Funding successes: Q3 2026 (July-September)

Congratulations to Professor David Pinato 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.*

Proposal Dept/Group Worktribe PI Name Worktribe Sponsor  Worktribe Proposal Title Worktribe Awarded Value (£)**
Cancer Olivier Pardo Lung Cancer Research Matthew Wong                                    44,103
Vascular Alun Davies Imperial College Trust IPH Frances Ledesma                                 288,507
Vascular Alun Davies Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust IPH RMO’s October 2026                                 576,749
Vascular Alun Davies BHF British Heart Foundation Neuropathy in venous disease – BHF                                 207,060
General Surgery Ara Darzi The Resilience Project CIC “Supporting the Next Generation of Climate Leaders in Kenya – Assessing the impact of peer support on mental health, climate anxiety and agency and leadership capacity for youth leading in climate”                                    36,000
Simulation Centre Fernando Bello City of London Corporation Simulation-based Holistic Approach for Reducing and Preventing Knife Violence in young people: Justice                                    60,000
Anaesthetics Sanooj Soni Rosetrees Trust Neutrophil extracellular vesicles as drivers of early immune dysfunction and post-operative sepsis following peri-operative ventilation                                    19,995
Hamlyn Centre Joshua Brown EPSRC Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council Development and evaluation of a softness and temperature-changing haptic interface to replicate the feel of physical materials                                    27,216
Vascular Alun Davies NIHR National Institute for Health Research Assessing the safety, clinical- and cost-effectiveness of surgical strategy  compared to endovascular strategy for the treatment of acute limb ischaemia.                                    42,236
CRUK – ICR – Imperial Convergence Science Centre Axel Behrens CRUK Cancer Research UK Inga Huld Armann – CRUK CSC-StatML CDT Non-clinical PhD Studentships 2026                                    71,253
CRUK – ICR – Imperial Convergence Science Centre Axel Behrens CRUK Cancer Research UK Yuval Weiss – CRUK CSC-StatML CDT Non-clinical PhD Studentship 2026                                    72,078
CRUK – ICR – Imperial Convergence Science Centre Axel Behrens CRUK Cancer Research UK CSC-ICB CDT Non-Clinical Studentships 2026 – Kathleen Hillis                                    81,628
CRUK – ICR – Imperial Convergence Science Centre Axel Behrens CRUK Cancer Research UK CSC-ICB CDT Non-Clinical Studentships 2026 – Mack Sung                                    81,628
Oesophageal-gastric Stefan Antonowicz Royal College Of Surgeons Of England RCS Fellowship – Afroza Sharmin – Glucose metabolism in oesophageal adenocarcinoma- a step towards metabolism directed therapy                                    95,109
Cancer David Pinato AstraZeneca UK Limited Immunotransplant – CI Dr David Pinato                             1,077,703

** 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.