RAS GRANT APPLICATION OUTCOME GRANTS SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION BY 15 FEBRUARY 2011
Title/Purpose Applicant and Org. Amount Awarded 1. Attendance at the 42nd Mr AKRAM, Waheed (FRAS) Lunar and Planetary School of Earth, Atmospheric and £400 Science Conference Environmental Sciences (LPSC), 2011 The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL
2. X-ray and UV study of the Dr BATTAGLIA, Marina (FRAS) on behalf sizes and relative positions of Mr Peter WAKEFORD £1080 of solar flare sources School of Physics & Astronomy Kelvin Building, 605 University of Glasgow G12 8QQ
[email protected] 3. Application for support to Mr BOURNE, Nathan attend an International £385 Conference
4. Visit to AAVSO Spring Dr BOYD, David Meeting and Society for £500
Astronomical Sciences Conference, May 2011 5. Investigating X-Ray Bright Dr BROWN, Daniel (FRAS) Points using data from Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, £1080 NASA's Solar Dynamics University of Central Lancashire, Observatory Preston, PR1 2HE
[email protected] 6. The UV Properties of High- Dr BUNKER, Andrew (FRAS) on behalf of Redshift Galaxies an undergraduate student. £1080 Dept. of Physics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH
7. Travelling grant to attend Ms CANDIAN, Alessandra (FRAS) IAU Symposium 280 Room A41, Physical Chemistry, School of 270 EUROS Chemistry, The University of Nottingham, University Main Campus, NG7 2RD, Nottingham
[email protected] 8. Undergraduate Research Professor CARSWELL, Robert (FRAS) on Bursary for Antonia Bevan behalf of Miss Antonia BEVAN £1080 Institute of Astronomy Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA
9. A Unified Approach to Professor COLES, Peter (FRAS) on behalf of Scalar Field Cosmologies Mr DENTON-TURNER, Oliver £1080 School of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, Queen’s Building, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA
10. Summer studentship - Professor COATES, Andrew (FRAS) on Analysis of the location of behalf of Mr Krzysztof SUBERLAK £1080 Saturn's 'plasmapause' using Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Cassini Plasma University College London, Holmbury St Spectrometer (CAPS) Mary, Electron Spectrometer Dorking RH5 6NT, UK (ELS) data [email protected] 11. UCLan Undergraduate Dr DEBATTISTA, Victor (FRAS) Research School 3 Year Jeremiah Horrocks Institute £1000 Plan University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE
12. Support for attendance at Mr DE ROSA, Robert (FRAS) the Resolving the Future of School of Physics £300 Astronomy with Long- Stocker Road Baseline Interferometry University of Exeter Workshop Exeter EX4 4QL
[email protected] 13. Cassini/MAPS Workshop Professor DOUGHERTY, Michelle (FRAS) 2011 on behalf of Mr Jack CUTLER £500 Huxley Building Room 707 Imperial College London South Kensington Campus London SW7 2AZ
[email protected] 14. Auroral Explorer: Cluster’s Professor FAZAKERLEY, Andrew (FRAS) mission to the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, £1000 magnetosphere (an exhibit University College London, Holmbury St. for the Royal Society Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT Summer Exhibition 2011) [email protected] 15. An Investigation of the Dr FLETCHER, Lyndsay (FRAS) on behalf Early Phase of Solar Flares of Mr Samuel GRANT £1080 Proposal for a Summer School of Physics and Astronomy Undergraduate Research University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Project [email protected]
16. Travel Grant for Visiting Professor FRENK, Carlos (FRAS) on behalf the US of Dr Nicolaos FANIDAKIS £1345 Institute for Computational Cosmology Department of Physics Durham University Durham DH1 3LE
[email protected] 17. Application for funding for Mr GEEN, Samuel Thomas (FRAS) AAS meeting, January 2011 Denys Wilkinson Building £564.49 Keble Road Oxford OX1 3RH
18. Undergraduate Research Mr GRAHAM, Alexander (FRAS) Bursary: General Relativity £1080
19. Travel to 42nd Lunar and Dr GRINDROD, Peter (FRAS) Planetary Science UCL, Earth Sciences, Gower Street, London, £500 Conference WC1E 6BT
[email protected] 20. Airfare and subsistence for Miss HAMBLETON, Kelly (FRAS) asteroseismic winter school £391.77 held by the IAC
21. Triggered Star Formation Professor HARTQUIST, Thomas and Turbulent Boundary School of Physics & Astronomy £1080 Layers University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT
22. Undergraduate Research Dr JONES, Geraint H. (FRAS) on behalf of Bursary: An Investigation Mr Hugh OSBORN £1080 of the Sodium Tails of Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Near-Sun Comets University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT
[email protected] 23. Application to attend and to Miss KANANI, Sheila (FRAS) present a scientific paper at Mullard Space Science Laboratory, £900 the Magnetospheres of the Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, Outer Planets 2011 meeting RH5 6NT in July. [email protected]
24. Clusters and their Friends: a Dr KAY, Scott (FRAS) on behalf of Mr comparative study of CUSWOTH, Samuel £1080 simulations and Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, School observations (undergraduate of Physics and Astronomy, Alan research bursary proposal) Turing Building, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL
[email protected] 25. Two Student Bursaries Dr KONTAR, Eduard (FRAS) School of Physics & Astronomy £1080 Kelvin Building University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ
[email protected] 26. Two Student Bursaries Dr LABROSSE, Nicolas (FRAS) School of Physics and Astronomy £1080 University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ
27. Searching for Widely- Dr LOVEDAY, Jon (FRAS) on behalf of Mr Separated Lensed Quasar Mark CARTER £1080 Images Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH
28. Constraining coronal energy Dr MACCARONE, Thomas (FRAS) on content in X-ray behalf of Miss ARUR, Kavitha £1080 School of Physics & Astronomy University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1BJ
[email protected] 29. Application for an Dr MASTERS, Adam (FRAS) Undergraduate Research Mullard Space Science Laboratory, £1080 Bursary – An Investigation Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, of Ion pickup at Saturn’s RH5 6NT Icy Moons [email protected] 30. Emission Line Variability in Professor MCHARDY, Ian (FRAS) AGN School of Physics & Astronomy £1080 University of Southampton University Road, Southampton SO17 1BJ
[email protected] 31. Application for travel Dr MCLAUGHLIN, James (FRAS) funding to attend the 2011 School of Computing, Engineering and £315 BUKS workshop (Palma de Information Sciences, Pandon Building Room Mallorca, June 2011) 101, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST
[email protected] 32. Funding to attend Fifth Dr MCLAUGHLIN, James (FRAS) on Coronal Loops Workshop, behalf of Dr Gary VERTH £390 Palma de Mallorca 29th-2nd School of Computing, Engineering and July 2011 Information Sciences, Pandon Building Room 101, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST
[email protected] 33. International Pulsar Timing Miss MINGARELLI, Chiara (FRAS) Array (IPTA) Summer £500 Workshop
34. Isolation of novel Miss NIXON, Sophie (FRAS) extremophiles from PSSRI, Open University £500 Icelandic volcanic Walton Hall environment Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
[email protected] 35. Research using Hermes Professor OLIVER, Seb (FRAS) on behalf of Mr Atayat MUNIR £1080 Astronomy Centre, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH
[email protected] 36. Support for Amateur Mr OWENS, Steve (FRAS) Astronomy Societies during (This application is for funds that can be £2000 BBC Stargazing Live applied for by individual amateur astronomy societies to the RAS, who will hold the grant fund if this application is successful.)
37. International Dark Sky Mr OWENS, Steve (FRAS) on behalf of Association – Dark Sky Exmoor National Park Authority £1000 Reserve Application
38. International Dark-skies Mr OWENS, Steve (FRAS) Association Conference £425 costs
39. Gravitational Wave Data Dr PITKIN, Matthew (FRAS) on behalf of Analysis Mr Craig THOMSON £1080 School of Physics & Astronomy University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ
[email protected] 40. Request for support to Dr RUSSELL, Alexander (FRAS) present Ph.D. research at £800 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (13-17 December 2010)
41. Support for the Meteoritical Dr RUSSELL, Sara (FRAS) Society plenary/public talk Department of Mineralogy, Natural History £1000 at the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 Museum 5BD
42. Where do galaxies merge? Professor SILK, Joseph (FRAS) on behalf of Observations vs. Theory Miss Sophie FELIX £1080 and Simulations Dept. of Physics & Beecroft Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology University of Oxford, 1 Keble Road Oxford OX1 3RH
[email protected] 43. Support to Attend “Death of Professor SMARTT, Stephen (FRAS) on Massive Stars” (IAUS 279) behalf of Mr FRASER, Morgan £1000 Conference, Nikko, Japan, Astrophysics Research Centre 18-22 April 2011 School of Maths & Physics Queen’s University Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN
[email protected] 44. Proposal for funding of Mr Dr SMITH, Robert C. (FRAS) on behalf of Dr Hemant Shukla to attend Ilian ILIEV £458 LOFAR Epoch of Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Reionization Key Science Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH Project Plenary Meeting [email protected] 45. Public Lecture by Professor Dr SULLIVAN, Mark (FRAS) Martin Rees, organised in Department of Physics (Astrophysics), £500 association with IAU University of Oxford, DWB, Keble Road, symposium 285 Oxford OX1 3RH
46. Workshop on Galaxy and Professor THOMAS, Peter (FRAS) on behalf Large-scale Structure of Dr Ilian ILIEV £2000 Formation at the University Dept Physics & Astronomy, University of of Sussex, June 9-13, 2011 Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH.
47. Application for RAS travel Mr THURGOOD, Jonathan (FRAS) grant to attend the BUKS Department of Mathematics & Statistics, £315 2011 Workshop (Palma, Northumbria University, Pandon Building, Majorca, June 2011) Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 1XE
48. 2011 Grant Funding Dr TROTTA, Roberto (FRAS) Imperial College London £3000 Astrophysics Group Blackett Laboratory Prince Consort Road London SW7 2AZ
[email protected] 49. 2011 Young European Dr WELTEVREDE, Patrick (has applied to be Radio Astronomy an FRAS) £2000 Conference Jordrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics The University of Manchester Alan Turing Building Manchester M13 9PL
[email protected] 50. Application to attend the Mr WENT, Daniel (FRAS) 2011 MAPS Workshop £545
51. Travel to the AAS Ms WINTERBURN, Emily (FRAS) conference in Seattle £483