New grants for research at York
Posted on 16 December 1996
New research grants totalling £4,916,431 were announced at the latest meeting of the Council of the University of York. The University has one of the highest levels of research income per head in the higher education system.
Recent grants include:
- £3,500 from the British Council for a comparative study of the decay and conservation of stone buildings in Florence and York by Dr Christopher Norton and Dr Amanda Lillie in History of Art;
- £25,000 from the Post Office for the development of a software suite called EBOR by Dr Jim Austin in Computer Science;
- £91,016 from the Wellcome Trust for a study of the relationship between children's reading and language skills by Professor Margaret Snowling;
- £159,682 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Royal Academy of Engineering for a 'Clean Technology Fellowship' for Professor James Clark in Chemistry;
- £5,710 from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee for monitoring otter recolonisation of the Yorkshire Derwent by Gordon Woodroffe in Biology;
- £164,541 from the NHS Executive for a study of NHS support for children with special health needs attending mainstream schools by Dr Patricia Sloper in the Social Policy Research Unit.
ENDS