Grants and Awards
Research grants
1. Next Generation Optical Microscopy Initiative
Funding Body: MRC/BBSRC/EPSRC
Amount Awarded: £1.5M
Principal Investigators: University of Sheffield
Contribution: Presented the idea of using PALM/STORM with solid immersion
lenses to capture 3D super-resolution information of membrane organization
in plants, which was adopted as one part of case for support.
Duration: 10/2013-10/2018
2. Time-resolved high-resolution solid immersion fluorescence microscopy
Funding Body: Faculty Equipment Bid, The University of Sheffield
Amount Awarded: £15,000
Principal Investigators: Dr. Lin Wang, Dr. Ashley Cadby, Prof. Neil Hunter
Contribution: Proposed the research and made the application.
Duration: 04/2011-04/2012
3. MRC Course in Advanced Optical Microscopy Scholarship. 2007
Funding Body: Medical Research Council
Amount Awarded: £1,000
Travel grants
1. Learned society funds
Funding Body: University of Sheffield
Amount Awarded: £105.60
Purpose: Attending Oxford Imaging Symposium 2014
Date: 03/2014
2. Learned society funds
Funding Body: University of Sheffield
Amount Awarded: £ 205.90
Purpose: Attending the Microscience Microscopy Congress 2014
Date: 06/2014
Scholarships and awards
1. MRC Course in Advanced Optical Microscopy Scholarship
Funding Body: Medical Research Council
Amount Awarded: £1,000
Date: 03/2007
2. ORSAS Award
Funding Body: Overseas Research Student Awards Scheme, UK
Amount Awarded: Home /EU student tuition fees
Duration: 09/2006-08/2009
3. University PhD Scholarship
Funding Body: University of Nottingham, UK
Amount Awarded: International student tuition fees & £27,000 living allowance
Duration: 09/2006-08/2009