ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
The EPSRC has announced more than £21 million in funding under its "Challenging Engineering" initiative, which aims to encourage engineering researchers to explore high-risk projects. Each receives up to £1 million to develop their research groups.
Award winner: M. Clark
Institution: University of Nottingham
Value: £520,080
SIOS (Space Integrated Optical Sensors)
Award winner: S.E. Taylor
Institution: Queen's University Belfast
Value: £244,788
Corrosion-monitoring systems for structures in extreme marine environments
Award winner: M.B. Johnstone
Institution: University of Oxford
Value: £517,704
Terahertz sensors for extreme environments
Award winner: T. Sun
Institution: City University
Value: £243,145
Corrosion-monitoring systems for structures in extreme marine environments
Award winner: N.P. Bannister
Institution: University of Leicester
Value: £544,050
Sensors in extreme environments
Award winner: J.L. Wadham
Institution: University of Bristol
Value: £566,140
Automated biogeochemical sensing of icy ecosystems (resubmitted)
Award winner: S.W. James
Institution: Cranfield University
Value: £537,629
Fibre-optic sensors for geotechnical applications
Award winner: K.E.A. Kirwan
Institution: University of Warwick
Value: £1,077,462
Sustainable materials: a global challenge
Award winner: A. Bismarck
Institution: Imperial College London
Value: £924,015
"Intelligent adapters": a new paradigm in multifunctional polymer nanocomposite engineering
Award winner: M. Stevens
Institution: Imperial College London
Value: £1,031,402
Engineering nanomaterials for and from biology
Award winner: R. Seviour
Institution: Lancaster University
Value: £735,928
High-power photonic band-gap engineering: accelerators and RF sources
Award winner: A. Elfick
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Value: £1,084,374
The near and far future of Raman microscopy
Award winner: C. Mitchell
Institution: University of Bath
Value: £1,035,171
Invert: a centre for imaging science
Award winner: J.L. O'Brien
Institution: University of Bristol
Value: £1,073,324
Photonic quantum technologies
Award winner: R.K. Wilcox
Institution: University of Leeds
Value: £1,082,860
Engineering solutions to back pain: an interdisciplinary approach
Award winner: C. Coussios
Institution: University of Oxford
Value: £1,100,047
Bubble therapy: a new paradigm for targeted drug delivery by ultrasound
Award winner: S. Johnstone
Institution: Durham University
Value: £1,056,999
Next generation bio-inspired sensors and smart materials
Award winner: A.P. Gibson
Institution: University College London
Value: £962,815
Medical imaging: biology not physics
Award winner: M.M. Maroto-Valer
Institution: University of Nottingham
Value: £1,114,093
Centre for Innovation in Carbon Capture and Storage
Award winner: T. Rossetto
Institution: University College London
Value: £904,498
EPICENTRE (Earthquake and People Interaction Centre)
Award winner: C.J. Noakes
Institution: University of Leeds
Value: £1,029,960
Integrated design of hospital wards for a safe and sustainable patient environment
Award winner: K.M. Lai
Institution: University College London
Value: £1,040,974
Infrastructure and the 21st-century infectious diseases
Award winner: J. Barlow
Institution: University of Reading
Value: £1,048,089
Advanced Climate Technology Urban Atmospheric Laboratory (ACTUAL)
Award winner: K. Johnston
Institution: Durham University
Value: £1,055,379
ROBUST (Regeneration of Brownfield Using Sustainable Technologies)
Award winner: J. Boxall
Institution: University of Sheffield
Value: £930,978
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