1.   An especially large debt is owed to the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College for supporting my research at a critical time.

2.   The existing pool offered too little genetic diversity to support energetic research, they said.

3.   Research is well supported by grants and contracts from Research Councils, a wide range of charitable foundations, the European Community and industry.

4.   The research is supported by grants from many external sources, e.g. research councils, charitable trusts, equine establishments, pharmaceutical companies.

5.   Research is supported by the AFRC, the Wellcome Trust, the MRC and others.

6.   It is the only personal fellowship in Scottish history backed by industry and provides an excellent opportunity to support research in an underfunded area.

7.   There are, however, government-sponsored schemes whereby the research councils support research in conjunction with industry through co-optive studentships or co-optive grants.

8.   Although it supports research in areas like electronic plastics, IBM has played a negligible role so far in the medical sector and the biotechnology breakthroughs of recent years.

9.   And like many other lawmakers who have come to support the research because of friends and relatives affected by disease, Smith told a personal story.

10.   And some prizewinners give their prize money to foundations to support research in their fields.