ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL AND THE ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
Details of the ten joint AHRC/EPSRC collaborative research studentships made as part of the joint science and heritage research programme. The awards allow doctoral students to conduct research with a non-academic body and to gain experience outside academia. Each award is worth about £55,000 over three years.
- Award winner: Chris Carr
Institution: University of Manchester
Non-academic partner: Historic Royal Palaces
Investigation into structural analysis and associated conservation support strategy in the display of large historic tapestries and textiles
- Award winner: Chris Carr
Institution: University of Manchester
Non-academic partner: British Museum
Interventive conservation of black-dyed organic materials - the problem of metal-polyphenol complexes
- Award winner: Andrew Wilson
Institution: University of Bradford
Non-academic partner: National Museums Liverpool
Sustainable radiography for cultural materials in the 21st century: optimising filmless capture techniques
- Award winner: Alison Hulme
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Non-academic partner: National Museums of Scotland
Historic dye analysis: method development and new applications in cultural heritage
- Award winner: Martin Bell
Institution: University of Reading
Non-academic partner: English Heritage
In situ preservation of wetland heritage: hydrological and chemical change in the burial environment of the Somerset Levels
- Award winner: Matija Strlic
Institution: University College London
Non-academic partner: National Archives
Lifetime of colour photographs in mixed archival collections
- Award winner: Christopher Hall
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Non-academic partner: National Museums of Scotland
Deterioration and conservation of historic concrete structures: the National Museum of Flight military airfield at East Fortune
- Award winner: Peter Brimblecombe
Institution: University of East Anglia
Non-academic partner: English Heritage
Preparing historic collections for climate change
- Award winner: Karen Wilson
Institution: University of York
Non-academic partner: York Minster
Weathering and decay in historical magnesian limestone: the application of X-ray techniques to inform cathedral conservation
- Award winner: Haida Liang
Institution: Nottingham Trent University
Non-academic partner: English Heritage
Non-invasive methods for in situ assessing and monitoring the vulnerability of rock-art monuments
EPSRC
- Award winner: Peter Slater
Institution: University of Surrey
Value: £98,661
Nanoparticulate mixed metal oxides as electrode materials for Alkaline Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (APEMFCs)
- Award winner: Nigel Poolton
Institution: Aberystwyth University
Value: £216,413
Advanced optical micro-imaging methods for determining the structural and chemical state of materials: development of, and access to, equipment
- Award winner: Phil Bartlett
Institution: University of Southampton
Value: £102,696
Rapid DNA fingerprinting.
