UNIVERSITY OF YORK

Research contracts

Drs A. Marvin and J. Dawson, Pounds 51,307 from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (study of low frequency performance of GTEM cells with particular emphasis on measurements); Dr R. Hubbard, Pounds 24,000 from Glaxo Group Research (study of Interleukin-8 SAR); Dr N. Callum, Pounds 62,750 from NHS Executive, Department of Health (health technology assessment for a systematic review of wound care); Dr J. Klaber Moffett, Pounds 49,452 from NHS Executive Northern and Yorkshire (expansion of randomised controlled trial to evaluate the clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of an exercise programme); Dr N. Callum, Pounds 30,000 from NHS Executive Northern and Yorkshire (evidence-based practice network for primary and community care); Dr H. Qureshi, Pounds 139,404 from NHS Executive (South and West Regional Health Authority) (study of carers perspectives on hospital discharge procedures for young adults with physical or complex disabilities); Mrs C. Godfrey, Pounds 22,500 from North Yorkshire Health Authority, (assessment research for drug/alcohol service provision); Drs G. Barlow and S. Duckett, Pounds 25,800 from Smith and Nephew Research Ltd. (equipment grant); Dr J. Lindsay Smith, Pounds 47,286 from Unilever Research (studentship support for study of kinetics and mechanisms of catalysed degradation of dyes and cellulosic substrates);

Professor J. Clark, Pounds 41,790 from Victrex Ltd (support of a research studentship); Professor D. Whittaker, Pounds 98,676 from the Department of Health (study of prevailing cultures and staff dynamics in children's homes); Professor J. McDermid, Pounds 50,000 from Rolls Royce plc (support for the university technology centre asset programme); Professor D. Waddington, Pounds 120,000 from Salters Institute of Industrial Chemistry, (fellowships to support Salters chemistry and science education programmes) and Pounds 105,000 from BP Chemicals Ltd (support for implementation phase of science in the environment project); Dr C. Kennedy, Pounds 48,000 from Air Products plc (study of low adhesion technology); Professor R. Garner, Pounds 375,647 from Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (study and measurement of carcinogen DNA and protein adducts using accelerator mass spectrometry - an aid to carcinogen risk assessment); Dr J. McDermid, Pounds 67,002 from Defence Research Agency, (development of a generic argument framework); P. Smith and D. Buck, Pounds 61,763 (study of relationship between health resources and health outcomes); Professor J. Ditch, Pounds 28,739 from Department of Social Security (study of comparative social assistance: localisation and discretion); Professor B. Gilbert, Pounds 26,332 from European Vinyls Corporation (Italia) SPA (research fellowship, Glynn Harrington, to study free radical reactions in vinyl chloride polymerization systems); N. Hooper, Pounds 20,000 from Ministry of Defence (study of transition from service to civilian employment); Mr T. Tozer and Dr A. Burr, Pounds 99,760 from Nortel (study advanced time division multiple access techniques for fixed radio access);

Professors R. Hubbard, G. Dodson, K. Wilson, Pounds 334,224 (cooperation in enzyme research); Mrs S. Hutton, $43,200 from PLS Consult (agent for Macedonian government (developing social benefit systems in Macedonia); Professor J. Fidler and Dr J. Austin, Pounds 60,482 from Porta Systems Corporation (line test fault diagnosis research project and fault identification and diagnosis on telephone lines); Professor D. White, Pounds 243,660 from Smith & Nephew (chair in molecular biology of wound repair); Professor T. Skerry, Pounds 136,835 from Smith & Nephew Research Ltd (research in field of bone cartilage ligament and tendon repair and ingrowth into orthopaedic devices); Professor D. Waddington and Ms M. Mapletoft, Pounds 98,900 from Thomas Swan and Co.Ltd (primary school science teacher fellowship); Ms S. Jenkins-Clarke, Pounds 30,000 from Department of Health (skill mix in primary care); N. Fremantle, Pounds 449,250 from various regional health authorities (Cochrane collaboration on effective professional practice).

Research grants

Dr R. Hubbard, Pounds 151,100 from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (quantifying protein ligand interactions); Dr C. Kennedy, Pounds 40,708 from BBSRC (physical investigation of biological ice nucleating agents); Professor A. Robards, Pounds 65,380 from BBSRC (direct determination of the molecular organisation of amylose and amylopectin in native starch granules); Dr J. Denecke, Pounds 139,984 from BBSRC (study of transport signals and pathways for membrane spanning proteins in the plant endomembrane); Dr J. Austin, Pounds 85,358 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (statistical parallelism for timely computation: the use of neural networks in high-speed parallel computation); Dr C. Runciman, Pounds 48,011 from EPSRC (selective bracing of functional computations using graph reduction with redex trails); Dr A. Horn, Pounds 50,070 from the Natural Environment Research Council (laboratory studies of heterogeneous stratospheric cryochemistry);

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Professor C. Hulme, Pounds 95,116 over (response timing and the mechanisms of verbal memory span and its development); Dr A. Wilkinson, Pounds 115,880 from BBSRC (study the structural basis of dual-function transcriptional regulation in the LYSR family protein); Dr J. Davies, Pounds 158,500 from BBSRC (study regulation of apical calcium channels in fungal hyphae and their role in tip growth); Dr T. Skerry, Pounds 61,604 from BBSRC (study of prevention and treatment of osteoporosis - investigation of the fundamental mechanisms); Professor R. Hubbard, Pounds 107,028 from BBSRC (equipment of protein structure research); Drs W. Betts, D. Allsopp, D. Goodall, Pounds 128,548 from BBSEC (coupling of dielectrophoresis and electrophoresis for microbiological applications); Professor R. Leech, Pounds 167,120 from BBSRC (study of characterisation of chloroplast division using ARC genes in arabidopsis); Drs A. Wilson, W. Betts and R. Dart, Pounds 116,100 from BBSRC (mechanisms for enhanced oil biodegradation in a liquid foam microbe system); Professor G. Hall, Pounds 117,992 from BBSRC (associatively activated stimulus representation); Professor A. Burns, Drs A. Wellings and D. Scholefield, Pounds 348,141 from EPSRC (engineering of flexible and robust real-time systems); Professor A. Marvin and Dr S. Porter, Pounds 137,991 from EPSRC (study of EMC aspects of future radio-based mobile telecommunications systems); Professor C. Pert, Pounds 99,097 from EPSRC (experimental and simulation studies of laser ablation); Dr M. Dodson, Pounds 89,802 from EPSRC (study of metric diophantine approximation on manifolds); Professor R. Godby, Pounds 91,982 from EPSRC (ab-initio many-body theory of solids - computational simulation of the effect of the electron-electron interaction on the properties of materials); Professor A. Marvin and Dr J. Dawson, Pounds 107,597 from EPSRC (study low cost EMC (immunity) measuring technique for design and manufacturing industry);

Professor J. McDermid and Dr J. Clark, Pounds 118,359 from EPSRC (test automation for verification of non-functional properties); Professor J. McDermid and Dr J. Armstrong, Pounds 129,985 from EPSRC (study hierarchical timed transmission systems for high integrity real-time development); Professor J. Clark, Pounds 114,099 from EPSRC (new routes to perfluoralkyl-substituted aromatics); Professor P. Watson, Pounds 226,256 from EPSRC (measurement, analysis and modelling of radiowave propagation @ 93 Ghz for telecommunications and radio performance predictions); Professors C. Hulmes and G. Jones (Warwick University) and Dr G. Brown, Pounds 93,4 from Economic and Social Research Council (model of human sequential memory and its development); Dr M. Cox, Pounds 60,790 from ESRC (cross cultural study of children's drawing skills and teaching methods: UK and China); Dr A. Monk, Pounds 120,700 from ESRC (study multi-media communication in remote assistance tasks); Professor J. Dixon and Dr S. Moss (Manchester Metropolitan University), Pounds 88,700 from ESRC (study evolution and competitiveness in digopolistic industries); Professor M. Snowling, Pounds 29,620 from ESRC (single word and sentence processing in children with reading difficulties); Dr H. Leese, Pounds 51,555 from the Medical Research Council (effect of a low protein maternal diet on metabolism during organogenesis).

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European funds

Ms L. Davies, Ecu40,287 from the Commission (comparative study of the cost effectiveness of osteomyelitis treatment).