Current and previous research grants

We have a long history of delivering outstanding research projects. Below is a list of grants that are currently active as well as previously completed projects.

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Current grant portfolio

Grant title Awarded to Awarding body Start date End date
A microsimulation of alcohol control interventions to advance health equity and reverse the current decrease in life expectancy in the US Robin Purshouse Government 08/10/2020 31/07/2025
A new approach to identifying and classifying evolving coherent flow structures in the turbulent plasma of the Sun’s photosphere Viktor Fedun Charity 19/08/2019 18/08/2024
A new treatment for short bowel syndrome using a soft-matter robotic implant – a
preclinical study
Dana Damian RCUK 01/10/2023 30/09/2024
An STFC Consolidated grant application to support solar and space science at the University of Sheffield Viktor Fedun RCUK 01/04/2021 31/12/2024
Autonomous method for detecting cutting tool and machine tool anomalies in machining Zi-Qiang Lang RCUK 01/09/2020 30/04/2025
Aviation-to-GridGrid flexibility through multiscale modelling and integration of power systems with electrified air transport Xin Zhang RCUK 22/08/2023 21/02/2026
Causes and impacts of Greenland atmospheric Blocking changes Hua-Liang Wei RCUK 01/02/2023 31/07/2025
ClimaTracks: Forecasting resilience of railway network under propagating uncertainty Giuliano Punzo RCUK 01/04/2024 31/12/2024
Cluster Archive Michael Balikhin Industrial 01/01/2019 31/03/2026
Cluster WBD operations support Michael Balikhin Industrial 01/01/2019 30/09/2024
Cluster WEC operations support Michael Balikhin Industrial 01/01/2019 30/09/2024
CoatINIntelligent engineering coatings for in-manufacture and in-service monitoring of critical safety products Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/08/2020 31/07/2025
DELTA - Digitally Enhanced Low-cost Technology for Aerostructures Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/07/2022 30/06/2025
Development of a Submillimetre Steerable Robotic Bronchoscope with Cellular-Resolution Microscopy Lin Cao Royal Society 31/03/2024 31/03/2026
Digitalisation of Electrical Power and Energy Systems Operation (DEEPS) Xin Zhang RCUK 01/04/2022 31/06/2026
Digital Twin-Driven Early Fault Diagnosis of Offshore Wind Turbine Systems Hua-Liang Wei Charity 31/03/2023 30/03/2025
ElectroTools Mahnaz Arvaneh RCUK 01/07/2023 30/06/2026
Feasibility study for a single blind randomised control trial on effect of exo-skeletal assisted walking on cardiovascular fitness of persons with gait problems due to multiple sclerosis Mahnaz Arvaneh Charity 01/05/2022 31/08/2024
Future Advanced Metrology Hub Visakan Kadirkamanathan RCUK 01/03/2017 30/08/2024
The HealthMod Cluster: Enhancing Policy Modelling Capabilities to Tackle the
Economic Determinants of Health and Health Inequality
Robin Purshouse RCUK 01/04/2024 31/03/2028
Homeostatic machines for Resilience and Adaptability Dana Damien RCUK 01/11/2022 30/04/2024
Hyperlocal AI modelling at City Scale (HAMS) Guiliano Punzo Innovate UK 01/05/2024 31/01/2025
LANDOne: Landing Advances for a New Decade One Ash Tiwari / Andy Mills Innovate UK 01/04/2022 31/03/2025
Machine learning for event detection in nuclear power plants Andy Mills / Will Jacobs Industrial 01/11/2022 31/12/2023
Made Smarter Innovation Research Centre for Connected Factories Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/09/2021 28/02/2025
Modelling uncertainties in radiation belt forecasts Hua-Liang Wei RCUK 01/04/2024 31/03/2027
NanoManSelf-Optimising Nanoscale Manufacturing Platforms for Achieving
Multiscale Precision
George Panoutsos RCUK 10/01/2022 09/01/2025
NeuroMod: Fostering Acceptance and Inclusivity of Non-Invasive Neurotechnology in African Ethnic Minority Communities

Mahnaz Arvani

EPSRC 15/07/2024 14/03/2025
NextGen EHM Will Jacobs / Andy Mills Industrial 01/06/2023 30/11/2024
Northwest European Seasonal Weather Prediction from Complex Systems Modelling Hua-Liang Wei RCUK 01/03/2021 29/02/2024
Novel solar eruption prediction method for future precise flare forecasting Michael Balikhin / Marianna Korsos Leverhulme 01/05/2024 30/04/2027
OpenSwarmOrchestration and Programming ENergy-aware and collaborative Swarms With AI-powered Reliable Methods Roderich Gross Horizon Europe 01/01/2023 30/04/2026
PINES: Powerplant Integration of Novel Engine Systems Visakan Kadirkamanathan Innovate UK 01/04/2020 31/03/2024
Protecting Environments with UAV Swarms Mila Mihaylova Innovate UK 01/06/2022 31/12/2024
Quasi-Real-Time Data with Quasi-Imaginary-Access Giuliano Punzo STFC 01/07/2024 31/01/2025
R3M: Reconfigurable robotics for responsive manufacture Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/07/2021 28/02/2025
REINSTATE: Repair, Enhanced Inspection, and Novel Sensing Techniques for increased Availability and reduced Through life Expense Andy Mills Innovate UK 01/10/2020 31/03/2024
RobletsA Way of Synthesising Robots Shuhei Miyashita RCUK 01/10/2023 30/09/2025
Robot Navigation inside Pipe Networks - Pipebots Impact Case Study Lyudmila Mihaylova Internal

15/04/2024

14/09/2024
Sat-RiskSatellite Radiation Risk Forecasts Michael Balikhin RCUK 01/06/2020 31/05/2024
SCHEME: Safety Critical Harsh Environment Micro-processing Evolution Andy Mills / Visakan Kadirkamanthan Innovate UK 01/05/2023 30/04/2027
Small pores on the solar face under a magnifying glass Viktor Fedun Charity 31/03/2024 30/03/2026
SmartTennis: An Intelligent Player-Centred Ball Launch System for Tennis Training Lin Cao Internal 01/06/2024 31/05/2025
Spillover-free control of distributed parameter systems Anton Selivanov Charity 01/04/2024 31/01/2025
Solar vortex networks and their ensemble contribution to atmospheric energy flux Viktor Fedun RCUK 01/04/2024 31/03/2027
Solar vortex tubes and their role in driving atmospheric dynamics Viktor Fedun Charity 12/08/2022 11/08/2024
Targeting multiple levels of ‘the smoking cessation system’ using novel scientific approaches Robin Purshouse CRUK 01/04/2022 31/03/2027
The changing profile of climate-related transporting infrastructure failure in the North Guiliano Punzo RCUK 08/01/2024 13/01/2025
Transfer Learning for Processing Different Neurological Conditions Mahnaz Arvaneh Charity 16/12/2019 31/07/2024
UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Resilience Sanja Dogramadzi RCUK 01/11/2020 30/04/2024
University Technology Centre Visakan Kadirkamanathan Industrial 01/04/2018 31/10/2023
Unsolved problems in Collisionless Shock Physics Michael Balikhin STFC 01/04/2024 31/03/2027

Grant title Awarded to Awarding body Start date End date
A Robotic Exoskeletal Sleeve for Flexible Endoscopic Surgery Lin Cao Charity 01/12/2022 31/05/2024
ADvanced multi-Energy management and oPTimisation time shifting platform (ADEPT) George Konstantopoulos RCUK 01/09/2017 31/12/2018
Affordable and clean energy via resilient and autonomous micro-grids George Konstantopoulos RCUK 24/06/2018 25/06/2022
Affordable high-end automation using refrurbished low-end robots and ‘Assertive Products’ Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/09/2017

30/09/2019

Air pollution monitoring in Northern Pakistan Towards Improved Air Quality and Human Health Lyudmila Mihaylova RCUK 01/01/2019 31/07/2019
Aircraft Connectivity Andy Mills Industrial 01/05/2018 31/12/2018
Alternative mobility and Alternative routes in the Sheffield City Region Giuliano Punzo Research England 15/12/2020 31/03/2021
An SME case study for IIoT predictive maintenance Ash Tiwari Research England 01/04/2019 30/06/2021
Application of Novel Nonlinear Data Modelling and Analysis to the Study of Cervical Impedance Spectroscopy for Preterm Birth Prediction Zi-Qiang Lang RCUK 01/07/2018 28/02/2022
Artificial Intelligence based multi-objective optimisation for energy management in dynamic flexible manufacturing systems Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/10/2018 31/03/2019
Business case for IoT instrumentation of existing machines: A Laser Based Additive Manufacturing (LBAM) Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/01/2019 30/06/2020
Cabin Blower Control Andy Mills Industrial 01/11/2022 31/07/2023
Can magnetic distance sensing detect bowel obstruction during percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion? Lin Cao Research England 01/04/2023 31/07/2023
CASCADE: Calibrated Agent Simulations for Combined Analysis of Drinking Etiologies Robin Purshouse Government 01/08/2016 30/04/2022
Circular4.0: Data Driven Intelligence for a Circular Economy Ash Tiwari RCUK 02/01/2019 01/01/2023
Circular 4.0 Digital Intelliegence to enable a circular economy Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/06/2017 31/05/2018
Cluster Active Archive: Technical Assistance in Support of the DWP instrument of the Cluster Mission Michael Balikhin Industrial 01/01/2017 31/12/2018
Cobots QR Lyudmila Mihaylova RCUK 01/01/2022 31/03/2022
Comprehensive analysis of solar atmospheric dynamics driven by interacting vortex tubes Viktor Fedun Charity 01/04/2021 31/03/2022
Cyber Fuzzing T1 Andy Mills Industrial 01/05/2021 30/11/2021
DAFNI-ROSE Daniel Coca RCUK 01/10/2021 31/08/2022
DEAL: Digitally Enhanced advanced services for domestic AppLiances Ash Tiwari RCUK 08/07/2019 30/09/2021
Demonstrators of Human-Robot Co-working James Law RCUK 01/04/2017 31/07/2017
Developing a Digital Twin of two robot arms to simulate docking procedures in space John Oyekan Research England 01/11/2022 01/04/2023
Developing a Digital Twin of two robot arms to simulate docking procedures in space John Oyekan RCUK 31/01/2022 31/07/2022
Developing a proof-of-concept agent-based model of the relationship between food advertising and food choices in England Charlotte Buckley / Robin Purshouse RCUK 01/09/2022 31/05/2023
Developing An International Warehouse Assessment Scheme Mahdi Mahfouf Charity 30/04/2019 28/02/2022
Developing smart and resilient mircogrids in rural Africa George Konstantopoulos

Charity

01/01/2017 31/12/2017
Development of a personalised health forecasting tool Visakan Kadirkamanathan Charity 01/01/2016 31/12/2019
Development of a prototype electromechanical system Jonathan Aitkin Industrial 01/11/2018 01/02/2020
DIGI-CORTEXdigital COgnitive architecture to achieve Rapid Task programming and flEXibility in manufacturing robots through human demonstrations John Oyekan RCUK 01/08/2022 31/05/2025
Digital Manufacturing 1 - Multiscale modelling for monitoring: Hybrid Electric Propulsion case study Andy Mills RCUK 01/10/2019 31/03/2020
Digital Manufacturing for Aerostructure Assembly Ash Tiwari Charity 01/09/2019 31/07/2022
Digital Technologies, Advanced Robotics and increased Cyber-security for Agile Production in Future European Manufacturing Ecosystems Jonathan Aitken EC 01/07/2020 31/12/2020
Digitisation of Legacy Machines and Human Activities for Productivity Enhancement in SMEs: A Regional Engagement Initiative Ash Tiwari Charity 01/03/2018 31/05/2021
Digitisation for Zero-Setup and Zero-Measurement Manufacturing Ash Tiwari Charity 01/09/2017 31/08/2022
Dream4carsDream-like simulation abilities for automated cars Sean Anderson EC 01/01/2017 31/12/2019
DYNAMO Robin Purshouse Innovate UK 01/04/2018 31/07/2021
E2EEHM: End-to-End Equipment Health Management Andy Mills Innovate UK 01/11/2016 31/03/2021
E2E EHM Vibration Analytics Will Jacobs Industrial 01/10/2019 31/03/2020
E2E EHM Vibration and pattern matching Will Jacobs Industrial 01/06/2018 31/12/2018
EE2EM Additional-Rhenoics Sensor Characterisation Andy Mills Industrial 01/09/2018 09/12/2019
EEG biomarkers of sports performance Mahnaz Arvaneh Industrial 05/11/2018 31/05/2019
Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy for Oral Cancer Diagnosis Zi-Qiang Lang RCUK 01/01/2023 31/07/2023
Electronics Thermal Management Bryn Jones Industrial 27/03/2017 30/09/2017
EnergyREVEnergy Revolution Research Consortium George Konstantopoulos RCUK 01/12/2018 31/03/2022
Engineering Xchange with Universidad de los Andes Giuliano Punzo Charity 07/03/2024 26/05/2024
ErgoeyeOperational Real-Time Assessment Of Ergonomics In Flexible Manufacturing Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/09/2017 31/05/2019
Feasibility study for a single blind randomised control trial on effect of exo-skeleton assisted walking on cardiovascular fitness of persons iwih gait problems due to multiple sclerosis Mahnaz Arvaneh Charity 01/12/2021 31/05/2024
Feedrate and Cycle Time (FaCT) Project Rob Ward Research England 01/08/2023 31/03/2024
Forecasting the evolution of solar Active Regions based on photospheric flow topology Viktor Fedun Charity 31/03/2022 29/02/2024
From the laboratory to industrial manufacture: Transforming digital design via robust scaling-up AI platforms George Panoutsos RCUK 01/10/2021 30/09/2022
H2Gear- Control Architecture Support Yuanbo Nie Industrial 01/12/2022 31/08/2023
High energy density battery pack design without compromising on safety Ross Drummond Charity 15/08/2022 30/11/2023
In-Compartment Enclosure Testing Andy Mills Industrial 01/10/2018 31/03/2019
In-RC Thermal Management of Electronics Andy Mills Industrial 01/02/2018 31/03/2018
Intervention development for community-based self-referred social prescribing Robin Purshouse RCUK 01/06/2021 30/11/2022
Ice characterisation with FMCW radar Andy Mills Industrial 01/10/2021 31/12/2021
INCEPT - INformated Circular Economy ProducTs Ash Tiwari Charity 01/04/2020 31/10/2021
Increasing cohort acceptance amongst workforce and health and safety teams in Manufacturing Iveta Elimontaite RCUK 01/10/2017 31/03/2018
Innovation Award in EM Cooling Andy Mills Industrial 01/09/2019 17/12/2019
IntegraBrainIntegrated Implant Technology for Multi-modal Brain Interfaces Ivan Minev ERC 01/10/2019 30/06/2024
Integrated machine part multi objective optimisation of powder manufacturing George Panoutsos RCUK 01/11/2016 31/03/2017
Internet of things for for overcome barriers in the steel rolling measurement technology Lyudmila Mihaylova Research England 01/02/2019 31/10/2019
Knowledge Transfer Partnership Zi-Qiang Lang Innovate UK 15/05/2019 25/09/2021
LBAM: Business case for IoT instrumentation of existing machines: A Laser Based Additive Manufacturing Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/01/2019 30/06/2020
LIGER: An Open source Intergrated Optimization Environment Robin Purshouse Government 01/02/2018 31/05/2019
Lighter than air surveillance Drone (LTASD) Bryn Jones RCUK 01/10/2017 31/03/2019
Machine Learning digital twin for defect-free additive manufacturing George Panoutsos Research England 01/02/2022 30/06/2022
Machine learning for In-Situ process control, using LBAM case study Ash Tiwari RCUK 15/06/2019 31/03/2020
MindD4AccelCare: Multimodal Intelligent Neural Decoder for Accessible and empowering mental healthcare  Mahnaz Arvaneh RCUK 01/10/2022 30/11/2023
MircoGrid Design Optimisation Andy Mills Industrial 01/09/2019 31/12/2019
Modelling for Multi-Domain Power Systems Architecture Andy Mills Industrial 24/02/2020 01/05/2020
Multiscale LRV modelling Andy Mills Industrial 01/11/2018 01/02/2020
MultiRobot Roderich Gross Government 01/10/2019 31/10/2020
NetworkPlus In Digitalised Surface Manufacturing: Towards "World's Best" Processes Ash Tiwari RCUK 29/11/2019 28/11/2023
Neurophysiological Biomarkers for Comparative Diagnosis and Prognosis across Neurodegenerative Diseases Mahnaz Arvaneh Charity 01/03/2019 28/02/2023
Northwest European Seasonal Weather Prediction from Complex Systems Modelling Hua-Liang Wei RCUK 01/03/2021 29/02/2024
Numerical Modelling Of Wave Based Coronal Heating Using Resistive MHD And Thermal Conductivity Viktor Fedun Charity 08/08/2016 06/08/2019
Oil Quality Sensing Andy Mills Industrial 10/06/2019 09/07/2019
Preliminary Investigation For Advanced Control For Distributed Hybrid Propulsion Systems Visakan Kadirkamanathan RCUK 01/12/2016 25/03/2017
Proxisense Testing Andy Mills Industrial 10/06/2019 09/09/2019
Rad-SatModelling the acceleration, transport and loss of radiation belt electrons to protect satellites from space weather Michael Balikhin RCUK 01/05/2017 30/04/2022
RAINRobotics and Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear Sandor Veres RCUK 02/10/2017 30/09/2021
Resilient Power Feasibility Study Andy Mills Industrial 01/01/2021 31/03/2022
Resident Power Tranche II Andy Mills Industrial 23/01/2023 31/03/2024
Right-First-Time Fused Deposition for Healthcare Manufacturing Mahdi Mahfouf Charity 01/10/2020 16/01/2023
RL for Natural Recirculation Andy Mills Industrial 01/09/2021 31/12/2022
Robust data-centric cyber-physical systems for Materials 4.0 George Panoutsos RCUK 01/01/2022 31/03/2022
Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence Keith Jackson Charity 01/01/2020 01/01/2023
SALSA2d - Separation of Additive-Layer Supports by Automation via 2-way Digital Twin Jonathan Aitkin EC 01/07/2020 31/07/2020
Sat-RiskSatellite Radiation Risk Forecasts Michael Balikhin RCUK 01/06/2020 31/05/2024
SecReMGs: Security and Reliability in Microgrids: Towards Clean and Secure Electrical Energy Mahdieh Sadabadi Research England 01/02/2021 31/07/2021
ShiRAS: Towards Safe and Reliable Autonomy in Sensor Driven Systems Lyudmila Mihaylova RCUK 01/12/2019 30/11/2023
SIGNetS: Signal and Information Gathering for Networked Surveillance Lyudmila Mihaylova Government 30/09/2020 29/03/2024
Sipher QR Robin Purshouse RCUK 01/04/2021 31/03/2022
Smart Farm Planning and Monitoring System Lyudmila Mihaylova Charity 01/04/2019 30/09/2021
SP2RCApplication to STFC for Consolidated Grant Support for the Solar Physics and Space Plasma Research Centre Michael Balikhin RCUK 01/04/2018 30/09/2022
Sustainable advanced manufacturing via machine learning-assisted exploitation of sensing and data infrastructure Iñaki Esanola RCUK 01/09/2022 31/03/2023
SYSDYMATS: SYstems Science-based design and manufacturing of DYnamic MATerials and Structures Zi-Qiang Lang RCUK 01/10/2018 31/03/2022
Tailorable & Adaptive Connected Digital Additive Manufacturing (TACDAM) George Panoutsos RCUK 01/01/2017 31/03/2019

TeleBCI-FES: Upper Limb Telerehabilitation using Brain-controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation

Mahnaz Arvaneh RCUK 01/07/2021 30/11/2022
TeleRegain II: Accelerating upper limb stroke rehabilitation from home through the power of the brain Mahnaz Arvaneh / Joshua Giles UKRI 11/10/2023 19/01/2024
Thermal imaging tool for measuring respiratory airflow to assist with diagnosing apnoea in children with suspected sleep related breathing disorders Mahdi Mahfouf RCUK 01/10/2018 31/01/2020
Through-life performance: From science to instrumentation Ash Tiwari RCUK 03/04/2017 02/04/2022
Tissue-RIMOTE: Tissue-Responsive Robotic Implants for In Vivo Mechanostimulation-Based Tissue Regeneration Dana Damian RCUK 01/10/2019 15/08/2022
Towards building an automated scoring model for assessing appropriate use of metadiscourse markers in Aptis Writing across CEFR levels: A multidisciplinary study John Oyekan Charity 01/11/2022 31/03/2023
TransitTowards a Robust Airport Decision Support System for Intelligent Taxiing Mahdi Mahfouf RCUK 01/07/2016 31/08/2022
UK Race to Space Viktor Fedun Charity 12/08/2022 11/08/2024
Unilever many-objective optimisation pilot project Robin Purshouse Industrial 01/10/2018 30/06/2019
Use of Innovative Fibre Optic sensing to assess masonry arch bridges Zi-Qiang Lang Research England 01/02/2018 31/03/2018
Use of Innovative Fibre Optic sensing to assess masonry arch bridges Zi-Qiang Lang RCUK 01/06/2018 31/03/2020
UTC 2017 Visakan Kadirkamanathan Industrial 01/01/2017 31/12/2017
UTC 2018 Visakan Kadirkamanathan Industrial 01/01/2018 28/02/2019
UTC Sensor Andy Mills Industrial 01/01/2019 31/12/2019
UTC Submarines Visakan Kadirkamanathan Industrial 01/01/2016 31/12/2016
VULCAN George Panoutsos Innovate UK 01/11/2019 31/01/2022
VSWMC: Virtual Space Weather Modelling Centre Michael Balikhin Industrial 01/05/2020 30/09/2021
WBD Operations support Michael Balikhin RCUK 15/03/2017 31/12/2018
Weather: Northwest European Seasonal Weather Prediction from Complex Systems Modelling Hua-Liang Wei NERC 01/03/2021 29/02/2024
WEC#4 Operations support Michael Balikhin RCUK 15/03/2017 31/12/2018
What happens when you cross LEGO and a Star Trek Replicator? Simon Pope RCUK 01/08/2020 31/07/2023
Wireless sensing UAM Andy Mills Industrial 01/09/2019 30/11/2019
Wireless sensor subs sprint Andy Mills Industrial 01/06/2019 01/09/2019

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