Awardee and recipient archive
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Alan Babington
Alan Babington used his NESTA investment to further his work on a controlled piston speed engine which increases power while simultaneously reducing harmful emissions released into the environment.
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Ashley Bryant
Chartered engineer Ashley Bryant secured NESTA investment to develop a radio-controlled model of a Harrier AV8A Jump Jet, capable of vertical take-off and landing. NESTA's support helped Ashley to further develop his prototype, which has potential for use
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BBC Education (now BBC Factual and Learning)
NESTA supported Techno Games, a successful television series with associated CD-Rom and events, allowing families to compete to build the best robot - and encouraging a new generation to be inspired by robotics.
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BBC Tomorrow's World Awards
NESTA teamed up with BBC's flagship science programme Tomorrow's World to inspire viewers to invent products that make life better. Innovative people from across the UK were given business advice and a cash prize to help them turn their ideas into reality
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Big Ideas ICT Youth Challenge
NESTA supported the BIG IDEAS ICT Youth Challenge, offering young people in the North East the chance to turn new technology ideas into business models. With inspirational workshops, the ambition was to reinvigorate the entrepreneurial and creative spirit
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Big Screen Science, Hi8us First Light Ltd
First Light, the UK Film Council's young person's filmmaking initiative, created the Big Screen Science competition to interest young people in biomedical science and filmmaking. Six winning schools won the chance to create a £7,000 film with the support
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Birmingham Botanical Horticultural Society Ltd
Birmingham Botanical Horticultural Society Ltd received NESTA investment to create a dynamic, interactive exhibition, The Green Man, to enthuse youngsters about their role in the environment, helping them to appreciate man's interdependency with the plant
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Black Arts Alliance, SUSSED ARTS
NESTA supported SUSSED ARTS, using the arts to offer inspiring modes of expression for inmates of HMP Manchester. Devised by the Black Arts Alliance, this was the first Black-led project of its kind, aiming to empower the men to take responsibility for ch
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Bolton TIC
NESTA invested in Bolton TIC, the UK's first Junior Incubator. Opened in spring 2005, the TIC is somewhere between a school, a university research lab, a training centre and a factory - a place where young people aged nine to 19 years can design and make
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Braunarts, with British Antarctic Survey
With NESTA's support, Braunarts worked with the British Antarctic Survey to produce the BAFTA-award winning Antarctic Waves, a music toolkit for secondary school pupils, using real science, extraordinary sound and stunning images to inspire musical compos
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British Invention Show
NESTA supported an informal reception at the 2002 British Invention Show, giving inventors and potential sponsors the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas.
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Bronwen Bird
Musician and science educator Bronwen Bird used her NESTA Fellowship to acquire new skills which she is now using to produce unusual and exciting ways of helping children appreciate the connection between science and music.
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BusinessDynamics Blue Skies
Education charity businessdynamics ran Blue Skies road shows to inspire and equip young people to set up their own businesses. NESTA part-funded 40 events, enabling the project to expand into Wales and Northern Ireland in particular.
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Carol Brown
NESTA's Dream Time award enabled dancer and choreographer Carol Brown to collaborate with architects on creating new public spaces for dance. Carol wants to move UK dance into outdoor spaces and create value for the public through innovation in both archi
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Cathie Boyd
By incorporating new media technologies into the traditional theatre environment, director Cathie Boyd used her NESTA Fellowship to challenge the way theatregoers think about the nature of performance.
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Centre of the Cell, Professor Frances Balkwill
Receiving a funding boost from NESTA at a critical stage in the project, The Centre of the Cell in East London is the world's first interactive science centre inside a working medical school
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Chris Braisby
Ski instructor Chris Braisby and engineer Chris Worrall used their NESTA investment to develop an instrument to attach to skis to help skiers identify their own good and bad technique. NESTA's support enabled them to develop a prototype and secure patent
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Christine Borland
Christine Borland secured a NESTA Fellowship to explore collaborations between fine art and medicine. As well as working towards a substantial new body of work, Christine wanted her research to equip doctors with a broader outlook than is normally possibl
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Daniel Blackburn
Daniel Blackburn designs innovative games. His company, Carbon Based Games, provides games for Nokia, among others. He used his Fellowship to explore emerging technologies and the social psychology of gaming.
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David Buckland, Cape Farewell
David Buckland's Cape Farewell project examined the effect of the ocean on man and his climate, taking scientists and artists on an ambitious sea voyage through the ice-strewn north Atlantic to create a module for the geography curriculum. Cape Farewell w
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Dr Bob Bloomfield
With new media technology to appeal to the digital generation, educator and science communicator Dr Bob Bloomfield has used his NESTA Fellowship to bring history to life, retracing the journey and discoveries of The Endeavour, Captain Cook's first Pacific
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Duncan Betts
NESTA's support has enabled Duncan Betts to create a teaching system that allows almost anyone to learn the fundamentals of music theory by explaining the relationships of notes and chords in a unique and simple way.
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Giovanni Bisutti
Giovanni Bisutti has developed a new technique to reduce the risk of injury caused by the vibration of pneumatic tools. NESTA's support enabled him to produce a batch of tools for trial by customers.
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Graham Barber
Graham Barber is an academic and musician, working in the field of classical music and specialising in organ music. He used his Fellowship to explore the technical interpretation of organ music and organ centred improvisation. He also plans to investigate
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Ian Stuart, Benchrover Ltd
Ian Stuart used NESTA investment to further his work on the Benchrover, a portable, expandable workstation that includes its own trolley, storage facilities, flexible worktop and vice platform.
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Jean 'Binta' Breeze
As a result of her NESTA Dream Time, poet, writer, performer and actress Jean Binta Breeze wrote the book The Fifth Figure, mixing poetry and prose to chronicle the lives of five generations of Caribbean and Black British women of mixed ancestry.
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Josette Bushell-Mingo and Ruth Nutter
International actor and director Josette Bushell-Mingo and independent theatre producer Ruth Nutter secured a joint NESTA Fellowship to inspire greater visibility and presence of black British artists in the mainstream. They worked on a toolkit to help pr
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Josette Bushell-Mingo, Push
NESTA?s support enabled Push to identify partners for collaborations as part of its work to influence mainstream venues to support black-led arts. The strategy meant Push was able to go on to work with the Almeida Theatre, for example, for a summer season
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Julia Bardsley
Julia Bardsley, award-winning theatre director, sculptor, filmmaker, performance artist and teacher, used her NESTA Fellowship to combine traditional art forms with technology, resulting in a dynamic approach to performance art as demonstrated through her
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Kevin Byron
NESTA's Fellowship enabled Dr Kevin Byron to develop his own understanding of how we learn - in order to extend his workshops on creativity, invention and innovation to foster creativity in the UK.
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Lindsay Bloxam and Cristina De Matteis, Bloxam De Matteis
Aiming to increase public interest in molecular science, chemist Dr Cristina De Matteis worked with lighting designer Lindsay Bloxham to create a series of wall and ceiling lights based on complex molecular structures.
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Marc Boothe
Film producer Marc Boothe secured a NESTA Fellowship to help ensure film makers are given a level playing field as the impact of changing technology in digital cinema re-shapes the way low-budget feature films are made and distributed.
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Mark Bickers
Mark Bickers has developed a new process in glass making, combining the speed and benefits of industrial manufacturing with the uniqueness of traditional hand-made craft. Supported by NESTA, his work is now attracting widespread attention and clients incl
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Martin Biggs, Pharma Sol International Ltd
NESTA invested in Pharma Sol International Ltd, which is developing a new cell-friendly saline to replace normal saline in a range of healthcare products, including contact lens solutions and irrigation solutions used in wound care.
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Michael Bate, Colin Barker, RoBAT Ltd
With NESTA's support, RoBAT Ltd was able to commercialise a revolutionary circuit board tester that overcomes some of the problems of producing high-quality telecommunication systems and computer networks.
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Michael Brisland, Aquadraulics Ltd
Aquadraulics Ltd used NESTA's investment to further develop their concept of using tap water to power certain industrial processes. The invention is expected to have a range of uses, including in factories processing food.
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Moving Being Limited, Alternating Currents
For Moving Being Limited?s Alternating Currents project, a Tesla coil was temporarily installed at Swansea's National Waterfront Museum, thrilling pupils and the public with its 25-foot lightning sparks. The NESTA-supported project stimulated enthusiasm f
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Neil Bevan
Neil Bevan used NESTA's investment to develop a prototype of his new compressor air bleed valve for gas turbine applications. The innovation is aimed at improving the performance of aeroplane engines, leading to better reliability and easier maintenance.
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Nichola Bruce
Listed by Variety magazine as one of 10 digital film directors to watch, Nichola Bruce has used her NESTA Fellowship to produce a series of ground-breaking films.
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Paul Balmer and Judy Caine, Music on Earth
Paul Balmer and Judy Caine's Music On Earth has made a series of DVDs using innovative techniques to capture the life and music of leading musicians. NESTA funding helped them to market and publicise the first. Since then, their profile of Stéphane Grapp
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Paul Bush
Award-winning experimental film-maker Paul Bush secured a NESTA Fellowship to develop feature-length films.
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Peter Beard
Architect Peter Beard secured a NESTA Fellowship to open up public debate about what should be built on former military and industrial sites.
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Raffaella Carzaniga and Elspeth Bartlet, Drive Online
With Drive Online, the Centre for Bioimaging at Rothamsted Research is giving students real-time remote access to a scanning electron microscope and the scientists who use it.This new educational tool gives any school in the country access to the laborato
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Richard Barker, Ashe Morris
Ashe Morris Ltd used NESTA's investment to develop and commercialise a breakthrough in heat transfer technology. The company now has a list of clients in industries from food to pharmaceuticals.
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Richard Brown
Artist Richard Brown secured a NESTA Fellowship to investigate the potential of mimetic technologies. Developing prototypes showing how people can interact with computers in sophisticated and immersive ways, Richard is at the forefront of the emerging dis
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Rob Brown
NESTA supported designer Rob Brown as he, along with colleague Guy Robinson, established Sprout Design, which focuses on environmentally- friendly products that are easier to use. They have gone on to work with companies such as Tesco and their Binvention
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Roland Burns, Advanced Control Reseach Ltd
Advanced Control Research Ltd used NESTA investment to work on a new signal recognition and control system to enable people with prosthetic arms to have almost full control of their hand movements.
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SmartSlab, Box Consultants
NESTA's support enabled Box Consultants to turn into a prototype their idea for the world's toughest digital video display. Going on to win numerous awards, SmartSlab is now fully developed and available for a range of uses, from advertising and signage t
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Susan Benn, PAL (Performing Arts Lab)
In recognition of the groundbreaking work of Performing Arts Lab, NESTA made an exceptional £1 million award towards a range of new intensive, experimental residential laboratories for talented people. PAL went on to launch Labs of Learning for teachers
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Terry Braun, Dream Time Fellowship
Award-winning TV producer and multi-media designer Terry Braun secured a NESTA Dream Time award to explore a new approach to architecture, one which incorporates digital media and art to break new ground in the way people appreciate new media.
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The Brodsky Quartet
NESTA funding enabled young people to work intensively with top musicians to create material which was performed by the internationally acclaimed Brodsky Quartet during a tour of the UK.