Funding - Awards
1. Proof of Concept Awards List
We are pleased to announce the following projects have been awarded the Proof-of-Concept Funding. For project profiles by summary, please click here.
| Project Title | UK Principal Academic | UK Intitutions | Chinese Principal Academic | Chinese Institutions |
| Comprehensive Database of Traditional Chinese Medicine | Prof. Peter Hylands/ Dr David J Barlow | King's College London | Prof. Weiliang Zhu | Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Development of a Prototype Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand | Prof. Jian S Dai | King's College London | Prof. Shu X Wang | Tianjin University |
| Anti-HCV immune responses in chronically infected patients by HCV antigen loaded Microsomes | Prof. Ping Wang | Queen Mary, University of London | Prof. Jiming Zhang | Fudan University |
| Overcoming the barriers of commercializing biomass fast pyrolysis technology with joint efforts between UK and China | Dr. Sai Gu | University of Southampton | Professor Shurong Wang | Zhejiang University |
| Pharmaceutical and commercial development of a purified phytochemical extract from the Chinese fungus, Ganoderma lucidum for use in prostate cancer chemoprevention |
Professor Sue Watson | The University of Nottingham | Professor De-An Guo | Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Development of prototype low-cost GPS receivers for high precision real-time applications |
Dr Xiaolin Meng | The University of Nottingham | Professor Chuang Shi | Wuhan University |
| Development of software for monitoring blood flow to the brain | Dr. David M. Simpson | University of Southampton | Dr. Jia Liu | Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Development of a geostationary forest fire monitoring and characterising system for China and wider Asia region | Prof Martin Wooster | King's College London | Prof Liu Cheng | National Satellite Metereological Centre |
| Novel photo-catalytic mop fan air cleaning system | Prof Saffa Riffat | The University of Nottingham | Prof Yinping Zhang | Tsinghua University |
| High-efficiency carbon nanotube hetero-junction solar cells for energy generation | Dr Yanqiu Zhu | The University of Nottingham | Dr Jinquan Wei | Tsinghua University |
| Development of anti-fibrotic drugs from Chinese Herbs | Dr Qihe Xu; Prof Bruce Hendry | King's College London | Dr Qing Xu | Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS |
| Nanocrystalline functionally-graded wear and corrosion resistant coatings | Dr. Shuncai Wang | University of Southampton | Prof L P Wang | Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS |
| EMC testing of mobile communications platforms | Prof. Xiaodong Chen | Queen Mary University of London | Dr Jungsheng Yu | Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication |
| Anaerobic Biological Treatment Process of Waste Metal Working Fluids | Dr Ken Bruce | King's College London | Prof. Jun Yang | Peking University |
| VISTA: Video Analytics Software for Real-time Human Profiling | Prof. Shaogang Gong | Queen Mary, University of London | Prof. Yunhong Wang | Beihang University |
| Development and Commercialisation of Reconfigurable Workholding Devices | Prof. Nabil Gindy | The University of Nottingham | Prof. Xin Chen | Guangdong University of Technology |
| Novel Dew Point Air Conditioning System | Dr Xudong Zhao | The University of Nottingham | Prof. Junming Li | Tsinghua University |
| Quantitative Medical Imaging: Technology Innovation and Clinical Applications | Prof. Wen Wang | Queen Mary, University of London | Prof. Enmin Song | Huazhong University |
| Identification and Mechanistic Studies of Novel Antibacterials from TCMs Using Anti-sense mRNA Sensitized Whole Cell Screening | Dr Liam Good | Royal Veterinary College, University of London | Prof. Boli Zhang | Tianjin University |
| Identification of Generic Markers Associated with Fertility and Longevity in Dairy Cows | Prof. Claire Wathes | Royal Veterinary College, University of London | Prof. Shujun Zhang | Huazhong Agricultural University |
| Development of High Performance Digital MEMS Gyroscope | Prof. Michael Kraft | University of Southampton | Prof. Guizhen Yan | Peking University |
Click here for a list of Partnership Grants Awards.
To view Partnership Grants Awards by sector please click here.
