BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
• Award winner: Murray Grant
• Institution: University of Exeter
• Value: £485,000
Exploiting the growth-promotion and induced-resistance properties of Trichoderma hamatum for improved crop productivity
• Award winner: Chris Thomas
• Institution: University of Birmingham
• Value: £490,000
Novel hybrid anti-MRSA antibiotics from manipulation of the mupirocin and thiomarinol biosynthetic pathways
• Award winner: Satya Parida
• Institution: Institute for Animal Health
• Value: £872,620
Improving the quality of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines by understanding the correlation of vaccine-induced protection with humoral and cellular immune responses
THE LEVERHULME TRUST
Social studies (including anthropology, geography and social psychology)
• Award winner: Glyn Humphreys
• Institution: University of Birmingham
• Value: £118,132
Empirical and philosophical analyses of motion-induced blindness (MIB)
• Award winner: David Marshall
• Institution: University of Edinburgh
• Value: £41,508
Discursive families: a comparison of magazine advertising in two countries
• Award winner: Ayse Uskul
• Institution: University of Essex
• Value: £79,985
Promotion of healthy eating using visual perspectives in mental imagery
• Award winner: Patrick Leman
• Institution: Royal Holloway, University of London
• Value: £84,686
Ethnicity, learning and children's interactions at school
Fine and performing arts
• Award winner: Trish Belford
• Institution: University of Ulster
• Value: £111,648
Experimental archaeology meets textile design: the rediscovery of shadow tissues
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH
NIHR PHR Programme
• Award winner: Paul Stallard
• Institution: University of Bath
• Value: £1,164,314
A randomised controlled cluster trial comparing the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a school-based cognitive behaviour therapy programme (FRIENDS) in the reduction of anxiety and improvement in mood in children aged 9/10
In Detail
• Award winner: Jürgen E. Schneider
• Institution: University of Oxford
• Value: £935,000
3-D histologically detailed reconstruction of individual beating hearts: tools and application
A team of Oxford and Imperial College London scientists aim to develop tools that can help to build detailed models of the relationship between the 3-D structure and mechanical function of any beating heart. Researchers will then be able to capture the interplay between these factors over time and in 3-D, improving our ability to understand how a healthy heart works and ultimately aid diagnosis and early intervention in heart disease.