The committee is no longer in a position to provide substantial support for
previous projects and unsolicited applications cannot be considered.
Previous projects supported by the committee are listed below:
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MRC Clinical Research Centre, Northwick Park
Hospital. Causes, effects and treatment of human obesity. July 1975 |
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
(University of London). Clinical studies into obesity. March 1976 |
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Queen
Elizabeth College (University of London). Studies into the causes of
obesity. April 1976 |
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University College of North
Wales. Bangor. Research on membrane lipids and germinative vigour in
wheat. October 1976
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Kings College (University of
London). Research into photorespiration. October 1976 |
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Plant Breeding Institute.
Cambridge. Research in cytoplasmic genetics. December 1976 |
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Wye College (University of
London) Gibberellic acid and its effect on wheat. May 1977 (1 year) |
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University of Sheffield. “In vitro” sucrose
synthesis in plant systems, based on higher plant photosynthesis with
spinach. October 1977 |
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University of Leeds. Pilot
study towards extending and increasing the productivity of cool-temperate
grasslands. November 1977
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University of Edinburgh. Dietary survey related
to Edinburgh-Stockholm study of coronary heart disease. One outright grant. |
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Queen Elizabeth College (University of London).
Influence of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid on the development of the
heart and brain. November 1977 (two years). |
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Brunel University. The importance of bread in
the British Diet in the twentieth century. January 1978.
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University of Glasgow.
Dietetic advice in connection with nutritional studies on young children.
March 1978 |
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St.
George’s Hospital Medical School (University of London). Regulatory
mechanisms in reversible obesity. January 1979 |
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine (University of London). Studies of protein turnover in the obese.
February 1979
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University of Edinburgh. Dietary fatty acids and coronary
heart disease. July 1979 (two years). |
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University of
Aberdeen. Study of metabolism of trace elements in health and disease
states. June 1979 (five years).
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University of Cambridge. Synthesis of enzymes of nitrogen
assimilation in wheat. October 1979
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Dunn Clinical
Nutrition Centre (University of Cambridge). Energy and salt: metabolic
effects in obese hypertensive women. February 1980 (two years).
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University of
Bristol. The immune response of the gut to food antigens before and at
weaning. March 1980
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School of Clinical
Medicine (University of Cambridge). The teaching of nutrition in medical
schools. August 1980 (five years).
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University of
Manchester. Protein biosynthesis in relation to loss of vigour in cereals.
October 1980
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University of
Sheffield/York. Internal factors determining photosynthetic capacity in
crop species such as wheat. October 1981
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Dunn Clinical
Nutrition Centre (University of Cambridge). Rank/Widdowson Post Doctoral
Fellowship in Child Nutrition. January 1985
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University of
Dundee. Regulatory Control of Nitrogen Metabolism. June 1987
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Cardiothoracic Unit
(University of London). Regulatory Control of Nitrogen or Protein
Metabolism. June 1987
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St. Bartholomew’s
Hospital Medical School/ The London Hospital (University of London). Rank
Chair of Human Nutrition. Funded jointly with the Rank Foundation. July
1987 (Initial period of ten years).
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University of
Glasgow. Rank Chair of Human Nutrition. Funded jointly with the Rank
Foundation. November 1988 (Initial period of ten years).
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University of Southampton. Grant towards a study in
Public Health Nutrition. July 1993 (two years).
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.Intercollegiate
Initiative on Nutrition. Grants towards setting up and running training
courses to improve the understanding of nutrition in health and disease.
The courses will be aimed primarily at medical staff in their post-graduate
training years. (1998,1999,2006, final payment 2007).
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