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46 | streams funding 2007/08<br />
STREAMS FUNDING 2007/08<br />
1 October 2007 to 30 September 2008.<br />
MOLECULES, GENES<br />
AND CELLS<br />
The Molecules, Genes and Cells stream<br />
supports high-quality research that will<br />
further our understanding of the<br />
fundamental biology and specialist<br />
functions of molecular, cellular and<br />
genetic processes, and their role in<br />
health and disease.<br />
Total number of grants awarded<br />
Value of grants awarded<br />
New and renewed Principal and Senior<br />
Research Fellowships<br />
Number of programme grants awarded<br />
Value of programme grants awarded<br />
OTHER MAJOR AWARDS:<br />
• £30.5m <strong>Wellcome</strong> <strong>Trust</strong> Case Control Consortium phase 2<br />
• £5.8m Strategic Award for 1000 Genomes Project<br />
• £4.9m Strategic Award for chemogenomic databases<br />
• £4m Strategic Award for public domain epigenetic probes<br />
211<br />
£93.6m<br />
14<br />
13<br />
£16.1m<br />
Total number of grants awarded<br />
Value of grants awarded<br />
191<br />
£65.3m<br />
IMMUNOLOGY AND<br />
INFECTIOUS DISEASE<br />
The Immunology and Infectious Disease<br />
stream aims to increase our knowledge<br />
and understanding of the infectious<br />
organisms that cause disease in humans<br />
and animals, and of the immune systems<br />
that fight these organisms.<br />
New and renewed Principal and Senior<br />
Research Fellowships<br />
Number of programme grants awarded<br />
Value of programme grants awarded<br />
OTHER MAJOR AWARDS:<br />
• £20.4m African training and infrastructure awards<br />
• £8.8m renewal of core funding for Malawi Major Overseas Programme<br />
• £8.7m Strategic Award for HIV testing facility<br />
• £3.4m Strategic Award for respiratory medicine centre, Imperial College London<br />
• £3.4m Strategic Award to Jenner Institute<br />
• £2.8m renewal of core funding for <strong>Wellcome</strong> <strong>Trust</strong> Centre for Molecular Parasitology<br />
• £2m Adjuvant Identification and Development initiative<br />
5<br />
13<br />
£18.5m<br />
NEUROSCIENCE AND<br />
MENTAL HEALTH<br />
The Neuroscience and Mental Health<br />
funding stream aims to support highquality<br />
research into the function of the<br />
nervous system in health and disease.<br />
Total number of grants awarded<br />
Value of grants awarded<br />
New and renewed Principal and Senior<br />
Research Fellowships<br />
Number of programme grants awarded<br />
Value of programme grants awarded<br />
OTHER MAJOR AWARDS:<br />
• £6.5m Strategic Award for OXION network<br />
• £5m Strategic Award for London Pain Consortium<br />
OTHER ACTIVITIES DURING YEAR:<br />
• £5.5m ‘pump priming’ initiative for young clinicians with<br />
Academy of Medical Sciences<br />
226 (inc. 68 electives)<br />
£51.8m<br />
5<br />
6<br />
£8.2m
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