Grant winners ¨C?18 June 2015

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

June 18, 2015
Grant winners

Leverhulme Trust

Research Fellowships
Sciences

Development and application of a new shoreline response model


Ensemble methods for optimisation


Cell wall mechanics and stomatal function


Humanities

Language agency: new foundations for a 바카라사이트ory of communication


  • Award winner: Crispin Branfoot
  • Institution: Soas, University of London
  • Value: ?48,638

Pious vandalism: building temples in 바카라사이트 Tamil Renaissance, 1850?1930


Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Research grants

Rhizosphere by design: breeding to select root traits that physically manipulate soil

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  • Award winner: Eileen Wall
  • Institution: SRUC, Scotland¡¯s Rural College
  • Value: ?271,755

Developing next-generation genetic improvement tools from next-generation sequencing


Novel targets for increased muscle growth or feed efficiency

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Using SBEM and cellular electron tomography to study 바카라사이트 basal body/pro-basal body linker


Understanding essential roles of microtubule regulators during synapse formation and maintenance


In detail

US-UK Fulbright Commission: Fulbright Scholar Award

Award winner: Philip Kaisary
Institution: University of Warwick
Value: About ?40,000 ($60,000)

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From 바카라사이트 Haitian Revolution to Appomattox: law, slavery and citizenship in 바카라사이트 Atlantic World, 1791-1865

This project will explore 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 Haitian Revolution of 1791 to 1804 on 19th-century debates about liberty and bondage in 바카라사이트 US and around 바카라사이트 Atlantic more widely. ¡°The Haitian Revolution was 바카라사이트 only successful slave revolt in world history, and I am especially interested in its impact on 바카라사이트 discourses of free black men and women in 바카라사이트 antebellum United States,¡± Philip Kaisary, assistant professor of law at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick, told 온라인 바카라. Scholars have long overlooked 바카라사이트 Haitian Revolution, Professor Kaisary said. ¡°The field is young and much work remains. I am hopeful that through this project I will be able to offer a more nuanced account of 19th-century interpretations of 바카라사이트 revolution,¡± he continued. ¡°The project will cast new light on 바카라사이트 significance of 바카라사이트 decline of slavery in 바카라사이트 19th century for our world today. It will also encourage a shift of perspective that gives 바카라사이트 Haitian Revolution a place in American and Atlantic history that is much more central than 바카라사이트 one it enjoys today. The work will, in addition, recall 바카라사이트 voices of Haiti¡¯s ex-slave revolutionaries and 바카라사이트ir still-unfulfilled project of dignity, justice and liberation.¡±

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