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 Council
BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences
CCLRC Council for the Central Laboratory of the
Research Councils
CEC
Commission of the European Communities
DEFRA Department of the Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs
EPSRC
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council
ESRC
Economic and Social Research Council
MRC
Medical Research Council
NERC Natural Environment Research Council
PPARC 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 Haselgrove
Traprain 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 Pluciennik
Archaeology of the Torcicoda Valley
£18,400
British Academy
Prof C Ruggles
Spatial Perception in a Desert Environment: A Contextual Study of Geoglyphs in South Coastal Peru
£146,300
Asociacion Cultural Peruano Britanica
Dr S Tarlow
University of Cambridge
Changing Beliefs of the Human Body: A Comparative Social Perspective
£142,633
Leverhulme Trust
Dr M Van der Veen
The Roman and Islamic Spice Trade
£500
British Academy
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Dr R Young
The Archaeology of Dir, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
£6,470
British Academy
International Hindu Kush Symposium
£900
Royal Society
BIOCHEMISTRY
Prof C Bagshaw
Green fluorescent proteins: exploiting their photophysical complexities
£107,554
The Leverhulme Trust
Dr M Carr
Supplement - NMR-Based Structural Studies Of The M Bovis Protien MPB70
£5,000
Veterinary Laboratories Agency
Prof D Critchley
Supplement - 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, Biochemistry
Genetic, Cellular & Structural Studies on the Integrin-Associated Cytoskeletal Protein Talin
£1,329,337
Wellcome Trust
Dr M Dickens
Vacation Studentship: Investigation of JIP3 Binding Partners by Yeast Two-Hybrid Analysis
£1,320
The Wellcome Trust
Prof I Eperon
Correcting 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, Biochemistry
World Programme Fellowship
£5,050
EMBO
Co-investigator, Prof N Samani, Cardiovascular Science
Exon 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 Fry
Co-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, Biochemistry
Structure-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 Heery
Supplement - Structure/Function Analysis of the Leukemogenic Fusion protein MOZ-TIF2 and the wild type MOZ
protein (year 3)
£640
Cancer Research UK
Dr D Leys
Molecules at metabolic cross-roads: structural biology of promiscuous molecules
£30,000
European Molecular Biology Organization
Dr O Makarova
Study of alternative splicing by purification of early spliceosomal complexes and comparative proteomic analysis
£257,988
BBSRC
Dr M Manson
Supplement - Chemoprevention Of Cancer - Molecular Mechanistic Studies
£120,040
MRC
Dr S Monkley
Value in People Award
£33,019
Wellcome Trust
Prof A Munro
Conference Grant
£1,000
Royal Society
Royal Society Senior Research Fellowship Scheme 2004
£31,226
Royal Society
Co-investigator, Dr D Leys, Biochemistry
Construction of a biotechnologically versatile and stable oxygenase biocatalyst
£209,305
BBSRC
Dr J Norman
Supplement - Kinase control of avB3 intregrin recycling
£15,123
Wellcome Trust
Co-investigator, Dr I Barsukov, Biochemistry
Role 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 Pfuhl
NMR solution structural studies of the interaction between domains C5 and C8 of cardiac Myosin Binding Protein C
£65,992
British Heart Foundation
Dr C Pritchard
Supplement - Use of gene targeting to study the role of the Raf protein kinases in cell signalling
£44,686
Cancer Research UK
Prof N Scrutton
Industrial CASE Studentship - towards robust and specific alkane and hydrocarbon hydroxylase catalysts
£6,000
Belle Technology
Co-investigator, Prof A Munro, Biochemistry
Mechanistic and structural basis of uphill electron transfer and reductive methylation in the human MS-MSR electron
transfer complex
£237,482
BBSRC
Dr J Woodward
Co-investigator, Prof N Scrutton, Biochemistry
External 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, Biochemistry
External 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 Jarvis
Elucidating 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 Mallon
Competition 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 Matheson
Neuronal integration underlying the computation of limb trajectory
£29,082
BBSRC
Plasticity in neuronal circuits driving aimed limb movements
£307,977
BBSRC
Dr S Moller
Dissecting 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 Rosato
Molecular analysis of Dropsophila cryptochrome
£334,824
BBSRC
Co-investigators, Prof C Kyriacou, Genetics & Dr T Gaten, Biology
Gene function in Antartic krill: determining the role of clock-genes in sychronised behavioural patterns
£226,896
NERC
Dr C Smith
Adaptation 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 Whitelam
Pesticide 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 Ablett
Supplement - 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 Medicine
Supplement - UKCCSG Tumour Bank
£47,000
Cancer Research UK
Co-investigators, Dr K Pritchard Jones, Cancer Studies & Molecular Medicine
Tissue 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 Medicine
SIOP-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 Evans
Establishing the Utility of Fluorescence in Situ Hybridisation in Combination with the Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis
('comet') Assay
£870
Biochemical Society
Prof A Gescher
Grant 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 Pringle
Investigation of Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms on the response of T-cells to Vitamin D Therapy in Psoriasis
£59,856
Psoriasis Association
Dr J Shaw
Co-investigator, Prof RA Walker, Cancer Studies & Molecular Medicine
Novel 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 Steward
Purchase of specific items for aiding cancer research
£95,000
John Hobley Charitable Trust
Dr J Thorpe
Tea Polyphenols as Prostate Cancer Prevention Agents
£24,644
Prostate Cancer Research Foundation
Prof R Walker
Use 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 White
Receptor Mediated Toxicity
£82,636
MRC
CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES
Dr N Brindle
Regulation 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 Chitkara
Co-investigator, Dr A Gershlick, Cardiovascular Sciences
Grant in Aid of Research
£20,000
GlaxoSmithKline
Dr N Chong
Conference Grant - American Heart Association 2004
£640
Royal Society
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – OFFICIAL RECORD 2004-2005
Prof D Evans
Identification of emboli in middle cerebral artery ultrasonic blood flow signals
£1,000
British Council
Prof M Galinanes
Co-investigators, Dr B Matata, Cardiovsacular Sciences
Efficacy 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 Science
BLOODOMICS: 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 Gottlob
Supplement - 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 Herbert
Co-investigator, Mr A Yousuf, Cardiovascular Science
Mitochondrial damage as a mechanism for high glucose induced vascular endothelial cell ageing
£4,000
National Heart Research Fund
Dr D Lodwick
Co-investigator, Prof N B Standen, Cell Physiology & Pharmacology
Molecular Characterisation of the Unique Properties of the Vascular ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel
£74,418
British Heart Foundation
Prof N London
Supplement - Clinical Research Fellow/Resident Medical Officer
£139,012
BUPA Hospital
Dr C Milner
Co-investigator, Dr N Brindle, Cardiovascular Sciences
Generalised 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 & Pharmacology
Kinase 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 Nicholson
Supplement - Renal Transplant Fellow
£63,673
Leicester General Hospital
Prof R Panerai
Co-investigator, Professor N Samani, Cardiovascular Science
Accuracy 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 collaborators
Supplement - CESAR
£19,522
HTA via London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Prof J Potter
Co-investigator, Dr T G Robinson, Cardiovascular Sciences
The Stroke Association Clinical Fellowship - Dr David Eveson
£40,000
The Stroke Association
Dr K Ramnarine
Development 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 Thompson
Co-investigator, Dr D Lambert, Cardiovascular Sciences
Investigation 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 Sciences
Supplement: 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 Challiss
Pharmacological 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 Davies
Regulation of arterial Ca2+-activated K+ (Bkca) channels by angiotensin II
£71,308
British Heart Foundation
Dr R Evans
Supplement - P2X Receptors For ATP Physiological Roles Regulation and Molecular Properties
£22,220
The Wellcome Trust
Dr R Fern
Supplement - Ischemic injury of CNS white matter glia
£112,174
National Institutes of Health
Prof I Forsythe
Factors 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 Grubb
Supplement - Prostoglandin Receptor Distribution and function in the peripheral central nervous system
£2,981
GlaxoSmithkline
Dr T Herbert
Glucagon like peptide-1 signalling via L-type voltage gated calcium channels in pancreatic β-cells
£66,200
Diabetes UK
Dr J Mitcheson
CASE Studentship - structural basis for drug binding to HERG potassium channels
£20,295
Pfizer Ltd
Dr M Mulheran
Supplement - 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, Chemistry
Supplement - 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 Standen
Travel 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, Biochemistry
Interrelationships between KATP channels and protein kinases in protection of isolated cardiac myocytes
£73,818
British Heart Foundation
CHEMISTRY
Dr A Abbott
Industrial 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 Cullis
SafePharm Analytical Chemistry Project
£35,340
SafePharm Laboratories
Dr D Davies
Travel grant to attend 21st International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry
£750
The Royal Society
Dr A Ellis
Co-investigator, Prof C Binns, Physics & Astronomy
Novel Magnetic Nanoclusters for the Life Sciences and Medicine
£102,944
EPSRC
Prof E Hope
Conference Grant
£321
Royal Society
Dr P Jenkins
Supplement - 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 Lowe
Case 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 Raven
Co-investigator, Dr P Moody, Biochemistry
Mechanism 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, Biochemistry
Towards a unified view of substrate binding in heme peroxidases
£229,638
BBSRC
Dr A Stuart
Supplement - Flourous-derivatised phase transfer catalyst
£8,286
Royal Society
Supplement -Fluorus-derivatised phase transfer catalysts
£9,730
Royal Society
Dr J Woodward
Direct 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 Fiadeiro
LEG2NET - From Legacy Systems to Services in the Net
£217,832
CEC
Dr N Ghani
Theory and applications of containers
£161,508
EPSRC
Dr A Kurz
Coalgebras 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 Caglayan
The Effects of Exchange Rate Movements on International Trade Flows: A Bivariate GARCh Approach
£2,723
British Academy
Dr P Demetriades
National 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 Basit
Tackling Racism on School Placements
£5,580
Teacher Training Agency
Dr C Comber
Videoconferencing Case Studies Evaluation Project
£10,210
BECTA
Co-investigator, Dr T Lawson, Education
Strategic 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 Cremin
Investigating 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 Tennant
Supplement - Beyond the Bar Chart
£2,862
DfES via Mathematical Association
Dr P Warwick
Building a Bridge to Inclusion for the Young People of North East Manchester
£15,639
The Message Trust
ENGINEERING
Dr L Boulter
Co-investigator, Prof T Bendell, Engineering
Research 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 Edwards
Sliding 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 Hainsworth
Micromanipulation of powders at high temperature in the environment scanning electron
£1,400
Nuffield Foundation
Dr P Lefley
High Performance Opportunistic NiCad Battery Charging
£13,300
HEROBC via Nottingham
Dr M Pont
Summer Studentships
£3,000
MIRA Ltd
Prof A Ponter
Travel Grant for IUTAM Congress, Warsaw
£1,168
Royal Society
Prof I Postlethwaite
Co-investigator, Prof S Spurgeon, Engineering
Summer School: Mathematics for robust and nonlinear control systems
£56,386
EPSRC
Prof S Spurgeon
Co-investigator, Dr C Edwards, Engineering
An Investigation of Novel Reconfiguration Methods for Use in Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Vehicles
£40,000
Defence Technology Centre
Dr M Turner
Industrial CASE Studentship 2004/2005 - Phillip March
£48,257
EPSRC
Dr M Warrington
Co-investigators, Dr A J Stocker & Dr N Zaalov, Engineering
Further 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 Halliwell
Contesting 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, Genetics
The rate and spectrum of L1 retrotransposon insertions in the human germline
£321,276
The Wellcome Trust
Dr R Borts
Supplement - 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 Dubrova
Supplement - 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 Jobling
Supplement: 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 Kramer
Conference 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 Inflammation
Investigation 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 Shackleton
The 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 Bradshaw
Learning 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 Mercer
Development 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 Parsons
Supplement - 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 Phillips
International Conference of Critical Geography
£700
British Academy
Co-investigator, Dr S Page, Geography
Gentrifying rural nature
£46,785
ESRC
Dr J Pickerill
Autonomous 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 Round
Surviving Post-Socialism: Evaluating the Role fo the Informal Sector in Belarus
£24,481
ESRC
Dr J Ryan
Photography and Exploration
£4,442
The British Academy
Photography and the representation of famine in India
£2,400
Royal Geographical Society
Dr R Smith
Overseas conference Grant
£700
British Academy
GEOLOGY
Dr T Brewer
The JOI Alliance: Systems Integration and a Riserless Vessel for IODP
£138,210
Columbia University
Dr G Jenkin
Global 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, Geology
Interpretation 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, Geology
Geophysical Education in the UK
£3,093
Royal Astronomical Society/Geological Society
Prof M Lovell
Co-investigator, Dr T Brewer, Geology
Inter-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 Moon
Commonwealth 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, Geology
The 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 Brugha
Supplement - 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 Sciences
The genetic and environmental regulation of ambulatory blood pressure and pulse waveform phenotypes - Dr C Hajat
£165,246
Medical Research Council
Prof P Burton
UK Biobank: Scientific Rationale Project
£10,081
Wellcome Trust via UK Biobank Ltd
Co-investigator, Dr R Hsu , Health Sciences
UK 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 Davies
Co-investigator, Prof C Hollin, Health Sciences
Supplement - Arnold Lodge admission cohort: reconviction and intervening treatment
£33,000
Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust
Dr M Dixon-Woods
Co-investigator, Dr J Kivits, Health Sciences
Two cases for researching health information needs: every day health and medical research
£28,743
ESRC
Co-investigator, Ms E Shaw, Health Sciences
DESMOND: 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 Sciences
Supplement - 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 Sciences
Supplement - Trent Neo Natal Study
£58,708
Directorate of Health and Social Care for the East Midlands
Co-investigator, Dr E Draper, Health Sciences
Supplement - 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 Sciences
Trent 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 Sciences
Compression or Expansion of disability? Forecasting future disability levels under changing patterns
£33,998
Kings Fund
Dr S Katbamna
A 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 Sciences
Audit 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 McGrother
Evaluation of diet and lifestyle, comorbidity and socio-economic factors in the aetiology of urinary storage disorder in
women
£104,120
BUPA Foundation
Dr R McKinley
WDC Support
£235,699
Leics, Northants & Rutland PG Deanery
Dr J Moore
Sure 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 Riley
Evidence 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 Stone
Co-investigators, Dr Tim Stokes & Dr K Khunti, Health Sciences
Discussing 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 Sciences
Development 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 Williams
Co-investigators, Prof K Abrams, Dr N Cooper, Dr C McGrother, Health Sciences
Long 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 Ball
The Anatomy of Conservatism: The Conservtive Party 1918-1945
£14,013
AHRB
Prof R Bonney
Conference: 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 Dyer
Support 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, History
Support 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, History
Support 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 Rodger
Leicestershire Rural Partnership
£5,950
Leicestershire Rural Partnership
Dr R Sweet
The 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 Inflammation
PNEUMOPEP: 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 Pharmacology
The 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 Pharmacology
The 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, Biochemistry
Regulation 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 Inflammation
Human mast cell adhesion to bronchial epithelium and airway smooth muscle
£44,464
National Ashma Campaign
Co-investigator, Dr K Gough, Biology
Inhibition of human mast cell adhesion using antibodies generated by phage display
£49,047
Asthma UK
Dr C Brightling
Remodelling in asthma: mast cell and eosinophil interactions with mesenchymal cells
£145,365
Asthma UK
Dr B Burke
Use of proteomics to determine the effects of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis on gene expression in primary
human macrophages
£6,000
Medisearch
Prof R Camp
Co-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 Inflammation
Clinical relevance of novel epidermal autoantigens and streptococcus progenes infections in Psoriasis
£6,759
MediSearch
Dr P Freestone
Supplement - 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 Hirst
Value 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 Lynch
Value in People Award
£20,826
Wellcome Trust
Prof K Nicholson
Co-investigator, Prof M Barer, Infection, Immunity, Inflammation
Rapid 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, III
Adhesion 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 Inflammation
Identifying 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, Inflammation
Patterns 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 Prof
Interaction 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 Bell
Equality 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 Cohn
Perogative 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 Crifo
The "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 Gillies
Modernisation of the Rome Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations
£747
Society of Legal Scholars
Prof C Graham
Co-investigator, Mr M Fitch, Law
Household Water Services in England and Wales
£3,500
Unison
Prof R White
Analysis 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 Poplawski
International DH Lawrence Conference
£500
British Academy
Dr J Luger
Co-investigator, Ms E Crewe, Lifelong Learning
East 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 Davies
Evolution 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 Baranov
Asymptotic problems in representation theory
£12,000
Royal Society
Dr R Davidchack
Towards 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, Mathematics
Cluster 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 Education
Learning 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 Fayard
French 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 Spunta
Between '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 Dodd
Not 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 Studies
Research 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 Sandell
Not 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 Astronomy
Impact 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, Chemistry
New 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 & Astronomy
VEGA/GAIA
£119,897
PPARC
Co-investigator, Dr P O'Brien, Physics & Astronomy
National 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 Binns
Innovation 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 & Astronomy
Interim 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 & Astronomy
HP3 Densitometer
£6,898
The Open University
Co-investigator, Dr J Pye, Physics & Astronomy
BepiColombo - MIXS interim funding
£32,828
PPARC
BioAstral DTI Grant
£110,000
BioAstral
Dr P Howes
Co-investigator, Dr J Grigg, Infection, Immunity and Inflammation
Toxicology 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 Medicine
UKAFF - Continuation of support staff
£295,099
PPARC
Co-investigators, Dr D Raine, Dr G Wynn, Dr P Wheatley, Dr S Rosswog, Physics and Astronomy
Supplement - Research in Theoretical Astrophysics
£109,862
PPARC
Dr J Lees
Co-investigator, Prof G Fraser, Physics and Astronomy
A 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 Astronomy
JWST-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 & Astronomy
Preservation of Capability for Aurora
£47,201
PPARC
Co-investigator, Dr N Bannister, Physics & Astronomy
Surface 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 & Astronomy
Astrogrid 2 Central Fund Holder
£283,434
PPARC
Co-investigator, Dr T Linde, Physics & Astronomy
Astrogrid 2 - Support and research posts
£1,179,804
PPARC
Co-investigator, Dr T Linde, Physics & Astronomy
Supplement - 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 Wright
Joint Ground-Based and Spacecraft Observations of High-Frequency Magnetohydrodynamic Waves Generated by WaveParticle Interactions in the Magnetosphere
£1,500
Royal Astronomical Society
POLITICS
Dr L Brace
Inclusions and Exclusions in the New Europe Conference
£300
British Academy
Prof J Dumbrell
Issues 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, Politics
The 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, Psychology
Juvenile Sex Offending
£480
Leicester Youth Offending Service
Colman A Prof
Conference Grant
£532
Royal Society
Evolution of Cooperation Through Coordinated Turn-Taking
£2,600
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
De Lillo C Dr
Executive 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 Prof
Investigating the use of coarse visual information in word recognition by adults of different reading abilities
£49,621
Wellcome Trust
Moran P Dr
Supplement: The effect of ecstasy on impulsicity
£650
AstraZeneca
Paterson K Dr
Co-investigator, Ms T Webb, Psychology
Age-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 Williams
Sports Equity Strategies and Local Football in England
£12,000
The Football Association