Awardee and recipient archive
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ACRISAT Birmingham
NESTA supported a scheme to offer a positive experience to young people in Birmingham about the contribution black scientists can and do make. The project was organised by ACRISAT, which seeks to raise the aspirations and achievements of young African Car
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Addictive TV
Addictive TV used NESTA's support to lead audiovisual entertainment out of the underground and into the mainstream. They have gone on to stage traffic-stopping performances on the roof of the National Theatre and were commissioned to audiovisually remix S
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Adopt an Author
NESTA supported a scheme to expand Brighton Festival's successful Adopt an Author project, which puts children in touch with popular writers. The scheme expanded across five other regional organisations, reaching a potential 900 pupils.
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AK Pulsor, Cardiak Ltd
Cardiak Ltd is developing an innovative device to offer long-term help to patients with heart failure, significantly improving their quality of life and boosting prospects of a recovery. With proof of concept already established, NESTA?s early-stage fundi
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Ali Davies, Albucon Limited
Tackling office document security issues, FileLoc TM allows documents to be read - but not removed - from a lever arch file or wall mount. NESTA's support enabled the company to create a prototype and begin to market the invention.
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Almeida Theatre
Inspired by real experiences of people from the troubled district of the Caledonian Road in London, The Almeida Theatre staged a site-specific production to bring much-needed arts education to local children.
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Amazing Children debate
Amazing Children was a debate jointly organised by NESTA and the RSA to stimulate debate and action on how best to support gifted and talented children. NESTA funded the conference and a report on its findings.
National Association of Gifted Children
DfES initiatives
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AquaPharm Bio-Discovery Ltd.
NESTA's investment helped marine biotech firm AquaPharm BioDiscovery Ltd - which specialises in anti-infective drugs harvested from natural marine products - to continue their research scouring tidal areas to develop new drugs and antibiotics, including a
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Artis: A new curriculum for creativity
Artis, a performing arts education company, has developed a new, holistic curriculum for Key Stage 1 that fuses music, drama and dance. With NESTA's support, Artis was able to recruit and train skilled performing art specialists to work in schools and del
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Arts and Technology Partnerships
Physiotherapist and visual artist Jennie Pedley teamed up with virtual reality pioneer Professor Roy Kalawsky to help youngsters with physical disabilities create a virtual world in which to 'fly'. The project could pave the way for wider use of virtual r
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Atmos
Mechanical engineer Jeff Boardman is developing a radical new radiation sensor to detect radioactive weapons and help foil international terrorism. He used NESTA's support to move towards commercializing the world-leading technology.
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Carol Ann Duffy
NESTA's Fellowship has allowed poet Carol Ann Duffy, winner of the Whitbread Poetry Prize and the 2005 T S Eliot Prize, to work on encouraging children to enjoy and appreciate poetry.
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Dance and Diversity
NESTA supported IRIE! dance theatre's research programme, Dance and Diversity, which aimed to promote culturally diverse dance styles within professional dance training. IRIE's Beverly Glean and a member of the project?s advisory group, Funmi Adewole, hav
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Eleanor Alberga
Helping to raise the profile of British contemporary classical music, NESTA's Fellowship enabled pianist and composer Eleanor Alberga to train with established composers to develop large-scale orchestral works performed by the London Philharmonic and Roya
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Frank Arnold, Unicorn Hospital Communications Ltd
Frank Arnold secured NESTA funding to build a prototype bedside communication, entertainment and education system for hospital patients, offering telephone, intranet, internet, TV, video, radio and e-mail facilities. Hospital trials have since been undert
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Grandmother and Me
NESTA supported the Grandmother & Me project, which brings girls and their grandmothers together in schools and homes to explore science and technology in their lives. Created by BAFTA award-winning online community developers Intuitive Media Ltd, the res
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Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey
Artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey collaborated with scientists at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research to contribute to research on how and why plants die. NESTA supported their second period as artists-in-residence at the Aberystwyt
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Helen Amy Murray
Designer Helen Amy Murray won the first NESTA Prize for Innovation for her unique process of manipulating fabric to create materials with a three-dimensional effect. The prize - including mentoring and tailored advice, as well as cash - was presented in a
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Helen Amy Murray
Textile designer Helen Amy Murray has invented a unique way of manipulating fabric to create materials with a three-dimensional effect. With NESTA's support, she established a business to capitalise on the innovation and has gone on to earn international
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Ian Anthony
NESTA support enabled Ian Anthony to develop Turbospray, a portable, easy-to-use paint-spraying machine versatile enough to apply a variety of finishes, from thick emulsion to fine automotive paint.
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James Allen-Jones
James Allen-Jones used NESTA investment to further his work on a new device to recover oil spills from the sea. The funding went towards a fully engineered working prototype.
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Kate Adams
NESTA's Fellowship has enabled visual artist Kate Adams to develop interdisciplinary work that explores the ways in which people with cognitive impairment navigate and 'experience' the built environment. Based on her work as a carer, Kate used video, inst
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Kelly Atkins, Carpet Burns
Kelly Atkins secured a Creative Pioneer award to expand her successful business Carpet-Burns, which transforms carpet waste into desirable goods from tables to table mats. Her vision is an international ecological brand which helps the Government and carp
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Lise Autogena
Artist Lise Autogena secured a NESTA Fellowship to work with scientists and explore a different approach to the investigation of the ocean and atmospheric phenomena.
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Martin Lowson, Advanced Transport Systems Ltd
Advanced Transport Systems Ltd (ATS) has designed a type of driverless urban transport which is cheaper, quicker, more direct, more energy-efficient and more passenger-friendly than buses, taxis or trains. NESTA funds have helped ATS promote the revolutio
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Nicola Atkinson Davidson
NESTA's Fellowship enabled Nicola Atkinson Davidson to continue her commitment to making art public, contributing to the way public art is understood. For Terrible Beauty, for example, Nicola worked with Bosnian families living in West Bromwich to create
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Sarah Angliss
Composer and acoustic engineer Sarah Angliss used her NESTA Dream Time to explore ways for people to interact with sound in museums, galleries, science centres and other public spaces. Many of the ideas were used in her show Senster, which was awarded fiv
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Snug and Outdoor
NESTA supported artists Snug and Outdoor to develop their Experimental Playground Kit, enabling teachers and children to transform their outdoor environment. Their work in one East London school changed the psychology of the playground, according to teach
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Sonic Arts Network
NESTA supported the launch of Sonic Postcards, a website in which pupils can swap 'sound' postcards to explore their different environments. The Sonic Arts Network project went on to win The New Statesman New Media Award 2006 for making the most signific
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St Andrews Fuel Cells, SOFCRoll
NESTA gave early-stage funding to St Andrews Fuel Cells, which is developing a new type of fuel cell to generate electricity more efficiently and reduce energy and manufacturing costs.
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The Angel Series
In 2002, the NESTA-supported Angel Series formed part of The City of London Festival, and comprised 12 concerts of music, poetry and artworks.
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The Art Room, Project Transformation
Oxford-based charity The Art Room - which uses art to help children who find it difficult to remain in mainstream schooling - secured NESTA funding to share expertise with teachers in Nottinghamshire, home of a new Art Room. NESTA's award was for staff tr
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The Association For Science Education (ASE)
With NESTA's support, the Association For Science Education developed a CD Rom to enhance science lessons in primary schools. Delivered to all 22,500 state primary schools in England, Wales and Scotland, the resource gave teachers ideas for promoting inve
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The Open University in Milton Keynes, The Aspire Pilot
NESTA supported the Open University's Aspire Pilot, working with 11 to 19 year olds to map out ways that young people learn best and produce a vision for 21st century education at shome (not school, not home but an education system for the Information Age
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Zoological Society of London, Animal Navigation
The Zoological Society of London secured NESTA support for its Animal Navigation project, offering visitors the chance to use technologically sophisticated headwear to learn how animals like bats and rats rely on senses other than sight. The project aims