Congratulations to all Principal Investigators in the Department who have been awarded research grants this month. Here is round-up of key funding successes in the Department of Medicine for January.
| Group name | Principal Investigator | Student | Funder | Scheme | Award amount (£) |
| Structural Biology | Professor Paul Freemont | David Riglar | Wellcome Trust | Sir Henry Dale Fellowship | 1,125,652 |
| Infectious Diseases and Immunity | Dr Paras Anand | Medical Research Council (MRC) | New Investigator Research Grant (NIRG) | 602,703 | |
| Virology | Professor Wendy Barclay | Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council | Responsive Mode | 369,920 | |
| Centre for Haematology | Dr Holger Auner | Cancer Research UK | Small Molecule Drug Discovery Project Awards | 300,000* | |
| Investigative Medicine | Professor Kevin Murphy | Diabetes UK | Project Grant | 252,085 | |
| Paediatrics | Dr Jethro Herberg | Rosetrees Trust | Rosetrees Trust Interdisciplinary Prize 2018 | 210,000 | |
| Paediatrics | Professor Michael Levin | Innovate UK | January 2018 sector competition: strand 1, health and life sciences | 192,376 | |
| Paediatrics | Dr Beth Holder | National Institutes of Health | R01 (Year 1) | 191,664 | |
| Infectious Diseases | Professor Sarah Fidler | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | MRC/DFID/NIHR Call for research to improve adolescent health in LMIC settings | 163,355 | |
| Structural Biology | Professor Xiaodong Zhang | Breast Cancer Now | PhD Studentships | 138,606 | |
| Infectious Diseases | Professor Sarah Fidler | Rockefeller University | 75,870 | ||
| Paediatrics | Professor John Kroll | Micropathology Limited | 43,388 | ||
| Cell Biology | Dr Elina Akalestou | Rosetrees Trust | 34,500 | ||
| Infectious Diseases and Immunity | Professor Angela Brueggemann | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship (original funding source) | 20,348 | |
| Centre for Haematology | Dr Mark Layton | Imperial College Healthcare Charity | Blood Fund Project Grant Call 2018 | 20,104 | |
| Immunology | Professor Stella Knight | London North West Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) | 10,000 |
*Total award value, including partners