Dr N Snashall Bristol Leicester Oxford Colloquium (BLOC)£1,200 London Mathematical Society
Dr M Tretyakov Stochastic numerics and dynamics£11,987 Royal Society
Attendance of the Workshop "Computational Stochastic Differential Equations"£630 The Royal Society
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
MEDICAL & SOCIAL CARE EDUCATION
Dr R Smith Dr E Anderson, Medical & Social Care EducationLearning from Lives: developing community-based inter-professional learning for social work students£8,000 The Higher Education Academy - Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP)
Dr R Norman Supplement - Interactions between Kir6.0 and sur subunits of ATP-Sensitive potassium channels£5,000 Saudia Arabian Cultural Bureau
Dr I Squire Supplement - Epidemiology of heart failure in Leicestershire 1993-2004£17,751 Nuffield Hospital
MODERN LANGUAGES
Dr N FayardFrench and Francophone Studies International Colloquium£400 British Academy
Dr A Miller Verbal, Visual, Virtual: New Canon for the Twenty-First Century£400 British Academy
Dr M SpuntaBetween 'spazio de affezione' and Postmodern Disillusionment - Narrating the Po Valley after Celati£400 British Academy
MODERN LANGUAGES with LIFE LONG LEARNING
Prof R Littlejohns & Prof J Benyon
Audit and Needs Analysis of Modern Foreign Language and Community Languages across Leicester City and Leicestershire£35,000 Leicester Shire Economic Partnership
Supplement - Audit and Needs Analysis of Modern Foreign Language and Community Languages across Leicester City and Leicestershire£10,000 Leicestershire and Leicester City Learning Partnership via Loughborough College
MUSEUM STUDIES
Ms J DoddNot for the Likes of You: A Resource for Practitioners£2,132 Arts Council of England
Co-investigator, Hooper-Greenhill, Prof E.Developing Learning Advocates in Museums, Libraries and Archives£30,838 Museum, Library Archive Council, North West
Developing Learning Advocates in Museums, Libraries and Archives£9,566 Museums, Libraries & Archives Noth West
Dr S Dudley Materiality, Space and Time in Nationalist Exile in Thailand£2,650 British Academy
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Dr V Golding Intangible Culture and the Forging of Citizenship: Memory Reminiscence and Oral History£1,500 Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Prof E Hooper-Greenhill Madonna of the Pinks£52,497 National Gallery
Evaluation of the outcome and impact of learning through implementation of education programme delivery plans across nine regional hubs£122,451 Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Co-investigator, Ms J Dodd, Museum StudiesResearch into the Attitudes of Disabled People to Museums and Heritage£21,325 Colchester Museums
Prof S Knell Pander's Tooth: The Material Culture of Science£5,811 British Academy
Mr R SandellNot for the Likes of You - A Resource for Practitioners£2,600 Arts Council of England
PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Dr R Ambrosi Co-investigator, Dr T Stevenson, Physics and AstronomyImpact Risk Assessment for large-area CCDs£29,411 ESA
Dr N Bannister Sensors in Extreme Environments£544,051 EPSRC
Co-investigator, Prof G Fraser, Physics & Astronomy & Dr P Monks, ChemistryNew Materials for X-Ray Polarisation Studies£64,870 EPSRC
Prof M Barstow Royal Society Travel Grant: Astrophysics in the Far Ultraviolet£960 The Royal Society
SpaceROX: A planetary analogue sample collection for hands-on science£9,332 PPARC
Co-investigator, Dr J Pye, Physics & AstronomyVEGA/GAIA£119,897 PPARC
Co-investigator, Dr P O'Brien, Physics & AstronomyNational Redshift Project£55,000 PPARC
SPARTAN-Centre of Excellence for Space, Planetary and Astrophysics Research Training and Networking£884,701 CEC
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Prof C BinnsInnovation Fellowship£13,530 HEROBC via Nottingham
NANOSPIN: Self-Organised Complex Spin Magnetic Nanostrucures£292,556 EU
XMCD Study of magnetic nanoparticles embedded in magnetic nanoparticles£978 CCLRC
Atomic Structure of Co Nanoclusters embedded in an FE Matrix; Compositon dependence£978 CCLRC
Prof G Fraser Co-investigator, Dr M Sims, Physics & AstronomyInterim funding for Beagle 2 ground segment (GS)£32,000 PPARC
Cryo/Xeus Study£20,000 EADS Astrium
KT Capability Development - Space Research Centre£75,000 HEFCE
Co-investigator, Dr R Ambrosi, Physics & AstronomyHP3 Densitometer£6,898 The Open University
Co-investigator, Dr J Pye, Physics & AstronomyBepiColombo - MIXS interim funding£32,828 PPARC
BioAstral DTI Grant£110,000 BioAstral
Dr P Howes Co-investigator, Dr J Grigg, Infection, Immunity and InflammationToxicology of Manufactured Nanoparticles£100,535 EPSRC
Prof A King UKAFF- ensuring continuation of a national service£265,939 PPARC
Co-investigator, Dr J Pringle, Cancer Studies and Molecular MedicineUKAFF - Continuation of support staff£295,099 PPARC
Co-investigators, Dr D Raine, Dr G Wynn, Dr P Wheatley, Dr S Rosswog, Physics and AstronomySupplement - Research in Theoretical Astrophysics£109,862 PPARC
Dr J LeesCo-investigator, Prof G Fraser, Physics and AstronomyA Detector for All Seasons: Towards Silicon Carbide Imaging Arrays£45,205 EPSRC
Grant in Aid of research£10,000 UHL NHS Trust Charitable Funds
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Prof D Llewellyn-Jones AATSR data exploitation programme - principle investigator contract£82,545 DEFRA via Space Connexions
Prof K Pounds Conference Grant - Ringberg Castle Workshop£560 Royal Society
Dr J Pye Co-investigators, Prof G Fraser, Prof M Ward and Dr T Stevenson, Physics and AstronomyJWST-MIRI Project, Phase-BCD Interim funding£399,255 PPARC
Supplement - JWST-MIRI Project, Phase-BCD Interim funding£10,000 PPARC
Dr J Remedios MIPAS Level 2 Product Validation £8,725 ESA
Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards£150,000 EPSRC
Technical assistance for the validation of AATSR land surface temperature products£29,409 ESA
Prof T Robinson SPEAR operations phase£32,000 PPARC
Dr M Sims Co-investigator, Prof G Fraser, Physics & AstronomyPreservation of Capability for Aurora£47,201 PPARC
Co-investigator, Dr N Bannister, Physics & AstronomySurface plasmon resonance instrument for ultra-sensitive life detection in astrobiology: Proof-of-concept and development platform£49,777 PPARC
Prof R Warwick Supplement - The Leicester Data Archive Service£32,748 PPARC
Supplement - The Leicester Data Archive Service£31,917 PPARC
Prof M Watson Co-investigator, Dr T Linde, Physics & AstronomyAstrogrid 2 Central Fund Holder£283,434 PPARC
Co-investigator, Dr T Linde, Physics & AstronomyAstrogrid 2 - Support and research posts£1,179,804 PPARC
Co-investigator, Dr T Linde, Physics & AstronomySupplement - AstroGrid, Central Fund Holder£50,672 PPARC
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
The European Virtual Observatory - VO Technology Centre£235,889 EU Commission
Dr D WrightJoint Ground-Based and Spacecraft Observations of High-Frequency Magnetohydrodynamic Waves Generated by Wave-Particle Interactions in the Magnetosphere£1,500 Royal Astronomical Society
POLITICS
Dr L BraceInclusions and Exclusions in the New Europe Conference£300 British Academy
Prof J DumbrellIssues in American Foreign Policy£870 British International Studies Association
Dr K Henderson EU Influence on Party Politics in Slovakia£500 British Academy
New Member States and the European Parliament: Research Agendas in the Enlarged EU£1,000 University Association for Contemporary European Studies
Dr P Lynch Co-investigator, Dr R Whittaker, PoliticsThe Conservatives in the European Parliament: Pariahs or Poodles of the Party Leadership?£3,723 British Academy
Political Science Association National Conference£400 British Academy
De R Negrine Turkey and the EU: An Analysis of Media Representation of Turkey's Bid to Join the EU.£6,930 British Academy
Dr R Whitaker The Impact of Members of the European Parliament from the Ten New Member States: An Initial Assessment£300 British Academy
PSYCHOLOGY
Dr C Bilby Co-investigator, Ms J Woodhams, PsychologyJuvenile Sex Offending£480 Leicester Youth Offending Service
Colman A ProfConference Grant£532 Royal Society
Evolution of Cooperation Through Coordinated Turn-Taking£2,600 The Royal Society of Edinburgh
De Lillo C DrExecutive Functions and Cross-Modality Binding in Serial Temporary Memory - Vacation Studentship£1,400 Nuffield Foundation
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Executive control, grouping and hierarchical organisation in serial short-term memory for spatial locations£42,893 BBSRC
Jordan T ProfInvestigating the use of coarse visual information in word recognition by adults of different reading abilities£49,621 Wellcome Trust
Moran P DrSupplement: The effect of ecstasy on impulsicity£650 AstraZeneca
Paterson K DrCo-investigator, Ms T Webb, PsychologyAge-of-Acquisition Effects in Visual Word Recognition£7,476 Nuffield Social Science Small Grants
Discourse context and the processing of contrastive focus in silent reading£7,476 The British Academy
SCARMAN CENTRE/ CRIMINOLOGY
Evaluating Cambridgeshire Domestic Violence Advocacy Project£8,959 CambridgeshIre County Council
SOCIOLOGY
Mr J WilliamsSports Equity Strategies and Local Football in England£12,000 The Football Association