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  1. Alan Rogan, Eco Windmill

    Harnessing both wind and solar power, Alan Rogan's unique windmill design is not only more energy efficient than ordinary wind generators, it is also safer and quieter. NESTA has funded the development and testing of a full-scale working model which can b

  2. Benji Reid Dream Time award

    NESTA's Dream Time award enabled choreographer Benji Reid to stage a festival of Hip Hop Theatre, Process 06, in Manchester to expand this new theatrical dance form and to widen its audience base among both traditional and younger theatregoers.

  3. Cassie Robinson

    Designer Cassie Robinson attended NESTA's Creative Pioneer Academy to equip herself with business skills as she established, with colleague Lois Davies, a clothing collection designed to enhance a client's image - be they celebrities or restaurants seekin

  4. David Rosenberg

    David is an award-winning experimental theatre director who is researching the role of the audience in theatrical productions. He is researching the environments, techniques and materials that allow for an interactive, unique emotional experience.

  5. David Royle, Covelink Marine Ltd

    David Royle's company Covelink Marine Ltd secured NESTA investment to prototype and develop the world's first modern, efficient and fast amphibious vehicle.

  6. Diana Irani, Re_medi

    Diana Irani secured a Creative Pioneer award to launch Re_medi, the first clothing line that not only helps people feel good on the outside, but also, on the inside. Her specially developed fabrics release a controlled dose of a complementary or homeopath

  7. Elizabeth Rasekoala, ACRISAT

    NESTA funded Dr Elizabeth Rasekoala of the African-Caribbean Network for Science and Technology in her work to encourage African-Caribbean children to take up science.

  8. Franklyn Rodgers

    Photographer Franklyn Rodgers secured a NESTA Fellowship to produce a new body of work repositioning the way black British people are presented in visual imagery. Franklyn's beautiful, innovative work continues to be in demand, raising the profile of Brit

  9. Gerard Renvez

    NESTA's Fellowship enabled artist Gerard Renvez to collaborate with factories, hold creative workshops with local communities and then to create art that helps the public to understand industrial life.

  10. Giles Revell

    NESTA's Fellowship enabled geologist and photographer Giles Revell to create a portfolio of photographs capturing the life of insects in minute detail. In 2004, his work was displayed as part of the Fabulous Beasts exhibition at the Natural History Museum

  11. Gordon and Colin Stove, Radar World Ltd

    NESTA's investment enabled Dr Colin Stove and his son Gordon to explore and develop the use of radar technology as a means of screening for breast cancer and diagnosing disease.

  12. Jason Rinaldi

    NESTA's Fellowship enabled artist Jason Rinaldi to explore new artistic territory combining digital imagery, video and painting. A respected painter, Jason is keen to make his art stand up to the demands of contemporary practice, rather than see it abando

  13. Julia Rowntree

    Julia Rowntree, formerly Director of the LIFT Business Arts Forum, secured a NESTA Fellowship to further her work in building relationships between culture, commerce and communities.

  14. Kate Rawles

    Thanks to NESTA's support, environmental philosopher Kate Rawles established courses in Outdoor Environmental Philosophy, taking people whose working lives affect the environment away from their desks into wild places in the hope that the experience leads

  15. Mary Robson

    Artist and social educator Mary Robson secured a NESTA Fellowship to conduct research underpinning her work on emotional literacy and community regeneration. Working with academics, policy-makers and other practitioners, Mary hopes to inspire new educatio

  16. Paul Rooney

    Leftfield artist Paul Rooney received NESTA support to develop new work based on his interpretation of the everyday and combining music, art and live performance fused through digital technology and short audio visual works.

  17. Professor Paul Robertson

    Professor Paul Robertson's NESTA Fellowship enabled him to further his groundbreaking work on the relationships between music, emotions and the mind. An authority on the link between music and the sciences, Paul continues to be in demand for his work deve

  18. Raploch Urban Regeneration Company, Radio Raploch Episode 1

    RadioRaploch Episode 1 brought together a community to make a broadcast requesting funding for a pioneering internet radio station.The radio station would support the £120 million regeneration of Raploch, boosting residents' IT skills and showing the tow

  19. ResCen - Centre for Research into Creation in the Performing Arts

    With many of the working processes of artists hidden from public view, the Centre for Research into Creation in the Performing Arts explores and shares successful examples of creativity. NESTA's support has enabled Rescen to stage events examining and sti

  20. Rural Arts, Click: Move

    NESTA supported Rural Arts' Click: Move project, giving secondary school students across North Yorkshire the opportunity to work with arts professionals to produce an interdisciplinary performance, combining dance and digital media.

  21. Sarah Raffel

    Sarah Raffel attended NESTA's Creative Pioneer Academy to equip herself with the business skills to launch, along with colleague Marianne Anderson, a retail space in Glasgow, which is not only a jeweller's workship but also, a gallery showcasing the best

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  22. Spiral Gateway, RICA

    Spiral Gateway secured NESTA investment to develop a semiconductor design technology to increase performance and extend the battery life of mobile devices.

  23. The Royal Institution

    The Royal Institution piloted the use of interactive mobile technologies to enrich the visitor's experience and bring science to life. NESTA supported the trial of specially-adapted hand-held computers to determine whether the technology best met the need

  24. Valerie Randall and Neil Johnson

    Professor Valerie Randall and Neil Johnson secured NESTA investment to test their theories about a new technique to permanently restore grey hair to its natural colour. With positive results, they are now able to move forward with further development work

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