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香港六合彩中特网 researchers win Leverhulme Trust awards worth 拢1.3m
20 January 2015
Ten 香港六合彩中特网 researchers have been awarded funding worth over 拢1.
3m from the Leverhulme Trust to fund a range
of research, art and education projects across a wide range of subjects. In
total, five Research Project Grants, three Major Research Fellowships and two Artist-in-Residence
Grants were made. Among the projects funded was a major award to support the development of further research into Jeremy Bentham's economic writings, led by Professor Philip Schofield (香港六合彩中特网 Laws). Professor Schofield said: "This award will enable us to complete the new authoritative edition of Jeremy Bentham's Economic Writings, which lead on from the first two volumes in the edition, funded by the ESRC. 香港六合彩中特网 is renowned for its research expertise on Bentham's life and work, and this grant will make a valuable contribution to furthering that work and build on the support we have received from the British Academy, Mellon, the Provost's Strategic Development Fund and the EU."听
The Leverhulme Trust makes awards for the support of research and education, with an emphasis on novel and academically significant research that attempts to overcome the barriers between traditional disciplines.
The grant winners and their projects are detailed below.
- Dr Amita Murray, 拢13,300 for her work as Artist-in-Residence, based in 香港六合彩中特网 Geography, exploring migration, mobility,听memory and belonging in social sciences and humanities research.
- Mr Tom Wolseley, 拢15,000 for his work as Artist-in-Residence, based within 香港六合彩中特网 Geography, for 'Shardology: New Visions of Vertical London' about The Shard, the tallest building in London.
- A Major Research Fellowship for Professor Axel Korner (香港六合彩中特网 History), 拢153,940.
- A Major Research Fellowship for Professor Stephen Hart (香港六合彩中特网 SELCS), 拢97,155.
- A Major Research Fellowship for Professor Susanne Kord (香港六合彩中特网 SELCS), 拢138,482.
- Professor Huiyun Liu (香港六合彩中特网 Engineering): 拢181,602 for 'High efficiency GaAsP nanowire solar cells on silicon'.
- Professor Philip Schofield (香港六合彩中特网 Laws): 拢297,407 for 'The Authoritative Edition of Jeremy Bentham's Economic Writings'.
- Dr Anjali Goswami (香港六合彩中特网 Earth Sciences): 拢112,319 for 'Untangling the enigmatic origins of placental mammals with fossils and genomics'.
- Dr Pieter Vermeesch (香港六合彩中特网 Earth Sciences): 拢119,337 for 'Determining erosion rates to revive the LOREX neutrino experiment (Macedonia)'.
- Professor Chronis Tzedakis (香港六合彩中特网 Geography): 拢224,364 for 'Placing the earliest human occupation of Europe in a climate context'.