News Release
£4.5m for University Research
14th December 1998
The University of Ulster has announced more than £4.5 million in funding for research projects.
Research Grants
Dr PC Eames, £159,456 from EPSRC (Improved solar cell performance in building integration).
Charities
Professor JA Dunn, £125,000 from Positive Ethos Trust (EMU promoting schools project).
Dr C Hudson, £49,431 from the British Diabetic Association (Factors influencing in diabetic maculopathy.
Professor DT Sines, £45,000 from the Ulster Cancer Foundation (Lectureship in cancer nursing).
Dr T Robson, £30,251 from the Cancer Research Campaign (Manipulation of P450 gene expression in tumours).
Research Contracts
Professor FC Monds, £920,000 from CEC - Peace & Reconciliation (Technology and Software Incubator Centre).
Professor JJ Strain, £328,408 from MAFF (Functional markers of optimal nutritional status for copper).
Dr A Cooper, £300,731, from the DOE Environment Heritage Service, (Northern Ireland Countryside Survey 2000).
Professor HF McMahon, £292,000 from HEFEC/DENI ((IN-TENT) Infusing teacher education with the new technologies). Dr A Cooper, £212,864 from CEC - LIFE (Biodiversity action on industrial sites).
Professor D McKeag, £200,904 from Department of Trade & Industry and £148,800 from Ford Motor Company Ltd (Teaching Company programme).
Professor MEC Hull, £195,919 from CEC - ESPRIT (SUCSEDE: Successful user-centred systems engineering development and environment).
Professor B Norton, £195,367 from MTP Ltd, (Manufacturing Technology Partnership).
Dr J Carmichael, £145,579 from the Department of Health, (Life and Health Technologies (Northern Ireland).
Professor SE Cairns, £125,700 from The John Templeton Foundation, (Forgiveness and the reduction of inter group conflict).
Dr ET McAdams, £128,678 from CEC - ESPRIT, (Micro-Card: SI-based multifunctional microsystem needle for myocardial ischemia monitoring).
Dr MDJ O'Neill, Mrs TM Scott, £101,704 from DTI and NuPrint Fabric Converters Ltd (Teaching Company programme).
Dr P Lyle, £85,152 from CEC - INTERREG (An integrated geographical approach to the preliminary assessment of potential waste disposal sites).
Professor KE O'Neill, £79,600 from Department of Trade & Industry and Graham & Heslip Ltd, (Teaching Company programme).
Dr TM McGinnity, £77,904 from Department of Trade & Industry, FORBAIRT, the International Test Technologies Ltd, (Teaching Company programme).
Professor R McIlhagger, £76,904 from the Department of Trade & Industry and from William Ross & Co Ltd (Teaching Company programme).
Dr RJ Millar, £76,900 from DTI and I Pennick & C Pennick (Teaching Company programme).
Professor D McKeag, £76,900 from the Department of Trade & Industry and Uni-Drill Ltd (Teaching Company programme).
Ms CM Shapcott, £56,689 from CEC - Telematics (Distance education in rural areas via libraries).
Dr BJ Murtagh, £52,100 from CCRU (Integration or division: Community dynamics and social capital in a mixed area).
Professor I Rowland, £49,866 from MAFF (Influence of human gut microflora on dietary soya isoflavone phytoestrogen bioavailablility in adults and children).
Professor JJ Strain, £46,000 from Waltham Centre for Pet Care, (Feline antioxidant and immunological study).
Dr GP Parr, £45,000 from Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Ltd (Intelligent mobile agents for distributed network management).
Mr WG O'Neill, £43,000 from the North Eastern Education & Library Board (Reading Recovery Centre).
Professor HP McKenna, £34,783 from Rotunda Hospital Dublin, (Midwifery skills mix project).
Dr GP Parr, £34,780 from CEC - Telematics (Telematics for communication and health).
Professor JJ Strain, £30,500 from Starkist Seafood (USA), (Donation for generic research in nutrition).
Ms GM Robinson, £27,200 from the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey).
Professor I Rowland, £25,400 from ORAFTI (protelve effects of prebiotics against colon cancer).
Professor GD Baxter, £24,574 from Meditech International Inc (Toronto), (Laser therapy in the management of musculoskeletal disorders).
Professor DT Sines, £20,000 from Mona Grey, (Mona Grey nursing research studentship).
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