Grant winners – 7 April 2016

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Research grants

• Award winner: Andrew Forsyth
• Institution: University of Manchester
• Value: £358,702

Integration of rf circuits with high-speed GaN switching on silicon substrates

• Award winner: Victor Becerra
• Institution: University of Portsmouth
• Value: £183,212

Smart online monitoring for nuclear power plants (SMART)

• Award winner: Zinaida Lykova
• Institution: Newcastle University
• Value: £36,949

Geodesics, extension of holomorphic functions and the spectral theory of multi-operators

• Award winner: Peter O’Connor
• Institution: University of Warwick
• Value: £109,418

Preliminary design study for a benchtop, cryogen-free FTICR mass spectrometer

National Institute for Health Research

Health Technology Assessment programme

• Award winner: Maria Pufulete
• Institution: University of Bristol
• Value: £431,934

Comprehensive ascertainment of bleeding in patients prescribed different combinations of dual antiplatelet therapy after coronary interventions in the UK: a population-based cohort study

• Award winner: Liam Smeeth
• Institution: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Value: £954,355

Statin web-based investigation of side-effects trial (Statin WISE trial)

• Award winner: Stephanie Taylor
• Institution: Queen Mary University of London
• Value: £1,677,686

TANDEM: Tailored intervention for anxiety and depression management in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – a tailored, psychological intervention for mild to moderate anxiety or depression in people with COPD

Medical Research Council

Research grants

• Award winner: Christiana Ruhrberg
• Institution: University College London
• Value: £564,176

Defining a novel molecular mechanism in VEGF-induced vascular hyperpermeability

• Award winner: Kate Tilling
• Institution: University of Bristol
• Value: £296,416

Development of a multi-level and mixture-model framework for modelling epigenetic changes over time

• Award winner: Marc Suhrcke
• Institution: University of York
• Value: £329,212

Evaluating the role of fiscal policy in improving diets and preventing chronic disease in Chile: impact evaluation and modelling

In detail

Royal Society of Edinburgh/National Science Foundation of China (joint project grant)

Award winner: Pablo Casaseca
Institution: University of the West of Scotland
Value: £22,000 (exchange grant)

Flood detection and monitoring using hyperspectral remote sensing from unmanned aerial vehicles

Academics from the University of the West of Scotland and Zhejiang University in China will collaborate in research that could significantly advance flood monitoring and prevention. The team will develop efficient, unmanned aerial vehicle-based (UAV) hyperspectral imaging technology for automatic flood monitoring and prevention. The imaging processing techniques will monitor water level changes, calculate an admissible path for a UAV to sample the sensing field efficiently, and define new protocols and communication systems for transmission of the image data. Such a system will benefit society and the wider economy.