Funding

Thanks to our generous funders who make our research possible!

Innovator Award, PI (04/2022 – 12/2024)
The Wellcome Trust, Innovations
“Organoid High-Throughput Screening Platform for Cryptosporidiosis”

Mode of Action Funding, Co-PI (01/2021 – 03/2024)
The Wellcome Trust, Innovations
“A platform for drug target deconvolution and exploitation”

Project Grant, PI (09/2019 – 06/2020)
University of Dundee, GCRF
“Building Capacity and Collaboration on Cryptosporidium Research between the University of Dundee and Ghana“
Collaboration with Senior Research Fellow Irene Ayi, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra, Ghana

Research Incentive Grant, PI (08/2019 – 08/2020)
The Carnegie Trust
“Genetic validation of a promising drug target for cryptosporidiosis”

Short-term Mobility Award, PI (07/2019)
University of Dundee, GCRF
“Building Collaborations Between Ghana and the University of Dundee for Cryptosporidium Research”

Research Grant 2018 Round 2, PI (03/2019 – 03/2020)
The Royal Society
“Defining the Function of Cryptosporidium Oocyst Wall Proteins in Parasite Transmission”

Sir Henry Dale Fellowship, PI (02/2019 – 06/2024)
The Royal Society and the Wellcome Trust
“Defining Oocyst Wall Biogenesis and Function in Cryptosporidium Transmission” (£1.5 million)

MRC Biomedical Catalyst DPFS, Co-PI (01/2019 – 08/2021)
Medical Research Council
“Development of new agents for the treatment of cryptosporidiosis”

Institutional Strategic Support Fund, Co-PI (03/2019)
School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee
Coordinate and host the Infectious Disease Research Initiative Scotland (IDRIS) Meeting

Support Grant, PI (09/2018)
British Society for Cell Biology and The Company of Biologists
Travel award to give a talk at the Molecular Parasitology Meeting

Start-up Funds (11/2017 – 02/2019)
School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee
WCAIR