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Prof Jianfeng Feng receives Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award

Professor from the , has been awarded a .
The Wolfson Research Merit Award is one of the most prestigious UK awards, supported by , the UK's national academy of science. The scheme provides up to 5 years’ funding after which the award holder continues with a permanent post at the host university. Jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the Department for ÌÇÐÄTV, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the scheme aims to provide universities with additional support to enable them to attract to this country or to retain respected scientists of outstanding achievement and potential.
The Wolfson Foundation is a grant-making charity established in 1955. Funding is given to support excellence and the focus of the award is a salary enhancement. More information is available from .
Professor will be working on a project entitled "Bridging the gap between fMRI and Genome-wide data with applications in diseases".
News on some of Professor Feng's more recent work can be found at:
(See also .)