{"id":247,"date":"2017-10-06T12:24:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T11:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/upgrade-globalchallenges\/?page_id=247"},"modified":"2020-12-10T16:12:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T16:12:49","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/globalchallenges\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Research Councils<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2017, <strong>GCRF Collective\u00a0Fund\u00a02016 Growing Research Capability to Meet the Challenges Faced by Developing Countries: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/bio\/profiles\/staff\/c_robinson.html\">Prof Colin Robinson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/bio\/profiles\/staff\/smales.html\">Prof Mark Smales<\/a>, School of Biosciences; UCL; Imperial College London; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; National Center for Genetic Engineering Thailand and Bangkok University, <strong>Thailand<\/strong>, <em>GCRF establishment of biopharmaceutical and animal vaccine production capacity in Thailand and neighbouring South East Asian countries<\/em><em>,<\/em><em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/news\/science\/14571\/university-academics-lead-on-research-grants-worth-7-8-million\">Kent<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/news\/science\/14571\/university-academics-lead-on-research-grants-worth-7-8-million\"> news article.<\/a> RCUK press release. <\/em>\u00a34,090,772, BBSRC<\/li>\n<li>2017, <strong>GCRF Collective\u00a0Fund\u00a02016 Growing Research Capability to Meet the Challenges Faced by Developing Countries:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics\/staff\/canterbury\/korosteleva.html\">Prof Elena Korosteleva<\/a>, School of Politics and International relations; University of Cambridge; Belarusian State University, <strong>Belarus<\/strong>; Shahidi Cultural Foundation; ADA University, <strong>Azerbaijan<\/strong>; National University of <strong>Uzbekhastan<\/strong>, <em>GCRF Comprehensive Capacity-building in Eastern Neighbourhood and Central Asia: research integration, impact governance and sustainable communities,<\/em> \u00a32,929,375, ESRC<\/li>\n<li>2015, <strong>MRC\/DfID\/Wellcome <\/strong><strong>Global Health Systems Joint funded initiative<\/strong>, Prof Stephen Peckham and Dr Olena Nizalova, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research; Dr Ganna Vakhitova, Kyiv Economics Institute, <strong>Ukraine<\/strong>, <em>Feasibility Study: Effectiveness of Public Health System (Programmes\/Policies) in Combating Severe Population Health Crisis in Ukraine<\/em>, \u00a3100,590<\/li>\n<li>2015, <strong>AHRC Newton Preserving Egypt&#8217;s Cultural Heritage:\u00a0<\/strong>Dr Caroline Rooney, School of English, <em><strong>Egypt<\/strong>&#8216;s Living Heritage: Community Engagement in Re-Creating the Past<\/em>, \u00a331,273<\/li>\n<li>(co-I) 2016, <strong>ESRC GCRF Network competition<\/strong>, Dr Deirdre McCann, University of Durham; Prof Deidre Fudge, Kent Law School and Dr Shangeon Lee,\u00a0International Labour Organization (ILO), <em>Legal Regulation of Unacceptable Forms of Work: Global Dialogue\/Local Innovation<\/em>, \u00a3112,176<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>British Academy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2017, GCRF Cities and Infrastructure Programme<\/strong>, Dr David Garbin, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research; University of York; University of Toronto; University of Kinshasa, <strong>Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/strong>; University of Lagos, <strong>Nigeria<\/strong>; <em>Religious urbanisation and infrastructural lives in African mega-cities: moral economies of development in Kinshasa and Lagos,\u00a0<\/em>\u00a3299,957<\/li>\n<li><strong>2016, Newton Advanced Fellowships:<\/strong> Dr Rory Pilossof, Centre for Africa Studies, University of the Free State, <strong>South Africa<\/strong> and\u00a0Dr Andrew Cohen, School of History; <em>Labour Migration and Labour Relations in South and Southern Africa, c.1900-2000, <\/em>\u00a394,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>2016, Newton Advanced Fellowships: \u00a0<\/strong>Dr Kuscu Bonnenfant, Middle East Technical University, <strong>Turkey<\/strong> and Dr Neophytos Loizide, School of Politics and International Relations, <em>Reuniting Cyprus: The British-Cypriot Diasporas as Peace Agents, \u00a397,698<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>2014, Newton Advanced Fellowships<\/strong>: Dr Banu Kavakli Birdal, Istambul Kemerburgaz University, <strong>Turkey<\/strong> and\u00a0Prof Dominic Abrams, School of Psychology,\u00a0<em>Perception of and Attitude towards the Syrian Refugees in Turkey, \u00a336,980<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>2016,<\/strong> <strong>Newton Mobility Grants<\/strong>, Dr Roman Matousek, Kent Business school and Dr Chau Le, Banking University HCMC, <strong>Vietnam<\/strong>, The Global Financial Crisis and Spillovers of US Monetary Policy: Lessons from Vietnam<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014, Newton Research Mobility CONFAP-UK, <\/strong>Dr. Doralice Lange de Souza, Universidade Federal do Paran\u00e1, <strong>Brazil<\/strong> and Dr Sakis Pappous, School of Sports and Exercise Science, <em>Analyzing the Brazilian media coverage of London 2012 Paralympic Games. Production and dissemination of a media guide on how to report on disability and sport designed for Brazilian news makers.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>British Council<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>2017, UK-Gulf Institutional Links:<\/strong><\/strong> Dr Anna Corrias, School of Physical Sciences and Prof Andrea Falqui, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology,<strong> Saudia Arabia<\/strong>, <em>Developing new ceria based materials to address challenges in energy and the environment, \u00a3104,925<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>2016, Researcher Links &#8211; workshops, <\/strong>Dr Matt Struebig, School of Anthropology and Universiti Malaysia Sabah, <strong>Malaysia<\/strong>, <em>Enhancing Environmental Resilience in Expanding Oil Palm Landscapes: Setting Research Priorities and Fostering Networking Among Researchers and Stakeholders in Malaysia, \u00a336,750<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>2015,<\/strong> <strong>Institutional Links<\/strong>: Dr Matt Struebig, School of Anthropology and Dr Charles Vairappan, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, <strong>Malaysia<\/strong>, <em>Enhancing Environmental Resilience in Expanding Oil Palm Landscapes via Improved 4Design of Riparian Re6serves, Malaysia, \u00a384,601<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>2015, Newton-Bhabha PhD Placement, <\/strong>Mr Tanmoy Paul, <strong>India<\/strong> and\u00a0Dr Gavin Mountjoy, School of Physical Sciences, <em>Study of structural and relaxation dynamics of some ion conducting materials, \u00a35,900<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Royal Academy of Engineering<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2015, Newton Research Collaboration<\/strong>, Prof David Chadwick, School of Computing and\u00a0Dr Carlos Ferraz, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, <strong>Brazil<\/strong>, <em>Security Policy Enforcement in Federated Open Source Clouds, \u00a312,000<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>2015, Newton Research Collaboration<\/strong>, Prof Nathan Gomes, Prof John Batchelor, Dr Christos Efstratiou, Dr Qasim Ahmed and Dr Luis Carlos Vieira, Universidade Tecnol\u00f3gica Federal do Paran\u00e1 (UTFPR), <strong>Brazil<\/strong>, <em>RFID moisture sensor network for landslide monitoring, \u00a318,000<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Royal Society<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2017, Newton International Fellowships<\/strong>, Dr Veysel Elgin, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey and Prof Ayse Uskul, School of Psychology, <em>Offering and Demanding Collective Apologies: A UK versus Turkey Comparison<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>2017, Newton International Fellowships, <\/strong>Dr Mohd Shahbaaz, Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, <strong>South Africa<\/strong> and Dr Mark Wass, School of Biosciences,<em> Inferring protein function using novel features and advanced machine learning<\/em>, \u00a396,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>2016, Newton Advanced Fellowships<\/strong>, Dr Rushan Chen, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, <strong>China<\/strong> and Prof Stephen Gao, School of Engineering and Digital Arts,\u00a0<em>Efficient Optimization Methods for High-Performance Shaped Beam Reflector Antennas<\/em>, Distributed and Cooperative Massive MIMO for Future Cloud-RAN based Mobile Communication Systems, \u00a3110,340<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014, Newton International Fellowships<\/strong>, Dr Jingyuan Sun, Zhejiang University, <strong>China<\/strong> and\u00a0Prof Yong Yan, School of Engineering and Digital Arts,\u00a0<em>Characterisation of Fluidisation Processes through Advanced Monitoring and Computational Modelling, \u00a366,000<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Councils 2017, GCRF Collective\u00a0Fund\u00a02016 Growing Research Capability to Meet the Challenges Faced by Developing Countries: Prof Colin Robinson and Prof Mark Smales, School of Biosciences; UCL; Imperial College London; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; National Center for Genetic Engineering Thailand and Bangkok University, Thailand, GCRF establishment of biopharmaceutical and animal vaccine production [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-247","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/globalchallenges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/globalchallenges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/globalchallenges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/globalchallenges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/globalchallenges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/globalchallenges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/globalchallenges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/globalchallenges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}