Researchers at the University of Reading have had more funding success with awards from research councils and learned societies.
Maria Maiaru (School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy) received a research grant from the Academy of Medical Sciences for investigating the analgesic properties of psilocybin in preclinical models of chronic pain.
Len Shaffery (School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences) received a NERC Doctoral Training Grant for SCENARIO DTP Studentship – Predicting the ecological and societal impacts of species on the move with climate change in the UK.
Carol Fuller (Institute of Education) received funding from Thames Valley Violation Reduction Unit for a research assistant and a report.
Andy Turner (School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences) received a NERC research grant for bridging theory to reality in projections of the Asian and West African monsoons (BRIDGE)
Gabor Thomas (School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science) was awarded a research grant from the Royal Archaeological Institute for ‘From Tribal Centre to Royal Monastery: Settlement Transformations at Early Medieval Lyminge’.
James Ferryman (School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences) received a research grant from the Alan Turing Institute for the Reading Turing Network 2022.
Chris Merchant (School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences) was awarded a NERC research grant for research on Greenland’s ice sheet change as a result of rising lake temperatures.
Nikos Katzourakis (School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences) was awarded a research grant from EPSRC for research on the Supreme Challenges of Supremal Functionals.
Chittur Srinivasan (School of Agriculture, Policy and Development) was awarded a BBSRC research grant for Realigning UK Food Production and Trade for Transition to Healthy and Sustainable Diets.
Julian Park (School of Agriculture, Policy and Development) received a research grant from Horizon Europe for Sustainable renewable energy VALUE chains for answering FARMers’ needs (VALUE4FARM).
Alejandra Perotti (School of Biological Sciences) was awarded a research grant from Horizon Europe for Natural Traces in forensic investigations – how the analysis of non-human evidence can solve crime (Natural Traces).
Kimon-Andreas Karatzas (School of Chemistry, Food & Pharmacy) was awarded a research grant from Horizon Europe for FAIRification of multiOmics data to link databases and create knowledge graphs for fermented foods (FAIROmics).
Cherry Law (School of Agriculture, Policy and Development) received a research grant from the British Academy for exploratory research into linking energy use to household food security in India.
Anna Tsakalaki (Institute of Education) received a research grant from the British Academy for improving literacy skills of primary school-aged refugees from Ukraine and their families’ confidence in leading literacy activities at home through a strategy-based family-training.
Ozlem Berk Albachten (School of Literature and Languages) was awarded a British Academy Fellowship for Turkish Literature in English: Mapping Translation in the British Publishing Archives (1945-1975).