Grant winners

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Award winner: A.J. McKane

Institution: University of Manchester

Value: £614,488

Sandpit: Multi-scale dynamics and gene communities

Award winner: R. Belavkin

Institution: Middlesex University

Value: £425,988

Sandpit: Evolution as an information-dynamic system

Award winner: R.A. Johnstone

Institution: University of Cambridge

Value: £681,739

Sandpit: Transgenerational effects and evolution

Award winner: D. Buck

Institution: Imperial College London

Value: £446,915

Sandpit: Knots and evolution - topologically driven integrase mutagenesis

Award winner: T. Komura

Institution: University of Edinburgh

Value: £462,060

Topology-based motion synthesis

Award winner: A.F. Lee

Institution: Cardiff University

Value: £1,280,540

Nano-engineered materials for clean catalytic technologies

Award winner: P.L. Dickinson

Institution: University of Lincoln

Value: £95,873

Monitoring nesting seabirds using computer vision

Award winner: M. Parkinson

Institution: University of Cambridge

Value: £4,645

Star: making Java verification practical

Award winner: D. Distefano

Institution: Queen Mary, University of London

Value: £221,253

jStar: making Java verification practical

Award winner: J. Bacardit

Institution: University of Nottingham

Value: £101,458

Principled application of learning-classifier systems to large-scale challenging data sets (LCSxLCD)

Award winner: A.G. Thomas

Institution: University of Manchester

Value: £4,259

Adsorption of catechols at TIO2 single-crystal surfaces. charge-transfer processes in photovoltaics and structure of novel biomedical materials

Award winner: A. Juel

Institution: University of Manchester

Value: £337,834

Multiple states of bubble propagation in partially occluded tubes

Award winner: W.P. Heath

Institution: University of Manchester

Value: £500,518

Absolute stability theory of feedback interconnections and robust anti-windup control design

Award winner: S. Riis

Institution: Queen Mary, University of London

Value: £346,667

Information flows and information bottlenecks in network coding

Award winner: A. Krokhin

Institution: Durham University

Value: £299,318

Submodular optimisation, lattice theory and maximum-constraint satisfaction problems

Award winner: P. Houston

Institution: University of Nottingham

Value: £249,389

Multilevel preconditioners based on composite finite-element methods for fluid-flow problems

Award winner: S.N. Chandler-Wilde

Institution: University of Reading

Value: £92,596

Advanced numerical techniques for characterising obstructions in sewer pipes

Award winner: R. Kirby

Institution: Brunel University

Value: £249,585

Advanced numerical techniques for characterising obstructions in sewer pipes

Award winner: K.V. Horoshenkov

Institution: University of Bradford

Value: £264,140

Advanced numerical techniques for characterising obstructions in sewer pipes

Award winner: M. Liebeck

Institution: Imperial College London

Value: £48,461

Representation degrees, character values and applications

Award winner: A. Adamatzky

Institution: University of the West of England

Value: £648,942

Learning and computation in disordered networks of memristors: theory and experiments

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The Leverhulme Trust

Award winner: Randolph Donahue

Institution: University of Bradford

Value: £334,000

This project aims to further understanding of how prehistoric people lived in Italy at the end of the Ice Age before the prevalence of farming. Using high-precision dating methods, researchers will calculate the age of occupation layers in cave sites and identify the animals hunted by people in that era and locale. The results will be used to evaluate whether prehistoric people followed herds of animals or remained more rooted, relying more heavily on small animals, fish and plants for food.