Grant winners – 14 April 2016

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

• Award winner: Juan Mata
• Institution: University of Cambridge
• Value: £427,144

Translational responses to stress: a global view

• Award winner: Sharon Kendall
• Institution: Royal Veterinary College
• Value: £901,730

Mycobacterial determinants of survival and fitness within the bovine host

• Award winner: Paul Humphreys
• Institution: University of Huddersfield
• Value: £40,196

Investigation of efflux pump biocide and antibacterial resistance mitigation in organisms within biofilms

Leverhulme Trust

Major research fellowships

• Award winner: Rebecca Sweetman
• Institution: University of St Andrews
• Value: £109,282

The Roman and late antique Cyclades: networks, economy and religion

• Award winner: Dan Stone
• Institution: Royal Holloway, University of London
• Value: £171,110

Tracing the Holocaust: the international tracing service and European history

• Award winner: Carol Vincent
• Institution: University College London
• Value: £109,487

Cohering the community? School policy and practices around community cohesion

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Early career fellowship

• Award winner: Giacomo Livan
• Institution: University College London
• Value: £807,635

Reputation, trust, and privacy in the sharing economy: a network science approach

Research grants

• Award winner: Edina Rosta
• Institution: King’s College London
• Value: £100,972

Accurate free energy calculations for biomolecular catalysis of electron transfer

• Award winner: Christopher Bowen
• Institution: University of Bath
• Value: £96,885

MuSIC: multi-functional skins incorporating carbon

• Award winner: Dina D’Ayala
• Institution: University College London
• Value: £400,359

STORMLAMP – structural behaviour of rock mounted lighthouses at the mercy of impulsive waves

In detail

Economic and Social Research Council

Award winner: Alan Walker
Institution: University of Sheffield
Value: £170,964

EXTEND: Social inequalities in extending working lives of an ageing workforce

Europe is experiencing significant demographic change – an ageing population, shrinking workforce and increased life expectancy. Consequently, there is a need to raise the activity rate of older workers in a way that is healthy and productive for them, their employers and nations as a whole. The major hurdle to this is the different contexts that workers find themselves in, in their respective countries. This project aims to examine inequalities in relation to extending working lives. It will measure these inequalities through a number of pertinent issues such as changes to retirement and pension policies, the health of older workers and retirees, skills and training, and regulative and legislative frameworks. The study will use the social services sector as a key example due to the barriers currently being faced by health and care professionals.