Funding successes: March 2020

Congratulations to all Principal Investigators in the Department who have recently been awarded research grants. Here is our round-up of the latest funding successes*.


Group Principal Investigator Funder Proposal title Award amount (£)
Neuroscience Professor Richard Festenstein Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust ICHT FR420: Clinical efficacy study of a novel epigenetic therapy in Friedreich’s ataxia 48,250
Neurology Dr Javier Alegre Abarrategui Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Transcriptome and methylome profiling in early Alzheimer’s disease 54,694
Clinical Neurology Professor Paul Matthews UK DRI Ltd The Multi-‘omics Atlas Project – Piloting resource development for discovery of the molecular neuropathology of Alzheimer’s Disease. 2,000,000
Neuroscience Professor Amin Hajitou Medical Research Council

Characterisation of a novel phage-guided gene delivery vector and investigation of its gene therapy efficacy against metastatic cancer.

649,363

*Dude, where’s my grant? A disclaimer:

To ensure the quality and accuracy of the information published on this blog, we source our data directly from the College’s strategic reporting dashboards. This means that, typically, we only include awards on this list which have been set up on the College’s grants management system, following the Joint Research Office’s policies and processes. As a result, there may be a delay in promoting some awards.