| Emily Breardon University of Sheffield | Discovery and functional analysis of Striga resistance genes in rice for targeted breeding of durable defence. |
| Thomas Hartley University of York | Increasing the potassium use efficiency in crops |
| Marc Cabry University of York | Structural analysis of dioxygenases from opium poppy: towards the production of new biocatalytic tools for morphinan production |
| Thomas Irving University of York | How plants maintain a good relationship with beneficial fungi |
| Elizabeth Hollwey University of Leeds | Leeds - Generating epigenetic diversity in plants |
| Hannah Southam University of Sheffield | CO-releasing molecules as novel antimicrobial agents: mechanisms of transport and resistance |
| Ian Bennet University of Sheffield | Protein and DNA Dynamics in 5'-Nuclease Mechanistic Biology |
| Bryony Cotterell University of Sheffield | Bacterial Cell Wall Mapping at the Nanoscale |
| Aidan Taylor University of Sheffield | Understanding the resistance of pathogenic bacteria to host innate defences |
| Elliot Jokl University of York | Mechanotransduction through z-disc complexes of the skeletal muscle |