ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
Award winners: Peter Davies, Andrew Hogg and Yakun Guo
Institutions: University of Dundee, University of Bristol and University of Aberdeen
Value: £310,115 (Dundee), £177,841 (Bristol) and £151,198 (Aberdeen)
Hyper-saline brine discharges into tidal coastal waters
Award winner: Helen Sheldrake
Institution: University of Bradford
Value: £101,045
Design, synthesis and applications of chiral cyclobutanes
Award winner: John Huber
Institution: University of Oxford
Value: £146,565
Materials world network: experimental observation and theoretical modelling of domain evolution in ferroelectrics
Award winner: Matthew Rosseinsky
Institution: University of Liverpool
Value: £430,335
Approaches to the coupling of dilute spins in oxides
Award winner: Russell Binions
Institution: University College London
Value: £98,206
Chemical vapour deposition in applied electric fields
Award winner: Richard Sear
Institution: University of Surrey
Value: £55,631
Carbon nanotube-based nanocomposites for siRNA delivery into human embryonic stem cells
Award winner: John Sweeney
Institution: University of Bradford
Value: £107,025
Shape parameterisation for identification and characterisation of polymer surface features
Award winner: Ian Reaney
Institution: University of Sheffield
Value: £299,065
Bi0.8Nd0.2FeO3: a new PbO-free antiferroelectric ceramic
Award winner: Charlotte Williams
Institution: Imperial College London
Value: £140,749
Plastics from sugars: the preparation, processing and properties of compostable polymers from lignocellulosic biomass
Award winner: John Cunningham
Institution: University of Leeds
Value: £139,385
On-chip terahertz spectroscopy for characterisation of pharmaceutical polymorphs
Award winner: Wilson Poon
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Value: £86,434
Versatile imaging module for rheometers
Award winner: Alan Drew
Institution: Queen Mary, University of London
Value: £267,447
Investigation of intrinsic charge and spin transport mechanisms in organic molecules
Award winners: Vladimir Falko, Andrea Ferrari and Alexander K. Savchenko
Institutions: Lancaster University, University of Cambridge and University of Exeter
Value: £320,877 (Lancaster), £354,310 (Cambridge) and £657,242 (Exeter)
Non-equilibrium and relaxation phenomena in graphene-based devices
Award winner: Robert Critoph
Institution: University of Warwick
Value: £97,820
Gas-fired heat pumps - transforming the UK's domestic heating sector
Award winner: Graham Hutchings
Institution: Cardiff University
Value: £141,575
New catalysts for cyclic carbonate production
Award winner: Ross W. Boyle
Institution: University of Hull
Value: £262,188
Synthesis and characterisation of dual functional nanoparticles for probing the role of reactive oxygen species in cellular function
Award winner: Joseph Harrity
Institution: University of Sheffield
Value: £131,659
Developing metal cation stabilisation as a general paradigm for o-c rearrangement processes
Award winner: Andy Baker
Institution: University of Birmingham
Value: £202,578
Water quality measurement in regions of poor sanitation
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Award winners: Matt Carre and Sharon Dixon
Institutions: University of Sheffield and University of Exeter
Value: £238,351 (Sheffield) and £237,478 (Exeter)
Understanding traction for sports shoe and surface combinations
This project aims to address traction-related injuries in sport and exercise by considering the characteristics of shoes and surfaces that influence an individual's behaviour during different sporting activities. One of the main areas of the research will focus on minimising the risk of injury while participating in sport. In particular, the team will be looking at surfaces used in tennis, supported by the International Tennis Federation.