BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
Responsive Mode Grants
Values are the amounts requested. Awarded amounts may differ.
• Award winner: Alasdair Nisbet
• Institution: Moredun Research Institute
• Value: £410,000
Development of a vaccine to control poultry red mite
• Award winner: John Brown
• Institution: University of Dundee
• Value: £17,000
Regulation of (1,3;1,4)-beta-glucan synthesis in the grasses
• Award winner: John West
• Institution: University of Edinburgh
• Value: £252,000
An integrated experimental and theoretical approach to understanding corneal epithelial maintenance
• Award winner: Andrew Lovering
• Institution: University of Birmingham
• Value: £619,000
Understanding the role of peptidoglycan metabolism in bacterial predation
• Award winner: Peter Nixon
• Institution: Imperial College London
• Value: £60,000
Spatial dynamics of electron transport
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE REPLACEMENT, REFINEMENT AND REDUCTION OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCH - NC3RS
Project Grants
• Award winner: Chris Denning
• Institution: University of Nottingham
• Value: £412,735
Human pluripotent stem cell cardiomyocytes and hepatocytes with engineered genotypes for drug safety evaluation
• Award winner: Michael Mendl
• Institution: University of Bristol
• Value: £332,388
Development and validation of an automated test of animal affect and welfare for laboratory rodents
Pilot Study Grants
• Award winner: Donna MacCallum
• Institution: University of Aberdeen
• Value: £74,997
Live real-time imaging of life-threatening invasive fungal infections
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Successful Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures Research Grants
• Award winner: Marcus Power
• Institution: Durham University
• Value: £602,709
The rising powers, clean development and the low carbon transition in sub-Saharan Africa
• Award winner: Khalid Nadvi
• Institution: University of Manchester
• Value: £637,907
Rising powers, labour standards and the governance of global production networks
IN DETAIL
National Institute for Health Research
• Award winner: Gus Gazzard
• Institution: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Value: £1,692,821
Health-related quality of life in two treatment pathways for primary open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension: a randomised controlled trial of initial selective laser trabeculoplasty versus conventional medical therapy
Glaucoma is a major problem in the UK. This study responds to National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on the treatment of the disease and the Cochrane Systematic Review's recommendations for research into laser trabeculoplasty. It proposes to compare the quality of life of patients who start treatment with medicines (eye drops) to those who are first treated with laser trabeculoplasty (laser treatment to the "angle" inside the front of the eye) and then receive drops later as necessary.