Research and Innovation Awards: January - March 2023

Congratulations to the following PIs and Co-Is who have been successful in securing research and innovation awards between January – March 2023. The total value of the projects awarded between these months is £3.7M with £744K income to Loughborough. The value of all awards since the start of the 22-23 academic year is £4.66M with £1.68M coming into Loughborough.

Cards For Health (Targetas Para La Salud)

  • Dr Ines Varela-Silva (PI)
  • Award Type: EPG
  • Start date: 01/11/2022
  • End date: 31/07/2024
  • Funder: Loughborough University
  • Loughborough award total: £ 57,672

Optimising the Health and Performance of Olympic and Paralympic Athletes

  • Dr Lee Taylor (Primary Supervisor), Dr Lewis James (Secondary supervisor)
  • Award Type: Studentship (match-funded)
  • Start date: 01/01/2023
  • End date: 31/12/2025
  • Funder: United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee
  • Loughborough award total: £39,000

Evaluate PHE and Sport England’s “Moving Healthcare Professionals”

  • Professor Lauren Sherar (PI)
  • Award Type: Consultancy
  • Start date: 01/11/2022
  • End date: 30/04/2023
  • Funder: Sheffield Hallam University
  • Loughborough award total: £4,166

Working towards improved sport-specific recovery outcomes following the Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport Syndrome: the role of muscular strength

  • Dr Richard Blagrove (PI), Dr Katherine Brooke-Wavell (Co-I), Dr Carolyn Plateau (Co-I)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 09/01/2023
  • End date: 31/12/2025
  • Funder: Ultra-Endurance Sport Science and Medicine
  • Loughborough award total: £7,933

A multi-tissue platform to investigate the role of soluble factors released during exercise on human ageing

  • Professor Mark Lewis (PI), Dr Andy Capel (Co-I), Dr Hannah Dugdale (Co-I), Dr Neil Martin (Co-I), Dr Owen Davies (Co-I)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 01/01/2023
  • End date: 31/05/2024
  • Funder: BBSRC/NC3Rs
  • Loughborough award total: £ 201,173

Core PE Research Project

  • Dr Oliver Hooper (PI), Dr Rachel Sandford (Co-I)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 15/11/2022
  • End date: 14/11/2023
  • Funder: Association for Physical Education
  • Loughborough award total: £13,500

Experiences of athlete pregnancy on the World Class Programme: Partner Research

  • Dr Emma Pullen (PI), Kelly Massey (Liverpool John Moore’s University - Co-I)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 01/09/2022
  • End date: 30/11/2022
  • Funder: UK Sport
  • Loughborough award total: £3,608

Research Partner to evaluate the use of wearable technology in people with type 2 diabetes in Milton Keynes

  • Dr James Sanders (PI), Professor Amanda Daley (Co-I), Dr Dale Esliger (Co-I)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 16/11/2022
  • End date: 15/11/2023
  • Funder: Milton Keynes University Hospital
  • Loughborough award total: £19,912

Examining the impact of Nottingham VRU Sports Programmes

  • Dr Carolynne Mason (PI), Dr Caron Walpole (Co-I)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 31/01/2023
  • End date: 30/03/2024
  • Funder: Nottinghamshire Violence Reduction Unit
  • Loughborough award total: £23,824

SPOONful: a Structured Prescription of Oral Nutritional supplementation for community-dwelling older adults

  • Dr Chris McLeod (PI), Dr Lewis James (Co-I), Dr Jason Thomas (Aston University - Co-I), Professor Marion Hetherington (University of Leeds – Co-I)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 03/01/2023
  • End date: 02/07/2023
  • Funder: UK Research and Innovation
  • Loughborough award total: £6,298

What works to increase children’s physical activity through improved physical development in the early years?

  • Dr Janine Coates (PI)
  • Award Type: Consultancy
  • Start date: 27/02/2023
  • End date: 30/08/2023
  • Funder: Youth Sport Trust
  • Loughborough award total: £4,829

Place-based responses to preventing youth violence through sport

  • Dr Carolynne Mason (PI), Dr Caron Walpole (Co-I)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 02/04/2023
  • End date: 01/04/2025
  • Funder: StreetGames UK Ltd
  • Loughborough award total: £54,000

Para-sport 'Wearable tech’ resource - literature review and proof of concept

  • Professor Vicky Tolfrey (PI)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 28/02/2023
  • End date: 31/07/2023
  • Funder: English Institute of Sport
  • Loughborough award total: £2,962

Learning Network for Advanced Behavioural Data Analysis

  • Dr Dale Esliger (PI), Professor Lauren Sherar (Co-I)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 01/02/2023
  • End date: 31/01/2027
  • Funder: EU Comm via Stichting VUmc
  • Loughborough award total: £219,288

Evaluating the current classification points deduction on performance in female wheelchair rugby players

  • Professor Vicky Tolfrey (PI), Dr Thomas Rietveld (Co-I)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 01/02/2023
  • End date: 31/07/2023
  • Funder: Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby Ltd (UK Sport)
  • Loughborough award total: £12,290

Youth Perspectives on Netball Games

  • Dr Oliver Hooper (PI), Professor Chris Cushion (Co-I), Dr Rachel Sandford (Co-I)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 01/03/2023
  • End date: 31/08/2023
  • Funder: England Netball
  • Loughborough award total: £9,942

Promoting sleep health and literacy through an inclusive 'sleep hygiene’ resource

  • Dr Iuliana Hartescu (PI), Professor Kevin Morgan (Co-I), Dr Eva Rogers (University of Nottingham - Co-I), Dr Lesley Sharpe (University of Lincoln - Co-I)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 03/04/2023
  • End date: 02/09/2023
  • Funder: Medical Research Council
  • Loughborough award total: £9,835

Small-sided Games within Netball

  • Dr Oliver Hooper (PI), Professor Chris Cushion (Co-I), Dr Andrew Butterworth (Co-I)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 01/03/2023
  • End date: 31/08/2023
  • Funder: England Netball
  • Loughborough award total: £9,974

Non-Invasive Breathing Pattern Assessment

  • Dr Sam Winter (PI), Dr Tom Ward (University of Leicester - Co-I), Professor John Dickinson (University of Kent - Co-I), Professor Richard Guest (University of Kent – Co-I)
  • Award Type: Research
  • Start date: 01/03/2023
  • End date: 30/11/2023
  • Funder: Rehab Technologies Network
  • Loughborough award total: £39,753