The Units have been very successful in obtaining external funding, in publishing in refereed journals and in research training. The significance of catalysis research for the future prosperity of the UK was highlighted in the Technology Foresight exercise. Work undertaken by these two research units is of direct relevance to industry. The Faculty strategy has been to encourage applied research. Support has been forthcoming from many agencies.
Support includes provision of both research staff and equipment.
LMU now houses, and manages, the national resource centre for technology-based pharmacology teaching materials and was also funded as a major site for the development of new teaching materials. Projects have also been funded by the Lord Dowding Fund which aims to encourage alternatives to experiments on live animals. The environmental management research is an example of funding through a Teaching Company Scheme. A grant from the NHS Executive is supporting the collaborative research on relief of perineal trauma following childbirth. Work on intensive Health Visitor intervention in the treatment of children diagnosed as failing to thrive is funded by a grant from Yorkshire and Northern Regional Research Fund.