{"id":461,"date":"2019-01-17T16:46:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T16:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/dom-staff\/?p=461"},"modified":"2019-01-22T13:32:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T13:32:46","slug":"funding-successes-january-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/dom-staff\/2019\/01\/17\/funding-successes-january-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding successes: January 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"wp-image-462 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/dom-staff\/files\/2019\/01\/abt_3716348727239444625MjQ0MjAyNA-e1547742932533.jpg\" alt=\"Paras Anand\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Dr Paras Anand (pictured) was recently awarded a New Investigator Research Grant by the MRC<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Congratulations to all Principal Investigators in the Department who have been awarded research grants this month. Here is\u00a0round-up of key funding successes in the Department of Medicine for January.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 639px\" width=\"896\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>Group name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"203\"><strong>Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"87\"><strong>Student<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"332\"><strong>Funder<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"485\"><strong>Scheme<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"153\"><strong>Award amount (\u00a3)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Structural Biology<\/td>\n<td>Professor Paul Freemont<\/td>\n<td>David Riglar<\/td>\n<td>Wellcome Trust<\/td>\n<td>Sir Henry Dale Fellowship<\/td>\n<td>1,125,652<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Infectious Diseases and Immunity<\/td>\n<td>Dr Paras Anand<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Medical Research Council (MRC)<\/td>\n<td>New Investigator Research Grant (NIRG)<\/td>\n<td>602,703<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Virology<\/td>\n<td>Professor Wendy Barclay<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Biotechnology &amp; Biological Sciences Research Council<\/td>\n<td>Responsive Mode<\/td>\n<td>369,920<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Centre for Haematology<\/td>\n<td>Dr Holger Auner<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Cancer Research UK<\/td>\n<td>Small Molecule Drug Discovery Project Awards<\/td>\n<td>300,000*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Investigative Medicine<\/td>\n<td>Professor Kevin Murphy<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Diabetes UK<\/td>\n<td>Project Grant<\/td>\n<td>252,085<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Paediatrics<\/td>\n<td>Dr Jethro Herberg<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Rosetrees Trust<\/td>\n<td>Rosetrees Trust Interdisciplinary Prize 2018<\/td>\n<td>210,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Paediatrics<\/td>\n<td>Professor Michael Levin<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Innovate UK<\/td>\n<td>January 2018 sector competition: strand 1, health and life sciences<\/td>\n<td>192,376<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Paediatrics<\/td>\n<td>Dr Beth Holder<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>National Institutes of Health<\/td>\n<td>R01 (Year 1)<\/td>\n<td>191,664<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Infectious Diseases<\/td>\n<td>Professor Sarah Fidler<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine<\/td>\n<td>MRC\/DFID\/NIHR Call for research to improve adolescent health in LMIC settings<\/td>\n<td>163,355<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Structural Biology<\/td>\n<td>Professor Xiaodong Zhang<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Breast Cancer Now<\/td>\n<td>PhD Studentships<\/td>\n<td>138,606<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Infectious Diseases<\/td>\n<td>Professor Sarah Fidler<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Rockefeller University<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>75,870<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Paediatrics<\/td>\n<td>Professor John Kroll<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Micropathology Limited<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>43,388<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cell Biology<\/td>\n<td>Dr Elina Akalestou<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Rosetrees Trust<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>34,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Infectious Diseases and Immunity<\/td>\n<td>Professor Angela Brueggemann<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine<\/td>\n<td>Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship (original funding source)<\/td>\n<td>20,348<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Centre for Haematology<\/td>\n<td>Dr Mark Layton<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Imperial College Healthcare Charity<\/td>\n<td>Blood Fund Project Grant Call 2018<\/td>\n<td>20,104<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Immunology<\/td>\n<td>Professor Stella Knight<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>London North West Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*Total award value, including partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to all Principal Investigators in the Department who have been awarded research grants this month. 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