Supported Projects
The Evelyn Trust has awarded 81 grants totalling almost £8.5 million. There are 38 projects with active grants of over £5 million. We are currently supporting 29 medical research projects and 9 non-medical projects. Of the completed grants 24 were awarded to medical research projects and 19 were awarded to health care charities in the Cambridge area.
[Abbreviations: CF= Cambridge Foundation; ACT = Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust]
2011/12 The following grants were made, totalling £616,000
- CF for research into womb stretch
- CF for research into stem cells for lung disease
- CF for research into anca-assoicated vasculitis
- CF for research into a cancer gullet test
- CF for research into glucose control in very pre term infants
- NHS Addenbrooke's Hospital Trust for palliative care
- Cambridge Family Mediation Service
- Arts and Minds
- The Laughter Specialists
- CF for an AutoMACS Classic Cell Separator
- The Sick Children's Trust
An Evelyn Trust Research Training Fellowship was also awarded for research into hip osteoarthritis
2010/2011 The following grants were made, totalling £518,000
- CF for research into insulin resistance in obese people
- CF for core equipment for cell biology research
- CF for research into Marfan Syndrome
- CF for a flow cytometer for human immunology
- CF for research into brain cancer
- CF for research into brain repair after alemtuzumeb treatment of MS
- The Wallace Foundation
An Evelyn Trust Research Training Fellowship was also awarded for research into the development of novel therapeutics for inhibiting HIV replication
2009/10 The following grants were made, totalling £1,627,000
- ACT for the Rosie Hospital Campaign
- CF for research into diabetes in pregnancy
- CF for the creation of a translational research laboratory for haematological disorders
- CF for research into fracture risk and bone health
- Addenbrooke's Hospital for research into monitoring the control of blood flow to the brain of premature babies
- CF for research into the selection of tissue markers in the treatment of prostate cancer
- CF for research into the role of inflammation and abnormal blood vessels in abnormal aortic aneurysmn Cambridge Family Mediation Service
- Anglia Ruskin University for instrumentation and software for a visual function assessment suite
An Evelyn Trust Research Training Fellowship was also awarded for research into the response of macrophages to non-tuberculous mycobacteria
2008/9 The following grants were made, totalling £1.97 million
- CF for research into learning disability in children
- CF for research into measurement of fats in liver
- CF for research into obesity
- CF for research into adolescent depression
- CF for research into peanut allergy
- CF for research into premature birth
- University of Cambridge: fellowship for research into kidney transplantation
- Lifecraft for mental health support
- The Evelyn Neuro-Rehabilitation Project: a collaborative venture between Addenbrooke's, the University, the PCT, Oliver Zangwill Centre and Headway for community based neuro-rehabilitation
- CF for support for medical students
- Teenage Cancer Trust
- An Evelyn Trust Training Fellowship was also awarded for research into the prediction of rejection episodes following kidney transplantation
2007/8 The following grants were made, totalling £1.1 million
- ACT for research into pre-eclampsia
- CF for research into who may be affected by fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
- CF for research into bone marrow stem cells in MS patients
- CF for research into the prediction of heart attacks
- CF for research into the storing and preparing of transplant organs
- CF for research into bringing engineering skills to clinical needs
- CF for research into intrasex disorders
- ACT for research into statistical analysis of livers for transplantation
- University of Cambridge for research into rheumatoid arthritis
- Cambridge Mental Welfare Association
- Huntingdonshire's Children's Charity
- The Cogwheel Trust
2006/7 The following eleven applications were supported for a total of £1.0 milliion
- University of Cambridge, Dr Ian Wilkinson to research better blood pressure control and reduction in drug usage
- University of Cambridge, Dr Ken Smith for equipment for study to improve clinical outcomes for patients with autoimmune diseases
- Fitzwilliam College for renovating and equipping medical teaching rooms
- University of Cambridge, Dr David Menon for trials of cognition enhancing drugs for patients with head injuries
- University of Cambridge, Dr Mark Evans for research into use of glucosamine in restoring protective responses to low blod glucose in diabetics
- University of Cambridge, Professor Roger Pedersen for generation of human embryonic stem cells for clinical use and further therapeutic applications
- Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Dr Sara Booth for palliative care
- Papworth NHS Trust, Dr Supriya Sundaram for research into treatment of bronchiectasis
- Papworth NHS Trust, Mr Steven Tsui for increasing supply of human lungs for transplant by ex-vivo lung perfusion
- University of Cambridge, Dr Miles Park for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis genetics research
- Alzheimer's Society to support new outworkers
2005/6 The following ten applications were supported for a total of £780,000
- Papworth NHS Trust, Stephen Large for Research into possibilities of resuscitation of a non heart beating donor heart sufficiently for clinical transplantation
- Fund for Addenbrooke’s, for Dept of Urology for procurement of a de Vinci machine and laparoscopic robotic surgery for treatment of prostate cancer
- The Mary Wallace Foundation for training Addenbrooke’s cancer patients or their carers in self-help techniques of manual lymphatic drainage.
- Cambridge-Yale Cardiovascular Research Programme for research projects jointly with Yale for the better treatment of cardiovascular injury and disease
- University of Cambridge, Dr Jane Sterling for research into immune response to papillomavirus in women with cervical neoplasia
- University of Cambridge, Dr Frances Hall for placebo-controlled clinical trial of treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis
- Hope Nursing Home for a new wheelchair ambulance
- University of Cambridge, Mr Peter Hutchinson for funding pilot study of patients with head injury
- University of Cambridge, Mr Martin Snead for research into retina detachment
- Cambridge Family Mediation Service for counselling and support to separating couples and their families
2004/5 and earlier - the following eight applications were supported for a total of £740,000
- The Fund for Addenbrooke's for children’s services at Addenbrooke's
- Sick Children’s Trust for Acorn House extension at Addenbrooke's
- Mary Wallace Foundation for cancer counselling at Addenbrooke’s
- University of Cambridge, Dr Neil Burnet for brain tumour imaging equipment
- Cogwheel Trust for community counselling
- University of Cambridge, Mr Arnie Purushotham for Breast Cancer Research Unit
- University of Cambridge, Prof Gordon Smith for research into functional & molecular characterisation of serotoninreceptors in human myometrium
- University of Cambridge Counselling Service to improve access to counselling support by training students in counselling skills