Through the Network Centre, there are opportunities for pump-priming funds, equipment grants and travel awards.

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All applications for funds are reviewed by the Organising Committee, with conflicts of interest appropriately managed.

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There are 3 rounds of grant calls in each financial year. The deadline for applications to our grants are as followed:

  1. 30 October
  2. 30 January
  3. 30 April

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Recently funded projects

In the period Sept 2019 – Apr 2020, the East Network Centre awarded 8 Pump Priming Grants, 26 travel grants and 1 networking grant.

Recently funded projects

In the period Sept 2020 – Apr 2021, the East Network Centre awarded 11 Pump Priming Grant and 9 Travel Grant.

Tittle of award Type PI Collaborators Amount
Novel P2X7 receptor Neuro-inflammatory Markers In Neurodegenerative Disorder: Autoradiography study

 

 PPG Abhishekh  Ashok Prof John O’Brien, Prof Franklin Aigbirhio, Prof Ferdia Gallagher, Dr Tomasz Matys £5,000.00
Transcriptomic changes of microglia in a human model of Lewy body dementia

 

 PPG Dr Mehtap Bacioglu Janine Brandes,
Prof Maria Grazia Spillantini		 £5,000.00
Sedentary behaviour and cognitive function in community dwelling older people: A feasibility study

 

 PPG Olawale Olanrewaju £2,800.00
Predicting post mortem tau and microglial pathology with in vivo PET imaging in progressive supranuclear palsy

 

 PPG Maura Palpetti Dr. Sanne S. Kaalund
Prof. James B. Rowe
Dr. Kieren S.J. Allinson		 £3,463.00
Olfactory and colour vision impairments in Lewy body disorders and its early stages. PPG Dr Maria Prats-Sedano Dr Li Su and Dr Daniel Blackburn

 

 £1,560.00
Feasibility of multi-modal neurovascular 3T MRI to quantify cerebral hemodynamics in preclinical dementia

 

 PPG Dr Maria-Eleni Dounavi Prof. John T. O’Brien
Dr. Guy Williams		 £1,218.00
Taking a place-based approach to primary prevention of dementia in Hertfordshire: interviews with local system leaders to explore their understanding of, and attitudes towards, dementia prevention policy

 

 PPG Sebastian Walsh £1,434.00
Abnormal proteomic profile of FTD glia in patient iPSC-derived astrocytes and neuron co-cultures PPG Dr Aishwarya Nadadhur Prof. Maria-Grazia Spillantini

 

 £2,500.00
Intracellular thermometry and metabolic studies to quantify the energy flow and cost of amyloid-β 42 (Aβ42) aggregation and associated mitochondrial dysfunction in a live cell model

 

 PPG Chyi Wei Chung Prof Gabriele Kaminski Schierle,
Prof David Spring		 £5,000.00
An iPSC-derived model for the perivascular macrophage inflammatory response and ROS production in cerebral small vessel disease

 

 PPG Ioannis Kasioulis £2,333.00
Microelectrode array enabled microfluidic devices for studying tau pathology in neurodegenerative diseases

 

 PPG Sagnik Middya Ernestine Hui, Dr Gabriele Kaminski Schierle, Prof George G Malliaras,
Dr Antonio Lombardo		 £3,150.00

The Cambridge Network has also awarded 46 travel grants in the period 2018/2019. These are split approximately 50/50 between PHD students and Post-doc/ERCs.

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