The University of Leeds in England has received a handsome grant of 1.75 million pounds (about USD 2.6 million) for research and education in health care textiles, according to a statement from the University of Leeds.
The Clothworkers' Foundation has granted this hefty sum in connection with medical textiles for new research equipment, post-graduate education and the appointment of a new endowed professor. The University of Leeds in England has received a handsome grant of 1.75 million pounds (about USD 2.6 million) for research and education in health care textiles, according to a statement from the #
The Clothworkers' Foundation has its roots in the Clothworkers' Company which has historically supported textiles research and education at Leeds University with the founding of Yorkshire College of Science in 1874 that led to the creation of Leeds University in 1904.
Leeds University, has been carrying out research in nonwovens for several decades. However, a concentrated effort took place in the 1990s with the development of the Nonwovens Innovation Research Institute (NIRI). NIRI has a track record of several technology transfers such as SurfaceSkins, an antibacterial protection technology.
While the Clothworkers' gift is a welcoming sign, leading scientists in the United Kingdom including 5 Nobel laureates have today expressed their concern about lack of equitable government funding for science in the United Kingdom compared with the other nations in the G8 group.
In a letter signed by 53 leading scientists for The Daily Telegraph - London, scientific leaders in the United Kingdom have urged the government to increase its R&D spending level from 0.6% of GDP to at least 0.8% of GDP, which is the G8 average for R&D spending.
Seshadri Ramkumar
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