Congratulations to Professor Hashim Ahmed on his recent funding success.
Well done to all Principal Investigators and teams in the Department who have recently been awarded research grants. Here is our quarterly round-up of funding successes.*
July 2024
| Proposal Dept/Group | Infoed PI Name | Infoed Sponsor | Infoed Proposal Title | Infoed Awarded Value (£)** |
| Cancer | Claire Fletcher | Worldwide Cancer Research | WCR Portion – Pre-Clinical Investigations into MicroRNA-346 as a Novel Advanced Prostate Cancer Therapeutic (Full Application) | £137,500.00 |
| Cancer | Claire Fletcher | Prostate Cancer Research | PA6683 – PCR Portion – Pre-Clinical Investigations into MicroRNA-346 as a Novel Advanced Prostate Cancer Therapeutic (Full Application) | £172,827.22 |
| Cancer | Axel Behrens | CRUK Cancer Research UK | CRUK Convergence Science Centre Clinical Training iPhD studentship | £121,118.20 |
| Cancer | Axel Behrens | CRUK Cancer Research UK | CRUK Convergence Science Centre Clinical Training iPhD studentship | £121,119.20 |
| Cancer | Axel Behrens | CRUK Cancer Research UK | CRUK Convergence Science Centre Clinical Training iPhD studentship | £121,119.20 |
| Musculoskeletal | Justin Cobb | NIHR National Institute for Health Research | i4i H2 Clinical Investigation | £445,150.94 |
| Oesophageal-gastric | George Hanna | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust-BRC Funding | Biomedical Engineering Theme Pilot Projects BRC 22-27 | £243,734.00 |
| Oesophageal-gastric | George Hanna | MRC Medical Research Council (MRC) | Developing a breath test for tumour hypoxia in oesophageal adenocarcinoma to aid precision therapy. | £302,701.00 |
| Urology | Hashim Ahmed | Prostate Cancer UK | A randomised controlled trial to assess screening for prostate cancer compared to current standard of care | £13,646,953.00 |
| Vascular | Colin Bicknell | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | n/a | £30,577.53 |
Congratulations to Dr Stamatia Giannarou on her recent funding success.
August 2024
| Proposal Dept/Group | Infoed PI Name | Infoed Sponsor | Infoed Proposal Title | Infoed Awarded Value (£)** |
| Hamlyn Centre | Stamatia Giannarou | MRC Medical Research Council (MRC) | Oncological Resection Guidance Across Scales | £977,288.69 |
| Musculoskeletal | Justin Cobb | International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine | ISAKOS Research Grant Funding Agreement | £18,518.52 |
| Oesophageal-gastric | George Hanna | MRC Medical Research Council (MRC) | INvestigating the Source of volatile organic compounds in Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma using cancer-associated fIbroblast-oRganoid co-culturEs | £291,099.00 |
| Oesophageal-gastric | Melody Zhifang Ni | Innovate UK | MARGARITA: a Multi-Agency ReGulAtory RIsk management neTwork for Accelerating diagnostic pathways | £45,998.98 |
Congratulations to Dr Brijesh Patel on his recent funding success.
September 2024
| Proposal Dept/Group | Infoed PI Name | Infoed Sponsor | Infoed Proposal Title | Infoed Awarded Value (£)** |
| Anaesthetics | Brijesh Patel | NIHR National Institute for Health Research | Stage 2 : Rest Or Moderate mechanical ventilation during ECMO support – ROMEO | £2,134,868.76 |
| Cancer | David Pinato | British HIV Association (BHIVA) | Phenotypic characterization of intra-tumoral and peripheral immune phenotype in patients with HIV- associated Kaposi Sarcoma receiving dostarlimab within the phase I StarKap study | £15,000.00 |
| Centre for Health Policy | Kath Maitland | Wellcome Trust | Core funding East Africa Programme | £852,506.00 |
| Simulation Centre | Fernando Bello | CW+ | Point of Care 3D Printing and Modelling Hub at CWH | £50,000.00 |
| Vascular | Alun Davies | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | RMO Post | £257,354.24 |
| Vascular | Alun Davies | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | CRF Post | £295,306.50 |
** This is the total project value, including subprojects.
*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, relating to FoM. This means that, typically, we only include awards on this list which have been set up on the College’s grants management system, in accordance with the Joint Research Office’s policies and processes. As a result, there may be a delay in promoting some awards.