Past and Present Funding

Over the years, I have benefited from funding from various sources, and I am deeply grateful to the funders who have supported my research. Their generosity has been instrumental in advancing my work and contributing to our understanding of microbial systems.

Funding Sources

  • The Academy of Medical Sciences - Springboard Award
    Project Title: SBF009\1016 STEROSPRING: Characterising an Uncharted Lanosterol Catabolic Pathway in Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Species
    Amount: £125,000
    Duration: August 2024 to July 2026

  • MMU Research and knowledge exchange - Research Accelerator Grant
    Project Title: Deciphering an Uncharted Sterol Catabolic Pathway and Its Relevance in Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection
    Amount: £7,000
    Duration: January to December 2023

  • Manchester-Melbourne-Toronto (MMT) Research Funds (2022)
    Project Title: Missing Links in Global Sulphur Metabolism
    Grant Number: P122678
    Duration: April 1st to 11th, 2023
    Role: Instructor for Genomic Enzymology and Enzyme Function Initiative training in Melbourne (Aus)
    Amount: £6,960

  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
    Funded by: European Commission - Horizon 2020
    Duration: October 1st, 2019 – March 30th, 2022
    Grant Number: 839116
    Amount: €212,933

  • Higher Education Investment and Recovery Fund
    Funded by: The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW)
    Duration: August 1st, 2021 – February 28th, 2022
    Amount: £33,954

  • Inception program (Investissement d’Avenir) - Travel Grant (Workshop Instructor)
    Role: Workshop Instructor at Institut Pasteur (Paris) - Grant ANR-16-CONV-0005
    Duration: June 17th to 21st, 2019
    From Genes to Function: A Survival Guide to Web-Based Tools for Microbiologists
    Amount: €3,000

  • Sêr Cymru II COFUND Fellowship
    Funded in: July 2019
    Grant Number: SU190
    Amount: £173,000
    Note: Offer declined due to concurrent MSCA Individual Fellowship

  • Wales Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship Summer School
    Travel grant
    Duration: May 17th and 18th, 2018
    Amount: £2,000

  • Allocation de recherche du Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche
    PhD Research Allowance Award
    French Ministry of Higher Education and Research
    Duration: September 2008 – November 2011
    Amount: €90,000