Main Grants Round 2008
A total of 58 applications (49 research project and 9 innovations) were received in this round and ALL applications underwent full peer review through the Research Grants Committee and UK & International External Referees. Following external referee reports and initial discussion by the Committee, 30 applications (24 project and 6 innovations) were short-listed for discussion by a full Research Grants Committee at their meeting and 10 of these were recommended for funding to the Board of Trustees, who endorsed the recommendation.
Overall
success rate: 17.24%
Total funded amount: £891,691
| Name | Institution | Project | Amount Awarded |
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Dr. Chris McIntyre
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Derby Hospital
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Dialysate magnesium concentration – a novel tool to abrogate dialysis-induced myocardial stunning?
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£33,551 over 9 months
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Dr. Lesley Rees
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Ormond Street Hospital
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Is it possible to optimize cardiovascular health in children with chronic kidney disease stage 5 by normalization of vitamin D levels? – a pilot study
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£39,969 over 2 years
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Dr. Alan Bevington
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University of Leicester
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The role of alternative pathways of sulphur metabolism in the control of uraemic metabolic acidosis
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£33,490 over 2 years
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Dr. Donald Ward
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The University of Manchester
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Novel molecular analysis of Parathyroid hormone
secretion in secondary hyperparathyroidism
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£39,923 over 18 months
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Dr. P Guillot
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Imperial College London
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Transplantation of human first trimester fetal
mesenchymal stem cells for Alport syndrome
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£149,633 over 3 years
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Prof. Adrian Woolf
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Institute of Child Health
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Gene profiling in renal agenesis
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£56,421 over 9 months
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Dr. Robert Vaughan
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Guys' Hospital
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An investigation into the potential of full HLA
typing and epitope level antibody definition on renal allocation
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£145,011 over 2 years
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Dr. X Z Raun
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Royal Free & University College Medical School
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Inflammation promotes atherosclerosis and causes
statin resistance by disrupting HMGCoA reductase feedback regulation.
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£112,105 over 3 years
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Dr. Paul Evans
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Imperial College London
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Does Cezanne, a novel anti-inflammatory protein, protect kidneys from Ischaemia/reperfusion injury?
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£149,122 over 3 years
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Dr. Paul Winyard
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Institute of Child Health
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Galectin-3, a novel therapy for autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
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£132, 466 over 2 years
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Fellowships
and Studentships 2008
A total of 15 fellowship
applications (1 Senior, 10 Training and 4 Career Development) were received in
this round and ALL applications underwent full peer review through the Research
Grants Committee and UK & International External Referees. Following
external referee reports and initial discussion by the Committee, 7
applications (1 Senior, 4 Training and 2 Career Development) were short-listed
for interview by a Sub-Committee of the Research Grants Committee and 5 of
these were recommended for funding to the Board of Trustees, who endorsed the
recommendation. Of the 11 PhD Studentship applications, which underwent peer
review by the Sub-Committee of the Research Grants Committee, 1 award was
recommended and endorsed by the Board of Trustees.
Overall
success rate: 19.2%
Total funded amount: £786,774
| Name | Institution | Project | Amount Awarded |
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Dr. Joanne Marks
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Royal Free Hospital
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Phosphatonins as noval regulators of instestinal phosphate absorption: Could they be of therapeutic value inpreventing hyperphosphataemia in renal failure?”
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£172,346 over 3 years
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Dr. David Long
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Institute of Chld Health, UCL
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Role of angiopoitins in epithelial-endothelial interactions: using the renal glomerulus as a model system.
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£319,578 over 5 years
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Dr. David Vass
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University of Edinburgh
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Microarray analysis of purified blood lecuocytes in renal transplant recipients to detect transcriptional changes associated with acute rejection.
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£120,431 over 2 years
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Dr. Ishita Dasgupta
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University of Bristol
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Angiogenic factors in the pathogenesis of diabetic microalbuminuria
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£123,109 over 2 years
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Studentships 2008
| Name | Institution | Project | Amount Awarded |
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Dr. David Kluth
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University of Edinburgh
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Anti-inflammatory effects of NF-kB inheritied macrophages in glomerulonephritis
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£51,310 over 3 years
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