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Recent awards
We have recently approved two new PhD studentships to:
- Dr Jonathan Gale and Dr Sally Dawson, UCL Ear Institute for a project on ‘Understanding the role of stress granules in the inner ear’, £75,000
- Dr Jennifer Bizley, UCL Ear Institute for a project on ‘A visionary approach to enhancing listening in challenging conditions’ , £62,541
At our last meeting at the end of January 2013 two awards were approved:
- A small project grant to Dr Velia Cardin, DCAL UCL on ‘The modulatory effect of dopamine on speech perception – a potential intervention therapy for successful cochlear implantation’, £ £14,675
- A small project grant to Professor John Birchall, University of Nottingham on ‘Establishing the safety of PLGA pellets laden with antibiotics in the middle ear as a potential treatment for glue ear’, £14,952
At our meeting at the end of October 2012 three awards were approved:
- A small project grant to Dr Michael Evans, Keele University and Dr Helen Kennedy, University of Bristol on ‘Properties of the hair cell acetylcholine receptor during development’, £8,250
- A small project grant to Dr David Furness, Keele University on ‘Cochlear hair bundle structure in mice with mutations in putative mechanotransducer channel proteins, Tmc1 and Tmc, £14,993.
- A small project grant to Dr Stuart Johnson, University of Sheffield on ‘Role of connexin 26 in the development of the mammalian cochlea’, £7,263.
Grants Awarded: 2011/2012
Awards totalling £459,643 were agreed during the year ending 31 July 2012
Molecular and Developmental Biology: Grants totalling £171,315
£53,000 – Dr Marcelo Rivolta, University of Sheffield. Grant ref. 515
Fellowship grant (Year 3 funding):Developing stem cell technologies as a therapy for deafness
£41,250 – Professor Matthew Holley, University of Sheffield. Grant ref. 562
Studentship grant: Molecular Targets for auditory system regeneration
£25,000 – Dr Ruth Taylor, University College London Ear Institute. Grant ref. 583
Studentship grant (Year 1 funding): Protection of inner hair cells from lethal injury: preventing progression to profound hearing loss
£15,000 – Professor Andrew Forge, University College London Ear Institute. Grant ref. 294
Consumables grant: Research relating to the prevention, repair or regeneration of the sensory cells of the inner ear
£14,950 – Dr Sally Dawson, University College London Ear Institute. Grant ref. 563
Small Project grant:Application of deep sequencing technology to identify genetic risk factors for otosclerosis
£10,000 – Dr Daniel Jagger, University College London Ear Institute. Grant ref. 561
Bridging Grant:Explaining Human Connexin Deafness
£8,515 – Dr Jonathan Gale, University College London Ear Institute. Grant ref. 569
Equipment grant: ProScan System for Zeiss Axiovert 200 Microscope
£3,600 – Dr Daniel Jagger, University College London Ear Institute. Grant ref. 566
Small Project grant: Identifying a novel deafness gene
Genetics of deafness: grants totalling £14,732
£14,732 – Mr Jaydip Ray, Royal Hallamshire Hospital,.Sheffield. Grant ref. 571
Small Project grant: A resource to study the genetics of Age Related Hearing Loss
Improving Benefit from HEARING AIDS:Grants totalling £60,899
£30,899 - Professor Brian Moore, Cambridge University. Grant ref. 560
Fellowship grant: Studies of hearing-aid fitting methods
£30,000 – Professor Brian Moore, Cambridge University. Grant ref. 559
Fellowship grant:Enhancement of spectral changes as a method for improving the intelligibility of speech in noise for hearing-impaired people.
Central auditory processing: Grants totalling £132,448
£69,987 – Professor Ian Forsythe, University of Leicester. Grant ref. 568
Studentship grant: The Influence of Acoustic Trauma on Central Auditory Processing
£47,461 – Dr Jennifer Linden, University College London Ear Institute. Grant ref. 567
Studentship grant: Neural abnormalities in a mouse model of auditory temporal processing deficit
£15,000 – Professor Quentin Summerfield, University of York. Grant ref. 573
Small project grant:Age-related changes in the cortical representation of auditory space
Other: Grants totalling £54,326
£39,326 – Dr Kathryn Hopkins, University of Manchester. Grant ref. 558
Commissioned Project grant (year 1 funding): Detecting the early effects of occupational noise damage to hearing
£15,000 – Dr Joanne Atkinson, University College London. Grant ref. 572
Small Project grant: Developing neuropsychological tests for the identification of cognitive disorders in older deaf users of British sign language
INFRASTRUCTURE: Grants totalling £6,000
£6,000 – Professor David McAlpine, University College London Ear Institute. Grant ref. 482 Research Fund grant: Research into the cellular, molecular and physiological basis of deafness
Travel:Grants totalling £7,586
Funds were provided to enable a number of researchers to attend various conferences. The meetings included the ARO mid-winter meeting 2012 held in California and the International Hearing Aid Research Conference 2012 also held in Lake Tahoe, California.
Four other grants were awarded to researchers to attend the Society for Neuroscience 2012 meeting in New Orleans,the 16th International Symposium on Hearing and the American Society of Human Genetics 2012 conferences.
Meeting sponsorship: Grants totalling £1,817
£1,000 – Jan Deevey, British Society of Audiology. Grant ref. 582
Sponsorship of the Ted Evans Lecture at the BSA Conference 5th-7th September 2012
£817 – Dr Dan Jagger, University College London Ear Institute. Grant ref. 564
Cilia 2012: Cilia in Development and Disease, London
Vacation Scholarship Scheme 2012: Grants totalling £10,520
Undergraduate student summer placements were awarded to the following laboratories:
Professor John Culling, Cardiff University, grant ref. 574
Dr Sygal Amitay, MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham, grant ref. 575
Dr Ian Winter, University of Cambridge, grant ref. 576
Dr Sally Dawson, University College London Ear Institute, grant ref. 577
Professor Ian Forsythe, University of Leicester, grant ref. 578
Professor Andrew King, University of Oxford, grant ref. 579
Dr Piers Dawes, University of Manchester, grant ref. 580
Dr Mark Wallace, MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham, grant ref. 581
