Research Grants

Northern Health Futures Hub (NortHFutures)
EPSRC Digital Health Hub Pilot Scheme (Ref: EP/X031012/1): £4.17 million, Co-Investigator (PI: Prof. Abigail Durrant)
Received from The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK, 2023-2026
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Skin Lesion Classification with Real-World Data
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (Ref: 10050391): £143,393, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Innovate UK, UK, 2023-2024
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Autonomous Persistent Wide Area Surveillance of Human and Vehicle Activity
Defence and Security Accelerator (Ref: DSTL0000007030, ACC6031106): £93,978, Co-Investigator (PI: Prof. Toby P. Breckon)
Received from The Ministry of Defence (DASA), UK, 2022-2023
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Tracking Drones Across Different Platforms with Machine Vision
Security Technology Research Innovation Grants Programme (S-TRIG) (Ref: 007CD): £32,727, Principal Investigator ()
Received from The Catapult Network (S-TRIG), UK, 2020-2021
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D-FOCUS: Drone-FOrmation Control for countering future Unmanned aerial Systems
Defence and Security Accelerator (Ref: DSTLX-1000140725, ACC6007422): £124,901, Principal Investigator ()
Received from The Ministry of Defence (DASA), UK, 2019-2020
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Wound Monitoring with Depth Cameras on Portable Systems
GX Project Grants Scheme (Ref: ): £10,242, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Newcastle Gateshead Initiative, UK, 2019-2019
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Modelling Human Motion for Synthesis and Recognition with Deep Learning on Surface Features
Royal Society International Exchanges (Ref: IES\R2\181024): £12,000, Principal Investigator ()
Received from The Royal Society, UK, 2019-2022
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Autonomous Monitoring for Patients and Older People using Smart Environments with Sensor Fusion
Royal Society International Exchanges (Ref: IES\R1\191147): £11,940, Co-Applicant (PI: Dr Edmond S. L. Ho)
Received from The Royal Society, UK, 2019-2021
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Shoes2Run Wearable Technology
Creative Fuse North East (Ref: ): £24,000, Co-Applicant (PI: Shoes2Run, Industrial Partner)
Received from Creative Fuse North East, UK, 2018-2019
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An Affective Smart Environment for Personalized Learning and Teaching
Royal Society International Exchanges (Ref: IE160609): £11,841, Principal Investigator ()
Received from The Royal Society, UK, 2017-2019
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Sustainable Green Economies through Learning, Innovation, Networking and Knowledge Exchange (gLink)
Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Programme (Ref: 2014-0861/001-001): €3.03 million, Northumbria University Funding Management Officer (International PI: Prof. Nauman Aslam)
Received from Erasmus Mundus, 2015-2018
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Interaction-based Human Motion Analysis
EPSRC First Grant Scheme (Ref: EP/M002632/1): £123,819, Principal Investigator ()
Received from The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK, 2014-2016
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Centre for Responsible Innovation in Space
Durham University Strategy Research Fund (Ref: ): £2.5 million, Co-Founder, Computer Science Lead ()
Received from Durham University, UK, 2023-2028
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Pose Estimation for Health Professional Education: Development of an Objective Computerized Approach for Measuring and Assessing Technical Competencies in Nursing
Northumbria University Application Seed Funding Scheme (Ref: ): £16,428, Co-Applicant (PI: Dr Merryn Constable)
Received from Northumbria University, UK, 2022-2022
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Start-up Research Grant (Ref: S090HS): £8,000, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Department of Computer Science, Durham University, UK, 2020-2022
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Capital Expenditure for Research Equipment (Ref: ): £25,000, Co-Investigator (PI: Dr Edmond S. L. Ho)
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2018-2019
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Capital Expenditure for Research Equipment (Ref: 512820): £40,000, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2017-2018
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Research and Enterprise Reward Scheme (Ref: 510972): £6,700, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2016-2017
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Capital Expenditure for Research Equipment (Ref: 511988): £28,500, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2016-2017
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Top-up Fund for EPSRC Projects (Ref: ): £24,300, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2015-2017
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Capital Expenditure for Research Equipment (Ref: 511276 & 511671): £34,500, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2015-2016
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Research and Enterprise Reward Scheme (Ref: 510972): £3,000, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2015-2016
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Capital Expenditure for Research Equipment (Ref: 510536): £18,500, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2014-2015
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Capital Expenditure for Research Equipment (Ref: 510227): £12,500, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2013-2014
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New Academic Staff Support Grant (Ref: 100700-IO114845): £2,000, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2012-2013
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Vacation Research Assistantship (Ref: ): £1,000, Principal Investigator ()
Received from The University of Worcester, UK, 2012-2012
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Initiating Knowledge Transfer Fund (Ref: 7P-2414): £15,000, Contributing Researcher (PI: Prof. Taku Komura, PhD Supervisor)
Received from Edinburgh Research and Innovation Department, The University of Edinburgh, UK, 2009-2010
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Postgraduate Research Scholarship (Ref: ): £65,000, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2020-2022
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Postgraduate Research Scholarship (Ref: ): £65,000, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2018-2021
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Graduate Program for Embodiment Informatics (Ref: H29-LDGSN-024 & H29-LDGSN-025): ¥2.93 million (~£20,000), Co-Applicant (PI: Prof. Shigeo Morishima, Japanese Partner)
Received from Waseda University, Japan, 2017-2018
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MEXT Top Global University Project Scholarship (Ref: ): £5,500, Co-Applicant (PI: Prof. Shigeo Morishima, Japanese Partner)
Received from The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2015-2016
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Postgraduate Research Scholarship (Ref: ): £65,000, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2015-2018
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Postgraduate Research Scholarship (Ref: ): £65,000, Principal Investigator ()
Received from Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, UK, 2015-2018
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