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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

Responsive Mode Grant Awards

Values are the amounts requested. Awarded amounts may differ

? Award winner: Robert Jackson

? Institution: University of Reading

? Value: ?20,000

Understanding how plant antimicrobial "hot zones" can accelerate pathogen evolution

? Award winner: Mark Stevens

? Institution: University of Edinburgh

? Value: ?358,000

Role of AKT1 and SIVA1 in resistance to avian salmonellosis

? Award winner: Jon Collinson

? Institution: University of Aberdeen

? Value: ?183,000

An integrated experimental and theoretical approach to understanding corneal epithelial maintenance

? Award winner: David Murphy

? Institution: University of Bristol

? Value: ?673,000

Bilateral BBSRC-FAPESP: Behavioural and neuroendocrine mechanisms regulating hydromineral homeostasis - a lifelong perspective

? Award winner: Kevin Painter

? Institution: Heriot-Watt University

? Value: ?55,000

An integrated experimental and theoretical approach to understanding corneal epithelial maintenance

? Award winner: Dov Stekel

? Institution: University of Nottingham

? Value: ?307,000

High throughput analysis of cell growth data from phenotype arrays

? Award winner: Nigel Scrutton

? Institution: University of Manchester

? Value: ?700,000

Industrial chemicals of the monoterpenoid class realised through synthetic biology and pathway engineering

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE REPLACEMENT, REFINEMENT AND REDUCTION OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCH - NC3RS

Project Grants

? Award winner: Chris Denning

? Institution: University of Nottingham

? Value: ?412,735

Human pluripotent stem cell cardiomyocytes and hepatocytes with engineered genotypes for drug safety evaluation

Pilot Study Grants

? Award winner: Jurgen Schneider

? Institution: University of Oxford

? Value: ?74,525

Feasibility of replacing invasive heart pressure measurements with non-invasive MR elastography to reduce rodent numbers in pre-clinical research

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

Successful Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures research grants

? Award winner: Simon Deakin

? Institution: University of Cambridge

? Value: ?535,336

Law, development and finance in rising powers

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National Institute for Health Research

? Award winner: Conor Laurence Mallucci

? Institution: Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

? Value: ?2,038,353

The British antibiotic and silver impregnated catheters for ventriculoperitoneal shunts multi-centre randomised controlled trial (The BASICS trial)

The commonest treatment for hydrocephalus is a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, but it carries risks of infection. This study will compare two new devices to try to reduce shunt infection - antibiotic-impregnated (Bactiseal) and silver-impregnated (Silverline) shunts - and try to establish which provides the most protection against infection.