Funding

Research in our lab is funded primarily by the BBSRC

The following grants have supported our research

2013 BBSRC Follow on Fund Pathfinder Grant (BAYSIG: a platform for Bayesian analysis of large and complex datasets)
2011 BBSRC Research Development Fellowship (Computational approaches to neuroscience research)
2011 BBSRC PhD Studentship (J Shand)
2010 Nuffield Foundation Support Grant (for an undergraduate student project, J. Shand)
2009 Wellcome Trust Value in People Award to Dr D Calas (Role of common inhibitor motor neurones in aimed limb movements)
2009 BBSRC Research Grant (A systems approach to understanding sensory motor control)
2009 Heinrich-Hertz Foundation grant to support J Ache Masters research
2009 BBSRC Research Grant (Serotonin-mediated behavioural phase transition in the desert locust)
2009 Nuffield Foundation Support Grant (for an undergraduate student project, J Sinclair)
2009 BBSRC PhD Studentship (P Gunderson)
2007 Royal Society Conference Grant (2007 ISN conference)
2006 Royal Society International Joint Project Grant (to support collaboration with Dr V Dürr on aimed limb movements)
2006 BBSRC International Scientific Interchange Grant (Dye tracing of wing hair neurones, for Dr J Stalleicken research visit)
2006 BBSRC Research Grant (Behavioural, physiological and molecular mechanisms of phase change in locusts)
2006 Physiological Society (U.K.) Non-Society Symposium Grant (Goal-directed limb movements)
2005 Physiological Society (U.K.) Travel Grant
2005 BBSRC PhD Studentship (A Patel)
2005 BBSRC Research Grant (Control of aimed limb movements in locusts)
2004 Physiological Society (U.K.) Travel Grant
2004 University of Leicester Startup Grant
2004 Nuffield Foundation Support Grant (for an undergraduate student project)
2003 J. Arthur Ramsay Fund (University of Cambridge) Support Grant (for an undergraduate student project)
2001 BBSRC PhD Studentship (K Page)
2001 Royal Society (London) Research Grant
2001 Physiological Society (U.K.) Travel Grant
2000 Weis Fogh Fund (University of Cambridge) Support Grant (for an undergraduate student project)
2000 Physiological Society Summer Studentship (for an undergraduate student project)
2000 BBSRC PhD Studentship (J Young)
2000 BBSRC Research Grant (Phase change in desert locusts)
2000 Weis Fogh Fund (University of Cambridge) Research Grant
2000 National Science Foundation (USA) funded course: Integrative Biology and Adaptation of Antarctic Marine Organisms, McMurdo Station, Antarctica
2000 BBSRC Advanced Research Fellowship (Limb targeting in locusts)
1999 Physiological Society (UK) Travel Grant
1998 Newton Trust (Trinity College, Cambridge) Research Grant
1998 Royal Society (London) Conference Grant
1998 Weis Fogh Fund (University of Cambridge) Equipment Grant
1997 Physiological Society (U.K.) Research Visit Grant
1997 Royal Society (London) Research Visit Grant
1997 Royal Society (London) Research Grant
1995 Royal Society (London) Conference Grant
1995 Physiological Society (U.K.) Conference Grant
1993 Physiological Society (U.K.) Conference Grant
1992-1995 Research Fellowship, Girton College, Cambridge, U.K.
1986-1990 University Grants Committee Postgraduate Scholarship
1987-1988 Charles Cook, Warwick House, Memorial Scholarship
1986 University of Canterbury Senior Scholarship

Other awards

2010 University of Leicester Achievement Bonus Award
2005 University of Leicester Achievement Bonus Award

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