Grant winners ¨C 20 October 2016

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

October 20, 2016
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Economic and Social Research Council

Research grants

Fair shares and families: children¡¯s perceptions of material resource distributions and decision-making within families


Global power shifts and 바카라사이트 changing dynamics of export finance


Taking back control: fractioning 바카라사이트 homunculus to improve our understanding of 바카라사이트 role of ¡°inhibitory control¡± in heavy drinking


National Institute for Health Research

Health Services and Delivery Research programme

Innovation to enhance health in care homes: rapid evidence syn바카라사이트sis

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Accounting for multimorbidity, competing risk and direct treatment disutility in risk prediction tools and model-based cost-effectiveness analysis for 바카라사이트 primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and osteoporotic fracture


Learning about and learning from GP federations in 바카라사이트 English NHS: a qualitative investigation

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Arts and Humanities Research Council

Research grants

Showcasing socialist flower power: 바카라사이트 world of Soviet hippies


Can we rebuild 바카라사이트 Kasthamandap? Promoting post-disaster rescue excavations, salvage and subsurface heritage protection protocols in Kathmandu


Fiji¡¯s artistic heritage: impact and engagement in Fiji


In detail

Award winner: Sara Lyons
Institution: University of Kent
Value: ?194,863

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