To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 January (HL4065), what grant applications were made to the Medical Research Council over the last 10 years for mesothelioma research, including in each case the specific types of grant application; which were successful and which unsuccessful; and what were the applying organisation and the individual values of each successful and unsuccessful grant application.
Answered on
17 February 2015
The information requested is in the tables below. I am unable to provide any further details beyond those given here for unsuccessful applications due to the need to maintain the confidentiality of applicants.
Successful applications | |||||
Year | Application type | Principal Investigator / Project Title | Research Organisation | Amount awarded | |
2010/11 | Fellowship | Dr E K Sage - Genetically Modified Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma | University College London | £247,617 | |
2010/11 | Fellowship | Dr M Phillips - The Effect of Tumour Microenvironment on Arginine Deprivation in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma | Queen Mary, Univ of London | £235,748 | |
2012/13 | Fellowship | Dr C Rooney - Modulating Beta-1 Integrin Activation as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy in Malignant Mesothelioma | King's College London | £251,643 | |
2013/14 | Research Grant | Professor P Elliott - MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health | Imperial College London | £992,471 | |
Unsuccessful applications | ||
Year | Application type | Amount requested |
2004/2005 | Research Grant | £207,206 |
2006/2007 | Research Grant | £220,285 |
2007/2008 | Fellowship | £1,116,827 |
2008/2009 | Fellowship | £205,561 |
2009/2010 | Research Grant | £793,311 |
2010/2011 | Fellowship | £221,260 |
2010/2011 | Fellowship | £134,987 |
2011/2012 | Research Grant | £744,656 |
2013/2014 | Research Grant | £404,860 |
2013/2014 | Research Grant | £322,217 |