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EPSRC Support by Research Area (Assistive Technology, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics) in Theme (Engineering)

Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. The number and value of grants listed below reflects how the theme portfolio is described by this research area.

Please note: some research areas will appear under multiple themes. There is no unique, absolute, relationship between a research area and a theme.

Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator		OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
AMFaces: Advanced Additive Manufacturing of User-Focused Facial Prostheses with Real-Life Colour AppearanceFoster, Professor DHUniversity of Manchester, TheElectrical and Electronic Engineering 5,540,752
Automatic Posture and Balance Support for Supernumerary Robotic LimbsFarkhatdinov, Dr IIQueen Mary University of LondonSch of Electronic Eng & Computer Science 373,313
FREEpHRI: Flexible, Robust and Efficient physical Human-robot Interaction with iterative learning and self-triggered role adaptionLi, Dr ZUniversity of Manchester, TheElectrical and Electronic Engineering 257,541
Multi-platform pipeline for engineering human knee joint functionHolt, Professor CCardiff UniversitySch of Engineering 1,020,364
SoRo for Health: Implantable soft robotics for restoration of physiological functionBirchall, Professor MUCLEar Institute 1,895,192

Total Number of Grants: 5
Total Value of Grants: £9,087,162

The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities (these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation).