ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
Award winner: V. Boyer
Institution: University of Birmingham
Value: £63,520
Spatially multimode squeezed light for quantum imaging and one-way quantum computing
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION
Award winner: Robert Slavin
Institution: University of York
Value: £179,990
Effects of cooperative learning embedded multimedia on mathematics learning in Key Stage 2
Award winner: Anne Watson
Institution: University of Oxford
Value: £,465
Secondary school mathematics: research-based guidance on teaching key ideas
Award winner: Jim Ridgway
Institution: Durham University
Value: £49,601
Reasoning from evidence
Award winner: Peter Blatchford
Institution: Institute of Education
Value: £156,259
The nature of the teaching and support experienced by pupils with a statement of special educational needs in mainstream primary schools
Award winner: Meg Russell
Institution: University College London
Value: £37,852
The impact of House of Commons select committees
Award winner: Jane Fortin
Institution: University of Sussex
Value: £151,084
Taking a longer view of contact: the perspectives of young adults who experienced parental separation in their youth
Award winner: Juan Jose Medina-Ariza
Institution: University of Manchester
Value: £48,001
Children and young adults in gangs: impact on life-course development
Award winner: Anne Barlow
Institution: University of Exeter
Value: £104,693
Views on prenuptial agreements
The National Institute for Health Research
Health Technology Assessment programme
The HTA programme produces research about the effectiveness, costs and impact of treatments and tests for those who plan, provide or receive NHS care.
Award winner: T. Justin Clark
Institution: Birmingham Women's Hospital NHS Trust
Value: £56,541
Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for the management of abnormal uterine bleeding
Award winner: Tim Quinnell
Institution: Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Value: £598,865
Crossover randomised controlled trial of oral mandibular advancement devices for obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea
SERVICE DELIVERY AND ORGANISATION PROGRAMME
The SDO programme commissions research that will shape and contribute to decision-making and prompt more effective use of evidence by NHS managers.
Award winner: Karen Spilsbury
Institution: University of York
Value: £177,753
Support matters: use of assistant staff in the delivery of primary and community nursing in England
IN DETAIL
Award winner: K. Evans
Institution: University of Exeter
Value: £552,000
Auxetix textiles for blast mitigation
This project, led by Exeter in collaboration with spin-off firm Auxetix and three other partners, aims to develop a blast-proof curtain that gets thicker when stretched, to provide better protection from the effects of bomb explosions. Using stronger, more resilient fibres woven into a carefully controlled textile structure, the curtain is designed to remain intact and capture debris such as flying glass when windows are blown in and to remove the need for anti-shatter films.