Funding/Awards

[24] Sasakawa Foundation, Japan, BUTTERFIELD AWARDS for UK-Japan collaboration in medicine and health, to ‘Whole-body vibration training as a potential adjunct therapy in type-2 diabetes’, 2024-25, Value £6,500, with Profs/Dr Shibayama, Katsumata, Bottoms, Sinclair, Co- Investigator

[23] Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, USA, to ‘Vibrational Exercise for Crohn's To Observe Response (VECTOR)’, 2024-27, Value $469,938 (~£370,000), with Dr Bottoms (PI), Co- Investigator

[22] Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng)/ Industrial Fellowship to develop “User-led design of neurotechnologies for sensorimotor improvements in stroke survivors" in collaboration with leading clinical  and industry  partners, 2023-25, Value ~£75,000, Principle Investigator

[21] NIHR-EPSRC SEISMIC grant to develop ‘an Innovation Hub (1st phase) using systems engineering approach for people living with Dementia and other co-morbidities’, 2023-25, Value £200,000, with Profs Goodman and Scherer (joint PIs), Co- Investigator 

[20] Research England (RCUK), Proof of Concept award to develop wearable non-invasive device for motor rehabilitation of Stroke patients with sector leading industrial partner, 2023-25, Value £15,000, Principle Investigator

[19] EPSRC Bionics+ Network, Sandpit funding, to “remotely monitor and manage spasticity in stroke individuals with a wearable sensor based system (Project SPASMS- Sensorization to Premeditate and Attenuate Symptoms in the Management of Spasticity)”, 2022-24, Value £23,000, Principle Investigator

[18] Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng)/ Leverhulme  Trust Research Fellowship to develop “Non-invasive, adaptive, peripheral neural interfaces for stroke and spinal-injury rehabilitation" in collaboration with leading clinical  and industry  partners, 2021-23, Value ~£60,000, Principle Investigator 

[17] GCRF Networking Grant,  to develop “Southern African Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Innovation (SASRI) Network” with Dr Yumna Albertus (of University of Cape Town, South Africa), 2021-23, Value £24,000, Joint Principle Investigator with Dr Albertus

[16] Research England (RCUK), Proof of Concept award to develop vibrotactile stimuli device for sensory motor rehabilitation of stroke patients with Lister Hospital (Stroke Unit), 2019-21, Value £18,000, Principle Investigator

[15] The ‘Winston Churchill Memorial Trust’, ‘Churchill Travelling Fellowship’ to spend two months on a research visit at the Human Neurophysiology Lab, University of Alberta, Canada, June – August, 2017, Canada, Value £5000, Principle Investigator

[14] EPSRC, Design the future award for ‘Anthropomorphic Design through Additive Manufacturing- for upper limb prosthesis’ project, co-investigator as a collaborator with Prof. Ashcroft et al. (Uni. of Nottingham) and project lead from the Nottingham University Hospital, 2015-17, Value £330,000

[13] Scottish Funding Council’s (SFC) North East of Scotland Technology seed fund, co-investigator with Drs. Neilson and Cardinale, for ‘the development of apparatus for upper limb neuromuscular stimulation’, 2009-11, UK, Value £64,000 

[12] Funding by Medical Technologies- ‘Innovation and Knowledge Centre’ (through EPSRC, BBSRC and TSB) to pursue ‘PGCert in Professional Innovation Management’ at Leeds Uni. Business School- April 2013- March 2014, Value £7000, Principle Investigator

[11] The ‘Royal Society of Edinburgh’, ‘Lessells Travel Fellowship’ to spend two and half months on a research visit at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada, July – September, 2010, Canada, Value £3000, Principle Investigator

[10] Nottingham University Hospitals award to attend and present at ‘IEEE EMBS 9th International Summer School in Bio-Signal Processing- Neuroengineering, enabling technologies for rehabilitation’, September 2015, Italy, Value £1000

[9] The ‘Royal Academy of Engineering’, ‘International Travel Grant’ to attend and present at the 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, August 31st – September 4th, 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina 

[8] University of Aberdeen, 'Principal- Small Grant Fund' for attending and presenting at 'Bioengineering 09' conference at the University of Oxford, 2009, UK

[7] European Union (COST) Scholarship for attending 'IEEE EMBS- International Summer School' on 'Emerging Technologies in Biomedicine', 2008, Patras, Greece

Other Selected Honours

[6] Chosen as one of the 25 emerging research leaders in health research by the Academy of Medical Sciences, 2023. 

My Impact blog appeared on the AMS's website: https://acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/improving-lives-through-neurotechnology 

[5] Recognised as among top alumni from my alma matter (PREC, University of Pune, India) and delivered an invited lecture on the topic of "Creating transformative and positive impact on society through biomedical engineering", 2020

[4] Selected among 5 biomedical engineers from around the world applicants to participate in the first ever ‘I am an engineer get me out of here’ competition, an online x factor style science/public engagement contest- supported by Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, 2012

[3] Awarded runner-up prize for a paper presentation ‘Research postgraduate symposium’, University of Aberdeen, UK,  2010 

[2] International student scholarship for MSc in Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 2006  

[1] Selected among best essays in National technical essay writing competition at Undergraduate Engineering level, Army College of Engineering College, Pune, India, 2003