National Institute for Health Research

Health Technology Assessment Programme

• Award winner: Wendy Atkin
• Institution: Imperial College London
• Value: ?325,267

Multicentre randomised controlled trial of ¡°once only¡± flexible sigmoidoscopy in prevention of colorectal cancer morbidity and mortality

• Award winner: Steve Goodacre
• Institution: University of Sheffield
• Value: ?181,690

Thromboprophylaxis for lower limb immobilisation: an evidence synthesis

• Award winner: Nadeem Qureshi
• Institution: University of Nottingham
• Value: ?840,042

Evaluating alternative protocols for identifying and managing patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia: cost-effectiveness analysis with qualitative study

Public Health Research Programme

• Award winner: Stacy Clemes
• Institution: Loughborough University
• Value: ?706,197

A cluster randomised controlled trial to investigate the effective?ness and cost-effectiveness of a?structured health intervention for truckers (the SHIFT study)

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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Research grants

• Award winner: Andrea Semiao
• Institution: University of Edinburgh
• Value: ?100,949

Biosmobackwash: a new approach to counter biofouling in membrane filtration

• Award winner: Marc Goodfellow
• Institution: University of Exeter
• Value: ?101,292

Quantifying uncertainty in perturbed brain networks: towards a decision support tool for epilepsy surgery

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• Award winner: Janet Scott
• Institution: University of Bath
• Value: ?1,072,570

Advanced Manufacturing for Sustainable Biodegradable Microbeads ¨C BIOBEADS

Natural Environment Research Council

Research grants

• Award winner: Davey Jones
• Institution: Bangor University
• Value: ?252,525

Securing long-term ecosystem function in lowland organic soils (SEFLOS)

• Award winner: George Wolff
• Institution: University of Liverpool
• Value: ?211,411

Controls over oceanic mesopelagic interior carbon storage (COMICS)

European Research Council

Advance grant

• Award winner: Pauline Schaap
• Institution: University of Dundee
• Value: ?1.7?million

Evolution of multicellularity and somatic cell specialisation

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In detail

Early career stage grant

Award winner: Constance Alabert

Institution: University of?Dundee

Value: ?1.1?million

Impact of DNA replication on epigenetics

¡°With the grant that I have just received, my group will have the opportunity to answer fundamental questions related to the maintenance of cell identity through rounds of divisions,¡± said Constance Alabert, principal investigator at the University of Dundee¡¯s Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression. ¡°During the next five years we will try to detect how cells duplicate their genetic and epigenetic material. ¡°We will use this knowledge to uncover the molecular mechanism of cell fate. The prestigious grant from the ERC will provide me with the funding I need to carry my ambitious five-year plan. It will also help me to attract best national and international talents to work in my lab.¡±