Researchers at the University has have more funding success this month with funds awarded by research councils and a non-governmental  agency. The awards will be distributed across eleven new research projects.

Professor Roger Matthews (Archaeology) has been awarded funding form the Arts and Humanities Research Council to study Heritage and Ecotourism for Sustainable Development in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Professor Rosalind Cornforth (Walker Institute) has been awarded a grant from the Natural Environment Research Council Climate to investigate the Resilience of Restored Forest Landscapes.

Professor Tom Oliver (Biological Sciences) has been awarded funding from the Natural Environment Research Council for the project EMPOWER: Empowering Citizen and Community Adaptation to Systematic Risks from Climate Change.

Dr Carolina Vasilikou (Architecture) has been awarded a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to develop ZeroCity+ an urban game.

Professor Mark Tibbett (Agriculture and Policy Development) has been awarded funding from the Natural Environment Research Council for the project PROMT: Philippines Remediation of Mine Tailings.

Professor Danny Feltham (Meteorology) has been award a grant by the Natural Environment Research Council for the project DEFIANT: Drivers and Effects of Fluctuations in Sea Ice in the ANTartic.

Professor Sandy Harrison (Geography & Environmental Science) has been awarded funding by the Natural Environment Research Council to investigate when and why does it rain in the Desert by utilising unique speleotherm and dust records on the northern edge of the Sahara.

Dr Mark Nixon (English Literature) has been awarded Arts and Humanities Research Council funding for the project Editing Beckett: Toward a Bilingual Digital Genetic Edition of Samuel Beckett’s works.

Professor Roberta Gilchrist (Archaeology) has been awarded a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council for the project Glastonbury Abbey: Storytelling through Immersive Heritage Practice.

Professor Christine Grimmond (Meteorology) has been awarded funding from the Natural Environment Research Council for the project ASSURE: Across-Scale Processes in Urban Environments.

Eva Kevei (Biological Sciences) has received funding from The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research for the investigation of dopamine transporter dysfunction linked to DAT/SLC6A3 mutations in CRISPR-Cas engineered C. elegen and patient derived iPCS’s.