Funding successes: April 2022

Brain artwork in the Main Entrance of Imperial College London

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


Please note, this list comprises awards that have recently been set up on College’s grants management system, with some manual additions. It may not, therefore, include all new grants awarded to Principal Investigators in the Department.

Principal Investigator(s) Group Funder Funding Scheme Proposal Title Awarded amount (£) 
Professor David Sharp Clinical Neurology The Football Association Premier League N/A FA grant 1,320,000
Dr Samuel Barnes, Dr Johanna Jackson, Prof Simon Schultz (Bioengineering) Neuroscience Brightfocus Foundation Standard Award Program in AD research Functional and molecular mapping of vulnerable GABAergic synapses in early-stage AD pathophysiology 238,971
Dr Johanna Jackson, Dr Samuel Barnes Neuroscience Rosetrees Trust Standard Project A translational pathway for the rescue of GABAergic circuitry in early-stage AD 89,930
Dr Barry Seemungal Clinical Neurology University of Birmingham N/A mBTI 117,578
Dr Lucia Li Clinical Neurology UK DRI Ltd UKDRI Pilot Project investigating the link between systemic inflammation and neurodegeneration after traumatic brain injury 49,940
Dr Paresh Malhotra Clinical Neurology Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding Call for New Proposals for Period April – November 2022 Validating novel blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease in the Imperial Amyloid PET Cohort 48,113
Dr Dasha Nicholls (work to be led by Dr Victoria Burmester) Psychiatry Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding NIHR Imperial BRC: Call for proposals Apr-Nov 2022 Effects of oxytocin on mood and social behaviour in adolescent females with eating disorders . 47,999
Dr Shlomi Haar Millo Clinical Neurology UK DRI Ltd UK DRI PILOT STUDIES PROGRAMME ROUND FOUR Towards neuroimaging the effects of Deep Brain Stimulation 43,852
Dr Martina Di Simplicio Psychiatry Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding NIHR Imperial BRC: Call for proposals Apr-Nov 2022 Reverting Motivational Abnormalities Guiding Dysregulated Behaviour in Young People Using Mental Imagery – Study 3 38,486
Professor Mike Crawford Psychiatry Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding NIHR Imperial BRC: Call for proposals Apr-Nov 2022 Severe COVID anxiety among adults in the United Kingdom: 18-month cohort study 31,647
Dr Louise Paterson Psychiatry Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding NIHR Imperial BRC: Call for proposals Apr-Nov 2022 Remote monitoring of sleep disordered breathing in opiate dependence: identifying at-risk individuals to improve outcomes 10,656
Dr Magdalena Sastre Neuroscience Rosetrees Trust Seedcorn 2021 Investigation Of Perivascular Tau Deposits In a Model for chronic traumatic encephaopathy 10,000
Professor Mike Crawford Psychiatry NIHR Health Technology Assessment The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Structured Psychological Support for people with personality disorder: Randomised controlled trial. 1,510,000