Research Challenge Fund and the Global Research Challenge Fund competition is now complete.
19 projects have now been funded to the value of £335k after a very competitive process, see below for further details of these projects.
Global Challenge Research Fund
| Name | Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dr H Cecotti | Connecting handwriting skills with cognitive performance of children in developing countries | £9,046 |
| Prof H Wang | Development of a Smartphone and Cloud based Solution for Agri-Food Safety and Security Screening | £10,000 |
| Prof G Kernohan | Birth across the Border: A study to explore maternal policy and practice in Thailand and Myanmar | £10,000 |
| Prof S Wills | Responsibilities of UN Peacekeeping forces for investigation of injuries ensuring provision of medical care to victims of 'collateral damage' as a result of operations | £10,000 |
| Prof H Zheng | A computational biology approach for analysis of microbid community and pathogen contamination in Wuhan Lakes | £9,936 |
| Dr T Hansen | Developing the "Nairobi Principles on Accountability" | £9,970 |
| Prof JAD McLaughlin | Strategic geo-mapping for early response of Dengue epidemic outbreaks | £10,000 |
| Prof J Byrne | Building Science and Innovation Capacity in Partner Countries | £15,792 |
| Name | Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dr J Arnscheidt | Development of a new model to investigate which parameters in water treatment drive the proliferation of antimicrobial resistant bacteria as human pathogens | £24,652 |
| Dr D Cobice | Vitamin D as regulator of 'intracrine'metabolism, implications as a prostate cancer therapeutic, contribution of healthy aging and discovery of novel tissue-specific biomarkers | £24,748 |
| Prof C Collins | Enforced and involuntary Disappearance - Scoping Study for and informational Approach | £20,000 |
| Dr C Hughes | Nutrition and the Ageing Brain: a multidisciplinary study integrating nutrition with innovative intelligent systems technologies | £25,000 |
| Mrs L Kennedy | What is specifically linguistic in linguistic competence? An experimental investigation of ambiguity resolution in Acquisition and Broca's aphasia | £22,300 |
| Prof D Mariotti | Plasma-enhanced exsolution | £25,000 |
| Prof E McCaughan | Developing educational interventions, to include an e-learning resource for frontline oncology staff to facilitate communication surrounding the death of parent with cancer: A programme of work | £25,000 |
| Dr V Simms | Brain mechanisms related to processing of numerals: a magnetoencephaplography study | £24,996 |
| Prof S Wills | Responsibilities of UN Peacekeeping Forces for investigation into injuries as a Result of Operations and Ensuring Provision of Medical Care to Victims of 'Collateral Damage' | £8,735 |
| Dr S Zhang | Development of an international strategy to support connected health research council funding applications | £24,573 |
| Prof G Davison | Persistent Benefits of Exercise and Vitamin C in Ageing and Diabetic Cohorts Mediated by Epigenetics | £24,996 |