National Institute for Health Research
Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme
IN DETAIL
Award winner: Khalid Khan
Institution: University of London
Value: £742,794
Development and validation of a prediction model for risk of complications in early onset pre-eclampsia (PREP)
Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy disorder characterised by raised blood pressure and abnormal levels of protein in urine. In 1 per cent of cases it occurs before 34 weeks of pregnancy. This is called early onset pre-eclampsia and the only current cure is premature delivery. This presents the sufferer with a terrible dilemma: have an early delivery that risks her baby's life, or continue with the pregnancy and threaten her own. The study aims to develop a model to predict the risk of complications to mother and fetus. The team will check its predictive performance via two external anonymised datasets.
Service Delivery and Organisation (NIHR SDO) programme
Award winner: Steve Gillard
Institution: University of London
Value: £7,452
New ways of working in mental health services: assessing and informing the emergence of peer-worker roles in mental health service delivery
Public Health Research (NIHR PHR) programme
Award winner: Clare Bambra
Institution: Durham University
Value: £206,912
Tackling inequalities in obesity: how effective are public health interventions at reducing socio-economic inequalities in obesity among children and adults?
Award winner: David Fone
Institution: Cardiff University
Value: £416,137
Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health
THE LEVERHULME TRUST
Research Project Grants
Basic sciences
Award winner: Holly A. Shiels
Institution: University of Manchester
Value: £154,621
Anoxia tolerance of turtle hearts
Award winner: Lauren Stewart
Institution: Goldsmiths, University of London
Value: £249,999
Investigating involuntary cognition via spontaneous musical imagery
Award winner: Jennifer Rodd
Institution: University College London
Value: £112,038
How do listeners understand speech? Brain imaging studies of semantic ambiguity
Award winner: Steven Dunn
Institution: Queen Mary, University of London
Value: £190,087
Ferroelectric materials as alternative surfaces for artificial photosynthesis
International Networks
Humanities
Award winner: Andrew R. Linn
Institution: University of Sheffield
Value: £87,557
English in Europe: opportunity or threat?
Award winner: Joad Raymond
Institution: University of East Anglia
Value: £74,086
News networks in early modern Europe: an examination of approaches and methods
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL
Award winner: Ronald Woodley
Institution: Birmingham City University
Value: £400,223
The complete theoretical works of Johannes Tinctoris: a new digital edition
Award winner: Frank Muller
Institution: University of St Andrews
Value: £523,301
Heirs to the throne in the constitutional monarchies of 19th- century Europe (1815-1914)