LEVERHULME TRUST
Philip Leverhulme Prizes
These prizes, worth £70,000 each, are awarded to outstanding scholars who have made a substantial and recognised contribution to their field of study.
Astronomy and astrophysics
• Award winner: Emma Bunce
• Institution: University of Leicester
Planetary magnetospheres and auroral emissions
• Award winner: Andrew Levan
• Institution: University of Warwick
Gamma-ray bursts, supernovae and high redshift galaxies
• Award winner: Richard Massey
• Institution: University of Edinburgh
Understanding the nature of dark matter and dark energy
• Award winner: David Seery
• Institution: University of Sussex
For his work on cosmology and the very early Universe
• Award winner: David Pontin
• Institution: University of Dundee
Modelling the structure and dynamics of magnetic fields in astrophysical plasmas
Economics
• Award winner: Michael Elsby
• Institution: University of Edinburgh
Labour economics, macroeconomics, unemployment and wage setting
• Award winner: Helen Simpson
• Institution: University of Bristol
Empirical analysis of firm location decisions, productivity and innovation
• Award winner: Andrea Galeotti
• Institution: University of Essex
The study of social and economic networks
• Award winner: Sophocles Mavroeidis
• Institution: University of Oxford
Econometrics and empirical macroeconomics
• Award winner: Paul Surico
• Institution: London Business School
Macroeconomics, business cycle, monetary economics and applied econometrics
WELLCOME TRUST
Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards
These inaugural awards in medical humanities range in value from £700,000 to just over £1.26 million.
• Award winner: Mary Dixon-Woods
• Institution: University of Leicester
Ethics of patient safety and quality in healthcare
• Award winner: Ian Harper
• Institution: University of Edinburgh
Understanding TB control: technologies, ethics and programmes
• Award winner: Jonathan Barry
• Institution: University of Exeter
The medical world of early modern England, Wales and Ireland, c.1500-1715
IN DETAIL
National Institute for Health Research
• Award winner: Sally Jane Haw
• Institution: University of Stirling
• Value: £1,265,681
Public Health Research programme
Determining the Impact of Smoking Point of Sale Legislation among Youth (DISPLAY) Study
Every year about 15,000 young people start smoking. Tobacco marketing has been shown to influence adolescent smoking intentions and uptake. Point of sale (POS) tobacco displays are one of the few ways in which the tobacco industry can legitimately promote its products. The study aims to assess the impact of measures in the Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010, which ban POS tobacco displays and advertising, on young people's exposure to tobacco advertising and their attitudes towards smoking. The research will explore the relationship between changes in the prevalence, density and awareness of POS advertising; cigarette brand awareness; perceived ease of access to cigarettes; attempts to buy cigarettes; perceived youth smoking prevalence; pro-tobacco attitudes and the uptake and prevalence of smoking.