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SMALL PROJECTS CASE STUDIES
| Maternal obesity research helped by grant in 2008 |
Dr Fiona Denison from the Reproductive and Development Sciences department at the University has been awarded £2500 to investigate how maternal obesity affects placental and uterine function in early pregnancy.
Obesity is a major public health problem with women in the UK. Increasing evidence s...
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| Grant funds research on chameleon population |
The University's Expedition Mahazo Loko was set up to determine the health of the forest and the chameleon populations in the Sainte Luce region of Madagascar. With the help of a Small Project Grant, funded by kind donations to the University, the team were able to travel to the area and collect eco...
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| The Stem Cell Dream |
On 13th April 2007, a stem-cell research event was held as part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival. The event was supported by a University of Edinburgh small project grant.
Around one hundred and fifty people watched film clips, heard from scientists, regulators and patients, and v...
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| Supporting achievement |
Staff and students, such as PhD researcher Jane Cameron, benefit every year from the kind donations received from Edinburgh alumni and friends around the world. Jane received a small project grant to assist her research into Ambedkarite Buddhism in Maharashtra, India.
Her fieldwork project was...
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| Disabled Students Group |
The Disabled Students Group links disabled students with The University of Edinburgh by helping the students to communicate more easily and providing an invaluable source of help and information to both parties.
A £600 small project grant has enabled Muriel Masson and the group to print bookmarks...
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| Bacteria in Human Cells |
For Dr Gail Ferguson of the Institute of Cell Biology, an Edinburgh Fund grant paid for her new lab. Dr Ferguson is interested in the effects of bacteria persisting in human cells. Her award not only paid for the construction of aeroponic growth chambers in which to study bacteria, but also attrac...
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| A new understanding of refugees |
Elijah Brown, a PhD student in the School of Divinity, has been awarded a £400 small project grant in the November 2006 grants. The money will go towards furthering his PhD thesis research into African refugees and the peace in Southern Sudan.
Elijah's research will be undertaken at refugee enca...
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