The Research, Innovation and Development Trust (RIDT) wishes to announce the result of the evaluation of proposals under the Small Research Projects Scheme which was announced earlier this year.
A total of 79 proposals were received by the closing date established in the call, with a total request for €546,994. The project proposals per se covered a wide area of study and this is reflected by the fact that the lead investigators hail from some 21 different departments, institutes and centres. Of the received proposals, 15 projects have been recommended for funding.
The lead investigators of the selected projects will be shortly contacted to discuss budgets and timelines.
List of projects recommended for funding
| Project name | Lead investigator | Department |
| Low Altitude Remote Sensing Of Compact Sites Project | Dr John Betts | Classics and Archaeology |
| Understanding traffic patterns and travel behavior to support sustainable mobility | Prof. Maria Attard | Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development |
| Holographic and 3-dimensional audio | Dr Vince Briffa | Digital Arts |
| Perspectives on quality experiences in Early Years settings | Prof. Valerie Sollars | Early Childhood and Primary Education |
| Study of Melitensia held in UK libraries | Dr William Zammit | Library ¸£ÀûÔÚÏßÃâ·Ñ and Archive Sciences |
| Quantum telecommunications link between Malta and Sicily | Dr Andre Xuereb | Physics |
| Development of a Model Offshore Hydraulic Energy Storage System | Prof. Tonio Sant | Mechanical Engineering |
| Massively Parallel Architectures for Online Processing of High Energy Physics Experimental Data | Dr Johann Briffa | Communications and Computer Engineering |
| Targeted and ultrasensitive nanoparticle-based assays for heart function evaluation via cardiac biomarkers | Prof. Emmanuel Sinagra | Chemistry |
| Energy Efficient Manufacturing of Plastic Products | Dr Paul Refalo/ Dr Christopher Micallef | Mechanical Engineering/Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering |
| Deep Design | Prof. Georgios Yannakakis | Institute of Digital Games |
| Using 3D printer to construct human organ phantoms | Dr Memetrios Okkalides | Medical Physics |
| Anti-Amyloid Strategy for treating type-2 diabetes | Dr Neville Vassallo | Physiology and Biochemistry |
| Investigating the presence and role of HSP27 in chemoresistance | Dr Byron Baron | Centre for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking |
| Genome conservation of the endemic honey bee | Dr David Mifsud | Institute of Earth Systems |
