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Higham Group Awarded EPSRC KTA Funding

– Posted on 27.07.2011

The research group of Dr Lee J. Higham has attracted further funding in the form of an EPSRC Knowledge Transfer Award (KTA), in collaboration with High Force Research Ltd, a company which specialises in chemical synthesis and R&D for the pharmaceutical, biotech and fine chemicals industries. This form of competitive financing is designed to assist in the commercialisation of existing EPSRC-funded research (generated from the EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellowship), and in this instance will take the form of a novel one year MPhil Studentship. Congratulations are due to Jenny Wallis (pictured), who will rejoin the LJH team after both a successful Johnson Matthey-sponsored Summer Studentship and a highly-productive MChem project on the synthesis of bidentate primary phosphines.

Jenny will spend nine months in the LJH group working on novel phosphorus-containing compounds with potential medicinal applications, before spending the final three months at the laboratories of HFR itself, a dynamic company based in the region, who will generously co-sponsor the award.