Research Project
Planning the research project
Applicants, once they have been deemed eligible, will be asked to write an in-depth proposal. The research project forms the basis of a proposal and has to be relevant to present day needs in industry and academia. The proposal should include the objectives and an outline of the project, the methodologies to be used and a Gantt chart showing how the project can be carried out in the time available.
The research project must be timely, sufficiently challenging but achievable within the available timescale and Fellow's intellectual starting point. The project should be seen as an opportunity to acquire professional skills and knowledge that will make the Fellow more employable in the future.
The applicant is expected to take the initiative in finding a suitable host university or research laboratory, and a supervisor who will accept responsibility for guiding the Fellow's research and re-training.
Previous Fellows have undertaken projects in a diverse range of fields including:
* Astronomy * Biochemistry * Bioinformatics * Biomedical Sciences * Chemistry * Civil Engineering * Computer Science * Ecology * Electrical Engineering * Electronics * Environmental Sciences * Ergonomics * Genetics * Geochemistry * Industrial Engineering * Marine Biology * Materials Engineering * Mechanical Engineering * Molecular Biology * Oceanography * Particle Physics * Theoretical Physics
Recent projects have included:
* Bioaerosol Dispersion Modelling
* Single top quark physics at the ATLAS experiment
* Risk Assessment of Delayed Discharges from NHS Hospitals Using Computer Modelling
* Numerical modelling of non-linear, elasto-plastic material behaviour.
* Sediment and water quality and contaminant migration in the River Clyde
* Solvent-Free Route to Thermosetting Nanocomposites
* A study of the importance of dityrosine in Aspergilli using a bioinformatic and molecular biological approach
* Development and Optimisation of a Multiplex Cytokine Assay in Fish.
* Molecular investigations of the causes and consequences of hypomethylation
* Eptihelial-dendritic cell interplay in the shaping of the immune response to Neisseria meningitidis and N. lactamica
* A Study of the importance of dityrosine in Aspergilli using a bioinformatic and molecular biological approach – is dityrosine biosynthesis a possible drug target?
* The characterisation of nanoparticles
* Base Excision Repair as a Target for Improving Cancer Therapy with Oxaliplatin and Radiation
* The effect of selenium on DNA methylation and gene expression in colon cancer