Recent Grants & Awards - Psychology - University of Stirling

Congratulations are to be extended:

Dr Vivien Swanson
MRC £161,866
Preventing alcohol-related harm among young women: development and feasibility testing of a community-based group intervention
Dr Linda Irvine (Dundee) is the Principal Investigator and Vivien Swanson is a Co-Investigator.
Start date - July 2012

Professor Rory O’Connor
CSO £244,865
A volitional helpsheet (VHS) to reduce hospital treated self-harm: a randomised study
Start date – March 2012
Co-Investigators: Dr Christopher Armitage (Sheffield), Dr Roger Smyth (Edinburgh Royal Infirmary), Dr Annette Beautrais (Aukland) and Mr David McDaid (LSE)

Professor Rory O’Connor
National Institute of Health Research £1,751,509
A multi-centre programme of clinical and public health research to guide health service priorities for preventing suicide in England
Professor David Gunnell (Bristol), Professor Nav Kapur (Manchester) and Professor Keith Hawton (Oxford) are the Principal Investigators, Rory O’Connor is one of the Co-Investigators.
Start date - March 2012

Professor Peter Hancock & Carol Johnstone
Scottish Funding Council £67,127
Innovation Voucher – Knowledge transfer grant with Talent Strengths Ltd
Start date – January 2012

Professor Hannah Buchanan-Smith
Wellcome Trust £29,196
Living Links to Human Biology and Medicine: Extensions and Outreach
Professor Andrew Whiten (St. Andrews) is the Principal Investigator, and Stephen Woolard (RZSS) and Hannah Buchanan-Smith are Co-Investigators.
Start date - February 2012

Professor Peter Hancock
ESRC £67,127
A 3d psychological face database and tools
Start date - November 2011
Co-investigator: Dr Bernard Tiddeman, Aberystwyth University

Professor Ronan O'Carroll
CSO £162,650
A randomised controlled trial to test if a simple anticipated regret manipulation leads to a significant increase in organ donor registrations
Start Date - Oct 2011
Co-Investigators: Professor Eamonn Ferguson (Nottingham) and Professor Peter Hayes (Edinburgh).

Dr Stephen Langton
ESRC £279,215
Orienting of visual attention in response to naturalistic, dynamic shifts of another's gaze
Start date - Sept 2011
Co-investigator: Professor Peter Hancock