Research funding
Here are some of the key research awards, in excess of £100,000, received by the University last year.
Annual Review 2023: Research funding
Our key research awards, in excess of £100,000, received by the University last year
| Principal Lead | Sponsor | Description | Award Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah Greaves | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Impact Hub | £3,430,927 |
| Sheena Asthana | NHS National Institute for Health and Care Research | Plymouth Health Determinants Research Collaboration | £1,858,090 |
| Elsa Fouragnan | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | Multi-site and state-dependent effects of transcranial ultrasound stimulation on brain function and cognition | £949,947 |
| Sarah Boulton | Natural Environment Research Council | EXCESS: exploring the role of excess topography and peak ground acceleration on earthquake preconditioning of landslides | £703,782 |
| Sheena Asthana | Economic and Social Research Council | Understanding the research and policy needs of English coastal communities: towards a new coastal classification | £700,833 |
| Jeremy Hobart | Roche Pharma | Use of Plymouth MS platform for head-to-head PRO comparison | £610,015 |
| Oliver Tills | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | EmbryoPhenomics: UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships follow-on funding | £595,551 |
| Victoria Allgar | Gilead Foundations Charity | Erase long COVID, evaluating the efficacy of remdesivir for the improvement of lung function, perfusion and system on profile in long-COVID patients | £457,010 |
| Mark Briffa | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | Interactions between learning and non-learning plasticity in the beadlet sea anenome Actinia equina: a multidimensional reaction norm approach | £432,243 |
| Richard Pemberton | Innovate UK | The Electric Seaway, delivering critical marine charging infrastructure | £412,764 |
| Richard Pemberton | Various UK government sponsors | Regulator Pioneer Fund: Plymouth Marine Autonomy/Clean Propulsion | £364,265 |
| Emma Sheehan | Offshore Shellfish Ltd | Offshore Mussel Farm, Phase 4 | £329,773 |
| Deborah Greaves | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Integrated wind-wave control of semi submersible floating offshore wind turbine platforms | £307,174 |
| Oliver Hanemann | Children's Tumour Foundation | Children's Tumour Foundation | £284,753 |
| Amy Baker | NHS | Down's syndrome screening Quality Assurance Support Service 2023–24 | £281,500 |
| James Daybell | Swedish Research Council | Moved apart: a history of separation in the 16th and 17th centuries | £275,337 |
| Victoria Allgar | NHS | Down's syndrome screening Quality Assurance Support Service 2022–23 | £274,000 |
| Daniela Oehring | Innovate UK | UK–South Korea Digital Health CRD: patient centred, biomechanics-based customisation for improved treatment of corneal conditions | £256,492 |
| James Edwards | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Fresh perspectives for QED in intense backgrounds: first quantised techniques in strong-field QED | £239,421 |
| John Summerscales | Innovate UK | Knowledge Transfer Partnership with SWMAS Ltd | £231,495 |
| Deborah Greaves | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | High End Computing Consortium for Wave Structure Interaction | £231,452 |
| Victoria Allgar | Janssen UK | Extension of a study looking at ibrutinib for older people with mantle cell lymphoma | £198,233 |
| Deborah Greaves | Innovate UK | Development of an innovative, floating, dual- energy platform 60kW for small island developing states | £176,336 |
| Stephen Mullin | Medical Research Council | Using explainable artificial intelligence to predict future stroke using routine historical investigations | £171,092 |
| Victoria Allgar | NHS National Institute for Health Research | Reducing steatosis prior to liver resection | £169,364 |
| Richard Thompson | UK Offshore Energies Association Limited | Decommissioning and subsea plastics, Phase 2 | £165,410 |
| Gyorgy Fejer | National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research | Establishment of novel macrophage cell lines to study the pathogenesis of respiratory bacterial pathogens in lung alveolar macrophages | £163,379 |
| Richard Pemberton | Innovate UK | Zero Emission Network of Workboats | £162,086 |
| David Jenkins | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | A novel sensor platform as a tool to enable early detection of pancreatic cancer | £160,685 |
| Charles Affourtit | Innovate UK | Development of a novel circular economy plant protein derivative as a readily digestible dietary ingredient to support healthy ageing | £157,052 |
| Katherine Willis | Various UK government sponsors | iCornwall | £152,054 |
| Rohit Shankar | NHS National Institute for Health and Care Research | Optimising cultural experiences for mental health in underrepresented young people online | £143,615 |
| William Blake | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Good Growth Fund | Resilient Catchment Communities | £142,100 |
| Richard Thompson | Natural Environment Research Council | The Future Fibres Network+ | £140,767 |
| Eduardo Miranda | Quantinuum | Developing methods and systems for quantum computing applications in music and art | £130,000 |
| Ben King | Leverhulme Trust | Cascade interference in strong-field quantum electrodynamics | £127,970 |
| Deborah Greaves | Natural Environment Research Council | Enabling Sustainable Wind Energy Expansion in Seasonally Stratified Seas | £117,302 |
| Sally Abey | Great Foundations | Developing a person-centred decision aid to inform footwear choices in people at risk of diabetes-related foot ulceration | £116,298 |
| Richard Byng | Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust | Provision of an Evaluation of Community Mental Health Framework project | £113,357 |