Research Grants

Total research income this month: £3,547,261.00

Applied Computing

Dr A Waller: £181,218 from Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council for facilitating language play in non-speaking children through computer-supported joke construction.

Dr S Parkes: £288,530 from NERC for Dundee Satellite Receiving Station (2003/2004).

Civil Engineering

Prof MCR Davies & Dr MF Bransby: £293,386 from Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council for a fundamental geotechnical study of how plant roots increase slope stability (joint with Scottish Crop Research Institute).

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Dr JF Dillon: £20,514 from British Council for British chevening scholarship - Mr George Abouda.

Dental Health Services Research Unit

Prof NB Pitts: £534,131 from Chief Scientist Office for dental health services research unit 2003/2004.

Design

Prof T Inns: £5,500 from University of Stirling for online visual representation of research findings (collaboration with The Carnegie Trust).

Geography

Dr NR Fyfe & Prof A Findlay: £41,391.41 from Economic and Social Research Council for transnationalism, citizenship and the 'shadow state'.

Dr AR Black: £900 from Carnegie Trust for research in New Zealand on flood risk assessment.

Dr BW Brock: £440 from The Royal Society for conference grant.

History

Dr JM Cornwall: £1,200 from Carnegie Trust for a re-evaluation of the Czech-German relationship in central Europe through the eyes of Heinrich Rutha.

Maternal & Child Health Sciences

Prof R Hume, Prof A Burchell, Dr L Jackson, Ms L Forsyth, Dr MWH Coughtrie (Molecular & Cellular Pathology), Dr E Stanley (Molecular & Cellular Pathology), Dr P Willatts (Psychology) & Dr FLR Williams (Epidemiology): £7,913 from Tenovus Tayside for genetic influences on thyroid hormone metabolism in preterm infants.

Dr A Mehta: £411,636 from Cystic Fibrosis Trust for UK CF database - collection and analysis of data (extension).

Prof R Hume: £2,000 from unnamed source for research into the prevention of premature births.

Medicine

Prof MET McMurdo, Dr MD Witham & Prof AD Struthers (Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics): £160,828 from Chief Scientist Office for double blind placebo controlled trial of the effect of perindopril on functional capacity in older people.

Molecular & Cellular Pathology

Prof WHI McLean: £29,664 from Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Assessment for proof of principle experiments towards gene therapy for EBS (supplement).

Dr TR Hupp: £169,727 from Cancer Research UK for signal transduction pathways regulating the tumour suppressor p53.

Prof S Fleming: £45,000 from Pathological Society of Great Britain & Ireland for the role of Ki ras 4A isoform in hormone dependent responses in the renal tubule (PhD Sponsorship).

Nursing & Midwifery

Dr KM Smith, Dr MC Jones, Ms S Zetta & Prof FM Sullivan (General Practice): £53,569 from Chief Scientist Office for randomised controlled trial comparing self-help cognitive behavioural programme, the Angina Plan, with standard care for angina patients admitted to hospital.

Mrs PA Gall: £6,500 from National Association of Theatre Nurses for a cover up?: A study to examine the potential risks of wearing theatre clothes outwith the theatre setting.

Otolaryngology

Mr OJ Hilmi, Mr SSM Hussain & Dr EW Abel (Mechanical Engineering): £4,950 from Anonymous Trust for a study of drill generated noise induced hearing loss in ear surgery.

Psychiatry

Prof DJK Balfour: £9,450 from Tenovus Tayside for the role of brain monoamines in the neurobiology underlying nicotine withdrawal.

Dr KC Breen: £57,000 from Alzheimer's Research Trust for Dundee Alzheimer's Research Trust Network Centre.

Psychology

Dr E Nagy: £970 from The Royal Society for conference grant.

School of Life Sciences

Dr HS Hundal & Dr PM Taylor: £175,072 from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council for molecular and cellular regulation of the system A amino acid transporter in skeletal muscle cells.

Dr R Fahraeus & Prof CG Proud: £117,932 from Association for International Cancer Research for translational regulation of p53 expression.

Dr ND Perkins: £44,925 from Cancer Research UK for molecular and functional characterisation of the cell cycle regulated CRD1 transcriptional repression domain in the cellular coactivator p300.

Prof JA Raven: £706 from The Royal Society for conference grant.

Prof JJ Blow: £11,000 from Cancer Research UK for Dundee CRC co-operative centre.

Prof DMJ Lilley: £64,727 from Cancer Research UK for single molecule FRET assembly (equipment).

Prof HG Jones: £13,520 from The Royal Society for gene expression and salt tolerance in barley (Royal Society/NATO Fellowship: Dr M Chechulina).

Dr D van Aalten: £27,700 from European Molecular Biology Organisation for structure-based anti-microbial drug design (Young Investigator Programme).

Dr D van Aalten: £60,270 from Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council and Industrial Sponsor for development of novel chitinase inhibitors as antibiotics (CASE Studentship: F Rao).

Dr D van Aalten: £9,894 from European Molecular Biology Organisation for EMBO Young Investigator Programme - "Topping-up" award.

Surgery & Molecular Oncology

Dr KL Ball: £42,992 from Cancer Research UK for regulation of tumour modifiers in cell growth and gene expression (equipment).

Town & Regional Planning

Dr WM Edgar: £173,077 from University of St Andrews for core services to the housing corporation (extension).

Industrial Awards

Applied Computing
Prof AF Newell & Dr GPH Gregor: £41,595
Dr GPH Gregor: £1,880
Dr GPH Gregor: £2,000
Dr GPH Gregor: £2,000

Civil Engineering
Dr TA Newson & Prof MCR Davies: £1,774.25
Prof RMW Horner: £1,410

Geography
Dr NR Fyfe: £14,216.44

Mechanical Engineering
Dr EW Abel: £166,682

Medical Education
Mrs E Rogerson: £60,000

Medicine
Prof AD Morris & Dr J Parkinson (Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics): £30,000

Research & Innovation Services
Mr J Houston: £73,320

Social Work
Prof N Baldwin & Mrs BA Gillies: £36,704

Surgery & Molecular Oncology
Prof RJC Steele & Mr MA Thaha: £47,447


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