ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL
The AHRC has awarded more than £13 million to UK academics through its research grants scheme. More than 240 researchers applied, and 38 were successful. Thirteen of the winners are published below, and the remainder will be published in the coming weeks.
Award winner: Alison Wiggins
Institution: University of Glasgow
Value: £242,366
A corpus of renaissance correspondence: the letters of Elizabeth Talbot
Award winner: Rachel Moseley
Institution: University of Warwick
Value: £295,844
A history of television for women in Britain, 1947-89
Award winner: Murray Campbell
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Value: £7,240
A study of mechanical pipe organ actions and how they influence musical performance
Award winner: Rachel Murray
Institution: University of Bristol
Value: £543,8
The role of soft law in international human rights law: Robben Island guidelines on the prevention of torture in Africa
Award winner: Robert Gordon
Institution: Goldsmiths, University of London
Value: £351,195
Beyond the linear narrative: fractured narratives in writing and performance in the post-colonial era
Award winner: David Jackson
Institution: University of Leeds
Value: £131,492
Christen Kobke (1810-48): exhibition
Award winner: Andrew Jones
Institution: University of Southampton
Value: £371,774
Dating and analysis of British prehistoric rock art: the Kilmartin Valley project
Award winner: J. Hodson
Institution: University of Sheffield
Value: £151,414
Dialect representation in British fiction, 1800-36
Award winner: Jane Winters
Institution: University of London
Value: £510,563
Early English laws
Award winner: Samir Okasha
Institution: University of Bristol
Value: £540,761
Evolution, co-operation and rationality
Award winner: Martin Naef
Institution: Glasgow School of Art
Value: £108,577
Exploring the living canvas
Award winner: Stephen Read
Institution: University of St Andrews
Value: £686,976
Foundations of logical consequence
Award winner: Graham Saunders
Institution: University of Reading
Value: £570,962
Giving a voice to the nation: the Arts Council of Great Britain and the development of theatre and performance in Britain, 1945-95
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY BOARD AND ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
The jointly funded scheme provides £10 million to 16 research projects into materials technologies to meet energy challenges. Listed below are five of the winners.
Award winner: Paul Fowler
Institution: Bangor University
Project partners: Hemcore, Natural Building Technologies, Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute, Plant Fibre Technology, Rachel Bevan Architects and Consultants, SciTech, Wates Construction, University of East London
Value: £390,679
Energy-efficient bio-based natural-fibre insulation
Award winner: M.R. Bache
Institution: Swansea University
Project partners: Rolls-Royce, Advanced Composites Group, University of Birmingham
Value: £258,697
Advanced ceramic matrix composites for energy-generating gas-turbine applications
Award winner: J. Silver
Institution: Brunel University
Project partners: Intrinsiq Materials (lead), Bayer Material Science, Johnson Matthey
Value: £464,814
Plastic UV radiation protection operating by Stokes emission
Award winner: J.E. Fletcher
Institution: University of Strathclyde
Project partners: Raytheon Systems
Value: £3,203
HITSIC: high-temperature silicon carbide electronics
Award winner: H.M. Upadhyaya
Institution: Loughborough University
Project partners: Arup, Pilkington Group, Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology, Applied Multilayers
Value: £247,692
Low-cost integrated PV in double-glazed windows using CdTe bifacial solar cells.
