Research Grants

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

  • Combinatorics and algorithms for quantum states in holography
    Sanjaye Ramgoolam
    £12,000 Royal Society
    01-01-2025 - 31-12-2026
  • URF 2023: The environmental origins of exoplanetary systems - Andrew Winter
    Thomas Haworth
    £1,815,619 Royal Society
    01-01-2025 - 31-12-2032
  • (AENEAS) Age-enabled Exoplanet Science ERC-STG-2023-Gillen
    Edward Gillen
    £1,304,360 EPSRC - EU Scheme
    05-11-2024 - 04-11-2029
  • DHF Extension: Enabling the future of observational studies of externally photoevaporating planet-forming discs
    Thomas Haworth
    £681,319 Royal Society
    01-10-2024 - 30-09-2027
  • FLF Renewal - Using neutrinos to unravel the mysteries of the universe
    Linda Cremonesi
    £594,150 MRC Medical Research Council
    01-10-2024 - 30-09-2027
  • UKRI Federated National Compute Services NetworkPlus - Leadership
    Jonathan Hays
    £911,383 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
    01-10-2024 - 30-09-2026
  • International Exchanges: Machine Learning to discover New Physics in Neutrino Interactions
    Abigail Waldron
    £12,000 Royal Society
    06-09-2024 - 05-09-2026
  • Holography and Quantum Black Holes” (HUMBLE) - MSCA PF-ST Papageorgakis / Hosseini
    Constantinos Papageorgakis
    £200,512 EPSRC - EU Scheme
    01-09-2024 - 31-08-2026
  • URF Transfer for Dr. Gustav Mogull
    Gustav Mogull
    £1,342,348 Royal Society
    01-09-2024 - 31-08-2032
  • Quantum Technologies for Neutrino Mass (QTNM) science communication and outreach
    Nicola McConkey
    £99,999 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-08-2024 - 31-03-2025
  • XLZD@BOULBY - Preliminary Activity - WP8 Societal and Environmental Benefits
    Jonathan Hays
    £455,509 UKRI UK Research & Innovation
    01-07-2024 - 31-12-2027
  • FRIED: External photoevaporation of protoplanetary discs - ERC CoG 2022 Haworth
    Thomas Haworth
    £1,676,608 EPSRC - EU Scheme
    01-05-2024 - 30-04-2029
  • From scattering amplitudes to gravitational waves - Leverhulme Research Fellowship
    Gabriele Travaglini
    £64,874 Leverhulme Trust
    01-05-2024 - 30-09-2025
  • GridPP7 Staff Grant QMUL
    Jonathan Hays
    £1,319,127 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-04-2024 - 31-03-2028
  • 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
  • RS URF Enhanced Expenses 2023
    Ricardo Monteiro
    £239,386 Royal Society
    02-10-2023 - 13-10-2026
  • Amplitudes, Strings and Duality (CG 2022)
    Andreas Brandhuber, David Berman, Matthew Buican, Rodolfo Russo, David Vegh, Sanjaye Ramgoolam, Gabriele Travaglini, Christopher White, Bill Spence, Congkao Wen, Constantinos Papageorgakis, Ricardo Monteiro and Malcolm Perry
    £1,477,966 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-10-2023 - 30-09-2026
  • GridPP7 QMUL Tier-2 Hardware Tranche-1 (2023-2026)
    Jonathan Hays
    £142,000 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-10-2023 - 31-03-2026
  • Flexible organic alpha detectors
    Adrian Bevan and Alan Drew
    £143,147 Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
    18-09-2023 - 17-09-2027
  • Photosynthesis on Alien Worlds: What might it look like, and can it be detected?
    Christopher Duffy, Edward Gillen, Conrad Mullineaux and Thomas Haworth
    £161,373 Leverhulme Trust
    01-09-2023 - 31-08-2026
  • IRIS Science Director Buy-out 2023-2025
    Jonathan Hays
    £165,898 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-08-2023 - 31-07-2025
  • Amplitudes in the sky - Stephen Hawking Fellowship Transfer
    Scott Melville
    £168,666 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
    03-07-2023 - 28-02-2026
  • Hietala ERE 2023
    Heli Hietala
    £218,142 Royal Society
    01-07-2023 - 30-11-2025
  • Astronomy Research at Queen Mary 2023 - 2026
    Chris Clarkson, Richard Nelson, Timothy Clifton, William Sutherland, Edward Gillen, Karim Malik, Thomas Haworth, Sijme-Jan Paardekooper, Theresa Baker, David Mulryne, Philip Bull, Juan A. Valiente Kroon, Charalampos Markakis, Mohammad Mahdi Godazgar, Katy Clough, Pau Figueras and Arick Shao
    £1,625,769 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-04-2023 - 30-09-2026
  • Enhanced Research Expenses 2023
    David Mulryne
    £146,872 Royal Society
    01-04-2023 - 27-02-2026
  • Heliospheric and Planetary Research 2023-2026
    David Burgess, Christopher Chen and Craig Agnor
    £868,380 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-04-2023 - 31-03-2027
  • PDRAs for experimental exploitation in PPRC at QMUL
    Marcella Bona, Eram Rizvi, Adrian Bevan and Abigail Waldron
    £291,349 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-04-2023 - 30-09-2025
  • UK involvement in LSST: Phase C (University of Birmingham component)
    William Sutherland
    £51,157 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-04-2023 - 31-03-2025
  • Upgrade of the ATLAS detector at the LHC (2023-26)
    Marcella Bona, Jonathan Hays, Ulla Blumenschein, Seth Zenz, Ian Dawson, Adrian Bevan and Eram Rizvi
    £978,500 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-04-2023 - 31-03-2026
  • RS Travel Grant: Understanding flavour anomalies
    Adrian Bevan and Marcella Bona
    £12,000 Royal Society
    31-03-2023 - 31-03-2026
  • International Exchanges 2022: String theory and computational algorithms
    Sanjaye Ramgoolam
    £12,000 Royal Society
    17-02-2023 - 01-11-2025
  • Scattering of Particles and Strings: Holography, Geometry, and Hidden structures - URF Renewal
    Congkao Wen
    £407,603 Royal Society
    01-01-2023 - 31-12-2025
  • URF Renewals 2022: Enhanced Research Expenses
    Congkao Wen
    £240,000 Royal Society
    01-01-2023 - 31-12-2025
  • Scattering of Particles, Strings and Black Holes - URF renewal
    Ricardo Monteiro
    £389,975 Royal Society
    14-10-2022 - 13-10-2026
  • Centre for Doctoral Training in Data-Intensive Science (DISCnet 2)
    Eram Rizvi
    £439,579 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-10-2022 - 30-09-2028
  • 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
  • Particle Physics Research Centre Consolidated Grant: 2022-2025
    Adrian Bevan, Marcella Bona, Peter Hobson, Eram Rizvi, Jonathan Hays, Theodore Kreouzis, Ulla Blumenschein, Seth Zenz, Linda Cremonesi and Ian Dawson
    £1,860,446 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-10-2022 - 30-09-2025
  • Scattering in Gauge Theory, Gravity and String Theory - Research Fellows Enhanced Research Expenses 2021
    Ricardo Monteiro
    £50,718 Royal Society
    01-10-2022 - 13-10-2026
  • Exploring New Regions of Space: Fundamentals and Impacts of Astrophysical Plasma Turbulence - FLF
    Christopher Chen
    £1,413,239 MRC Medical Research Council
    01-08-2022 - 31-07-2026
  • 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
  • Planets through time: understanding the evolution and diversity of planetary systems
    Edward Gillen
    £265,920 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-04-2022 - 31-03-2025
  • 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
  • Research Fellows Enhanced Research Expenses 2021
    David Mulryne
    £115,746 Royal Society
    01-01-2022 - 27-02-2026
  • 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
  • Observable signatures of inflationary physics: correlation functions and beyond - URF renewal
    David Mulryne
    £426,161 Royal Society
    07-12-2020 - 27-02-2026
  • EPSRC DTP Mobility 2020
    Eram Rizvi, Mark Sandler, Nicholas Bryan-Kinns and Jun Chen
    £1,705,691 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
    01-10-2020 - 30-04-2028
  • Ernest Rutherford Fellowship: From quantum chaos to collective transport in plasmas: Saso Grozdanov
    David Vegh
    £517,752 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-10-2020 - 30-09-2025
  • Winton Exoplanet Fellowship - transfer in
    Edward Gillen
    £106,514 David and Claudia Harding Foundation
    01-05-2020 - 30-04-2026
  • GridPP6 QMUL Staff Grant
    Jonathan Hays
    £827,497 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-04-2020 - 31-03-2025
  • PPRC Consolidated Grant 2019
    Adrian Bevan, Ulla Blumenschein, Eram Rizvi, Jonathan Hays, Teppei Katori, Marcella Bona, Jeanne Wilson, Philippe Mermod and Francesca Di Lodovico
    £2,079,163 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-10-2019 - 15-10-2025
  • ATLAS Upgrade - ITk
    Adrian Bevan
    £364,768 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
    01-04-2018 - 31-03-2025
  • Congkao Wen, RS URF 1st-Year Grant starter grant
    Congkao Wen
    £92,148 Royal Society
    31-03-2018 - 31-12-2025
  • Connecting theory to observations using numerical simulations of inflat
    David Mulryne
    £94,906 Royal Society
    01-12-2017 - 27-02-2025