Research Grants

The following are current grants held by members of the Centre for Experimental and Applied Physics that are of particular relevance:

  • EPSRC Core Equipment 2024
    Wen Wang, Kshitij Sabnis, Andrei Sapelkin, Joe Briscoe and Ian Sanders
    £449,082 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
    01-01-2025 - 30-06-2026
  • Transformative Energy Storage Technologies For A Resilient Planet
    Alan Drew
    £51,163 British Council
    01-08-2024 - 31-07-2026
  • ICONIC
    Christian Nielsen
    £462,723 EPSRC - EU Scheme
    01-05-2024 - 30-04-2028
  • GridPP7 Staff Grant QMUL
    Jonathan Hays
    £1,319,127 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-04-2024 - 31-03-2028
  • Nanoscale Multicolour Photodetectors : DNA Nanotechnology for Mixed-Dimensional Heterostructures
    Matteo Palma
    £130,000 Defence Science and Technology Lab.-GOV UK
    01-04-2024 - 31-03-2025
  • URF Enhanced Research Expenses 2023
    Junjie Liu
    £139,827 Royal Society
    01-04-2024 - 31-12-2025
  • URF transfer: Coherent control of molecular spin qubits by electric field
    Junjie Liu
    £213,902 Royal Society
    01-04-2024 - 31-12-2025
  • DSTL : X-Ray detection using permanent colour change - Prof Alan Drew
    Alan Drew, David Dunstan and Theodore Kreouzis
    £150,000 Defence Science and Technology Lab.-GOV UK
    01-02-2024 - 31-03-2025
  • Who cares about fundamental science?
    Christopher White and Anthony Phillips
    £246,248 Leverhulme Trust
    11-01-2024 - 10-01-2027
  • Piecing together the neutrino mass puzzle in search of new particles with precision oscillation experiments and quantum technologies-GRANT TRANSFER
    Nicola McConkey
    £431,666 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-01-2024 - 30-09-2027
  • UKRI FLF Renewal
    Jan Mol
    £593,003 MRC Medical Research Council
    01-01-2024 - 31-12-2026
  • GridPP7 QMUL Tier-2 Hardware Tranche-1 (2023-2026)
    Jonathan Hays
    £142,000 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-10-2023 - 31-03-2026
  • Neutron studies of disordered materials: linking experiment to theory: Studentship - Peter Dung Nguyen
    Anthony Phillips
    £36,426 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-10-2023 - 30-09-2026
  • Sequence-Defined Pi-Conjugated Materials - EPSRC CASE conversion
    Christian Nielsen and Andrew Livingston
    £62,500 CDT Cambridge Display Technology Limited
    01-10-2023 - 31-03-2027
  • Flexible organic alpha detectors
    Adrian Bevan and Alan Drew
    £143,147 Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
    18-09-2023 - 17-09-2027
  • GreenX3: Innovative and sustainable materials, processes and technologies for a GREENer and circular economy
    Marina Resmini
    £782,029 EPSRC - EU Scheme
    01-09-2023 - 31-08-2027
  • IRIS Science Director Buy-out 2023-2025
    Jonathan Hays
    £165,898 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-08-2023 - 31-07-2025
  • A molten salt community framework for predictive modelling of critical characteristics
    Kostya Trachenko
    £147,082 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
    01-07-2023 - 30-06-2026
  • Hietala ERE 2023
    Heli Hietala
    £218,142 Royal Society
    01-07-2023 - 30-11-2025
  • (HEOM) High entropy oxides: understanding their unique properties and dynamics using machine learning interatomic potentials - MSCA PF-GF Trachenko/Dicks
    Kostya Trachenko
    £262,232 EPSRC - EU Scheme
    01-06-2023 - 28-02-2027
  • Digital Transformation of Electromagnetic Material Design and Manufacturing for Future Wireless Connectivity (DREAM)
    Yang Hao, Kaspar Althoefer, Arumugam Nallanathan and Anthony Phillips
    £2,579,837 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
    01-06-2023 - 31-05-2028
  • Clean growth through clean energy in the developing world
    Alan Drew
    £16,185 British Council
    01-04-2023 - 31-03-2025
  • Jochen Brandt URF Enhanced Research Expenses 2023
    Jochen Brandt
    £134,895 Royal Society
    01-04-2023 - 05-01-2026
  • Physics, Accuracy and Machine Learning: Towards the next-generation of Molecular Potentials - Misquitta
    Alston Misquitta and Rachel Crespo Otero
    £265,251 EPSRC - EU Scheme
    01-02-2023 - 31-01-2027
  • Bio-molecular nanocarbon junctions for low-power computing
    Matteo Palma and Jan Mol
    £95,848 Defence Science and Technology Lab.-GOV UK
    01-10-2022 - 30-09-2025
  • Developing next-generation DL_POLY for the benefit of the modelling community
    Kostya Trachenko
    £368,611 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
    01-10-2022 - 30-11-2025
  • Long range detection of alpha particles - STFC iCASE with NNL
    Peter Hobson and Linda Cremonesi
    £109,288 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-10-2022 - 30-09-2026
  • Long range detection of alpha particles - STFC iCASE with NNL - company contribution
    Peter Hobson and Linda Cremonesi
    £32,060 NNL National Nuclear Laboratory Limited
    01-10-2022 - 30-04-2026
  • URF including expenses - Jochen Brandt-GRANT TRANSFER
    Jochen Brandt
    £468,299 Royal Society
    26-09-2022 - 05-01-2026
  • Enhanced Research Expenses 2021-GRANT TRANSFER
    Heli Hietala
    £153,338 Royal Society
    01-07-2022 - 01-12-2025
  • University Research Fellowship-GRANT TRANSFER
    Heli Hietala
    £391,638 Royal Society
    01-07-2022 - 01-12-2025
  • Diamond Thermal Neutron Detector (2021)
    Adrian Bevan, Theodore Kreouzis, Peter Hobson and Ian Dawson
    £371,846 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-01-2022 - 13-10-2025
  • CASE Award: Organic Neutron Detector Development For Future Nuclear Threat Reduction And Dark Matter Experiments- Company Contribution
    Adrian Bevan and Theodore Kreouzis
    £37,000 AWE
    01-10-2021 - 30-09-2025
  • CASE Studentship: Organic neutron detector development for future Nuclear Threat Reduction and Dark Matter experiments
    Adrian Bevan and Theodore Kreouzis
    £104,268 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-10-2021 - 30-09-2025
  • NuSec Network studentship
    Adrian Bevan and Theodore Kreouzis
    £40,232 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-10-2021 - 31-03-2025
  • NuSec Studentship- Company Contribution
    Adrian Bevan and Theodore Kreouzis
    £45,923 AWE
    01-10-2021 - 30-09-2025
  • Nanoscale Biosensing Devices: Fundamental Insight on the Sensing Mechanism
    Matteo Palma
    £230,206 Air Force office of Scientific Research (USA)
    01-01-2021 - 28-02-2025
  • GridPP6 QMUL Staff Grant
    Jonathan Hays
    £827,497 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-04-2020 - 31-03-2025
  • Mechanisms and prediction of large scale ecological responses to environmental change
    Axel Rossberg and Kostya Trachenko
    £1,213,084 NERC Natural Environment Research Council
    06-01-2020 - 04-04-2025