ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH
Award winner: M. Costa
Institution: Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
Value: £91,470
Randomised clinical trial of total knee arthroplasty versus patellofemoral arthroplasty
Award winner: J. Thompson
Institution: Leicester Royal Infirmary
Value: £106,348
Randomised trial to assess the efficacy of tibial nerve blockade on stump pain, phantom limb sensations and pain in lower limb amputees
Award winner: A. Hainsworth
Institutions: St George's, University of London, Queen's University Belfast and Royal Holloway, University of London
Value: £126,632
A study of a novel Sgk1-inducer drug in protecting against brain injury
Award winner: D. Ma
Institutions: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College London
Value: £48,583
A trial into sevoflurane and xenon for labour analgesia and the implications for foetal-brain protection
Award winner: A. David
Institution: University College London
Value: £148,157
Investigation into the over-expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and the effects on foetal growth increases
Award winner: J. Kurinczuk
Institutions: University of Oxford, Princess Anne Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, University of Liverpool, Newcastle University, University of Leicester and Sheffield Children's Hospital
Value: £77,076
The impact of care on the future health prospects of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Award winner: D. Carter
Institutions: Cranfield University and the Babraham Institute, Cambridge
Value: £63,700
New therapy for the treatment of sickle-cell disease
Award winner: P. Bowness
Institution: University of Oxford and John Radcliffe Hospital
Value: £160,852
Improving diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis
Award winner: R. Day
Institution: University College London
Value: £105,2
Treatment for incontinence
THE WELLCOME TRUST
More than £1 million has gone to three UK-based projects in the Enhancement Awards in Biomedical Ethics scheme to aid research into ethical issues in the development and delivery of healthcare in the UK and the developing world.
Award winner: Michael Parker
Institution: University of Oxford
Value: £371,720
The ethics of collaborative global health research: a network to build capacity in the UK and developing countries
Award winner: Susan Golombok
Institution: University of Cambridge
Value: £358,310
Redefining families: bioethics, assisted reproduction and emerging family forms
IN DETAIL
Award winners: Malcolm Dando (Bradford); Brian Rappert (Exeter); and Alexander Kelle (Bath)
Institutions: Universities of Bradford, Exeter and Bath
Combined value: £342,795
Building a sustainable capacity in dual-use bioethics
This collaboration will examine the use of biological research products in warfare and bioterrorism. It aims to help craft policies that will prevent the misuse of biomedical research findings by enabling more academic scrutiny of the so-called dual use of the life sciences. The funding provides career opportunities for four young researchers.