New grants to be published as at November 2001
Posted on 30 November 2001
AHRB Dr M Jenner History
A Cleanly City? Cleanliness, Dirt and Public Health in Early Modern London.
£9,453 3 months
AHRB Mr Peter Blair English
Additional funding for a study visit to South Africa re "South African Fiction in English during apartheid 1948-90."
£2,210 4 months
AHRB Dr M Garrison History
Writers from the British Isles and their influence in early Medieval Bavaria. (Exchange with Institut fuer Oesterreichische Geshichtsforshung Professor Dr A Scharer)
Our knowledge of the literary culture and ideology of the early medieval world advances through detailed and exacting studies of texts and individuals as well as works of synthesis. Thus, localizing and attributing texts are tasks which must go hand in hand with attempts to sketch a larger picture. The project aims to answer specific questions about two eighth century writers. The findings will, in turn, contribute to a larger view of the interpretation and re-evaluation of insular activity in early medieval Bavaria.
Emigres from Anglo-Saxon England and Ireland, often called peregrini, played a crucial note in introducing and spreading literacy and christianity to continental Europe in the early middle ages. Using manuscripts and printed sources, my research will investigate the writings and careers of two of these peregrini who were active eighth-century south Germany.
£10,500 3 months
AHRB Dr S Pintzuk Language & Linguistics
Research Leave Scheme re: Verb-object order in the history of English.
£13,254 4 months
AHRB Dr S Rees-Jones Centre for Medieval Studies
Research Leave Scheme - Medieval York 1100-1475.
£9,453 3 months
Association for Science Education Prof J Holman Chemistry
Key Stage 4 Mini-projects during Science Year 2001.
£30,000 8 months
BBSRC Dr K Kirkpatrick Psychology
Temporal content and transfer effects in classical conditioning.
£155,220 3 years
BBSRC Dr J McGrady Chemistry
Biological nitrogen fixation: A functional role for metal-metal bonds.
£92,716 2 years
BBSRC Dr S M Bougourd Biology
Cell cycle dynamics and the specification of cell fate during stomatal patterning in Arabidopsis.
£237,216 3 years
BBSRC Dr D Ashford Biology
The role of peptide-n-glycanases and n-glycans in plant development.
£50,350 3 years
BBSRC Dr F Maathuis Biology
Ion transport across mycorrhizal membranes.
£194,900 3 years
BBSRC Dr M Rumsby Biology
Regulation of Protein Kinase C-Epsilon function in fibroblasts by a SER729 phosphatase B-Cop and myosin.
£217,716 3 years
Bio4 Limited Prof J Austin, Computer Science and Dr N E Pears
Student Sponsorship Agreement. Face recognition using neural networks and computer vision methods.
£65,450 3 years
BP Amoco plc Prof J Clark Chemistry
Funding for 1 Mres student for the year 2001/02 for Clean Chemical Technology.
£14,000 1 year
British Academy Dr Rachel Utley Politics
France and European Security.
£2,067 1.5 months
The British Heart Foundation Dr J Molloy Biology
Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; effects of mutations in B-cardiac myosin on force in vivo and in vitro.
£6,530 2 years
The British Library and the Wellcome Trust Chris Webb BIHR
Research Resources in Medical History - Preservation Project for the York NHS Archive.
£23,076 1 year
Cellutions Ltd Prof H Leese Biology
Embryo culture media development.
£41,900 18 months
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (NERC) Prof M Cresser Environment
Terrestrial Umbrella - Eutrophication and acidification of terrestrial ecosystems in the UK.
£98,680 3 years
CLRC Mrs E J Dodson, Chemistry and Dr S McNicholas
Support to develop CCP4 molecular graphics package.
£143,376 3 years
Department for Education and Skills
Prof M Stein, SPSW and Prof E C Melhuish Birkbeck College
Subcontract from Birkbeck College: Sure Start National Evaluation.
£145,548 3 years
Department for Education and Skills Patricia Thornton SPRU
Employment - focussed services for disabled people: mapping existing and innovative practice in Great Britain.
£40,378 9 months
Department for Education and Skills Dr Karen Mumford Economics
Summer Placement in Whitehall 2001. To be served at the Department of Trade and Industry investigating: "The availability of family friendly work practices to single parents in Britain."
£7,000 6 months
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions Dr Christine Oldman CHP
Information guide on the range of accommodation and support options for older people.
£28,243 6 months
Department of Health
Dr F Fylan, Health Sciences and Dr Mitchell Thomson, University of Derby and Dr Stefano Seri, The Birmingham Children's Hospital
Development of a new test of visual function for children and infants.
£63,845 15 months
Department of Health Prof M Drummond and Prof R Carr Hill CHE
Centre for Health Economics - core funding.
£1,438,820 5 years
£250,000 5 years (total £1,688,820)
Department of Health Prof S Baldwin SPRU
5 year programme grant for work on outcomes and service quality.
£1,970,295 5 years
DETR in collaboration with the University of Bradford
Dr L Emberson SEIY and Prof M Ashmore University of Bradford
Development of application of methods for modelling and mapping ozone deposition and stomatal flux in Europe.
£29,206 3 years
DTI Dr N Carslaw Environment
Gas standards for indoor and in-car air: An investigation of the causes of indoor air pollution.
£5,100 1 year
DSS Prof J Bradshaw SPRU
A comparative study of child benefit packages.
£85,318 10 months
Employment Service Dr P Thornton SPRU
Impact of Access to Work Evaluation.
£149,101 10 months
Employment Service Dr P Thornton SPRU
Good practice in work preparation.
£68,788 (£22,450 for York and £46,338 for Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research)
8 months
Employment Service Dr P Thornton SPRU
Evaluation of Access to Work and Workstep: Feasibility Study.
£16,174 5 months
EPSRC Dr L Carpenter Chemistry
On-line time-of-flight analyser for atmospheric measurements of oxygenated organics.
£237,021 3 years
EPSRC Prof Godby Physics
A Beowulf computer for condensed matter, crystallography, plasma physics and biophysics. A powerful supercomputer to support research in these four research groups in the Department of Physics.
£239,377 3 years
EPSRC Dr V Chechik Chemistry
Thiolated oligomers as building blocks for hollow nanospheres.
£62,541 3 years
EPSRC Prof J H Clark Chemistry
Masters Training Package regarding Mres in Clean Chemical Technology.
£609,953 5 years
EPSRC Dr A K Duhme-Klair Chemistry
Luminescent sensors for molybdate from siderophore derivatives.
£60,764 3 years
EPSRC Dr D Halliday Electronics
The role of correlated synaptic activity in neural integration. Towards an understanding of information processing in the human brain.
£61,941 2 years
EPSRC Prof J A D Matthew Physics
Electronic and magnetic characteristics of a new generation of amorphous alloys. Work to be carried out in conjunction with Leeds University.
£40,210 (£15,954 being ticket facilities) 2 years
EPSRC Prof E Corrigan Mathematics
Training grant for the Masters Training Package entitled "Data Analysis Networks & Nonlinear Dynmics."
£605,390 5 years
EPSRC Prof R Taylor Chemistry
Spirocyclic B-Lactone-Y-Lactams; Synthesis of oxazolomycins.
£176,179 3 years
EPSRC Prof Babiker Physics
Optical spanners: The interaction of laguerre-Gaussain laser beams with chiral molecules.
£59,552 3 years
ESRC Prof J Local Language & Linguistics
Structured variation in the phonetic interpretation of British English Liquids.
£40,933.62 1 year
European Commission Prof James Clark Chemistry
Biomimetic catalysts obtained by surface modification for green chemistry processes.
£9,342 3 years
European Commission Prof Andy Tyrrell Electronics
Reconfigurable POEtic Tissue: An electronic tissue with the ability to grow, learn, self-repair and self-replicate for application requiring high levels of reliability.
555,868 3 years
European Commission Prof J P Young Biology
Ecological and environmental biosafety assessment of novel plant and microbial biotechnology products.
60,900 3 years
Fudan University Shanghai China Dr Y Xu Electronics
Development of high field and multiconfiguration UHV magnets.
£2,500 2 years
Hull City Council Social Services Department Dr Margaret Bell Social Policy
Effective mechanisms for listening and responding to children and young people in Hull.
£15,000 8 months
IBM Dr H Laidler Physics
IBM Faculty Partnership Award "Structural and magnetic properties of applied magnetic materials."
US$ 12,000 1 year
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation Dr Mark Bevan CHP
Community involvement and modernising local government: the potential of new urban parish councils.
£7,222 12 months
LTSN Physical Sciences Centre Prof John Holman Chemistry
Part funding for the project: "Thermodynamics in Context."
£10,000 2 years
NERC Prof D Raffaelli, Environment and Dr Law, Biology
The role played by body mass on the impacts of predators on their prey, and the implications for ecosystem stability.
£84,750 3 years York's share as part of a larger collaboration with the University of Aberdeen
NHS Executive Northern and Yorkshire Ms M Crawshaw SPSW
A study of the decision making process surrounding sperm storage for adolescent minors post Tanne stage 2 within Paediatric oncology units.
£27,287 14 months
NHS Executive Northern and Yorkshire Dr D Torgerson Health Studies
A randomised trial of nurse led implementation of calcium and vitamin D supplementation for fracture prevention.
£144,234 30 months
NHS Executive in collaboration with the University of Hull. Dr Mark Sculpher CHE
Work undertaken at the University of York in respect of: Multi-centre randomised controlled trial examining the cost-effectiveness of contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in women scheduled for wide local excision.
£72,709 5 years
NHS Executive Ms Rebecca Shaw CHE
HTA R&D Wessex Award to Sheffield.
£35,371 1 year
NHS R and D National Primary Care Awards Dr M Sculpher CHE
NHS R & D National Public Health Career Scientist Award.
£304,826 5 years
NHS Worcestershire Ms K Croucher CHP
Accommodation review and development in mental health.
£21,936 10 months
The Nuffield Foundation Dr G Altmann Psychology
Undergraduate research bursary: Predictive processing during sentence comprehension.
£1,500 10 weeks
The Prince's Trust Prof M Stein SWRDU
Mentoring Careleavers Module: Attitudes & Aspirations 2001.
£4,500 5 months
Royal College of Nursing Prof N Cullum Health Studies
Updating leg ulcer guidelines.
£14,984 12 months
Royal Society Prof M Cresser Environment
Study visit by Dr Arowolo to the UK from Nigeria, to develop new methods for assessing pollutant impacts on soils.
£2,805 1 year
Save the Children UK Prof J Bradshaw SPRU
The Well-Being of Children in the UK.
£180,000 5 years
Scottish Homes Dr N A Jones CHP
Homelessness and life skills.
£10,522 3 months
Sir Halley Stewart Trust Dr D Hepworth SPRU
Improving community care assessment and support for black and minority ethnic carers.
£9,835 8 months
Unilever Dr J Moore Chemistry
Investigation of bleach dye products.
£51,000 31 months
Wellcome Trust Dr G Kellett Biology
The molecular basis for, and control of, transepithelial peptide transport.
£273,277 5 years
Wellcome Trust Dr C Elliott Biology
Collaborative Research Initiative Grant with Dr Agnes Vehovszky at the Balaton Limnological Institute in Tihany, Hungary for a study entitled: Octopamine in snail feeding: cellular mechanisms of synaptic modulation.
£86,629 36 months
Wellcome Trust Dr K Nation Psychology
Vacation scholarship: Language-impaired children's knowledge about words and categories.
£1,160 8 weeks
Wellcome Trust Dr M Rumsby Biology
Vacation scholarship: Actin polymerisation-driven protrusion mechanism.
£1,160 8 weeks
World Health Organisation Prof R A Wilson Biology
Research Training Grant for Mr T Kariuki
$21,194 1 year
World Health Organisation Prof R A Wilson Biology
Identification of the targets of protective antibodies in schistosomiasis using proteomic techniques.
$40,000 1 year
Yorkshire Cancer Research Prof J Milner Biology
Selective inhibition of oncogenic functions of mutant p53.
£117,279 3 years
Yorkshire Cancer Research Prof R Taylor Chemistry
Studentship. Novel anti-tumour agents from marine natural products.
£52,081 3 year
75 New Grants £9,884,006.62
EXTENSIONS TO GRANTS TO BE PUBLISHED
British Aerospace Systems Prof J Austin Computer Science
Structural Health - Airframe Qualification: This project investigates systems that can identify failure of sensors on aircraft.
£70,762 12 months
NHS Executive Julie Glanville NHS CRD
Accessing the evidence in general practice: a follow up survey in the Northern and Yorkshire Region.
£29,482 1 year
Novozymes A/S Prof K S Wilson Chemistry
X-ray structure determinations of industrial enzymes.
£360,000 (total now £690,000) 3 years
PPARC Dr I Mann Physics
The UK Sub-Auroral Magnetometer Network (SAMNET).
£22,500
4 Extensions to existing grants £482,744
Grand Total £10,366,750.62