Since 2013 the Trust has provided funding to a wide range of academic bodies, statutory organisations, charities, voluntary groups, social housing associations, local authorities, and others that meet our chosen areas of focus for research.


Below you will find details of all our funded research projects, including final reports, where we have them.

Click here to read all the papers published following CORT-funded research projects.

Completed

Sheffield Hallam University

2025

The Chris Bielby Summer Studentship - Invisible Threats call For Visible Change: Using Social Media to increase Carbon Monoxide Awareness Amongst Young People

The Chris Bielby Summer Studentship - Invisible Threats call For Visible Change: Using Social Media to increase Carbon Monoxide Awareness Amongst Youn ... Read more

Completed

Manchester Metropolitan University

2025

The Chris Bielby Summer Studentship - CO exposure to heart valves and the extracellular matrix (ECM) which influences valve development

The Chris Bielby Summer Studentship - CO exposure to heart valves and the extracellular matrix (ECM) which influences valve development Read more

Completed

Manchester Metropolitan University

2023

Manchester Metropolitan University - Characterising the cell-specific effects of low-level carbon monoxide exposure during vertebrate cardiac development

To further understanding of the impact of low-level CO exposure on the developing heart by identifying the specific cell types, processes and develop ... Read more

Completed

University of Leeds

2023

University of Leeds - Proarrhythmic effects of CO on human cardiac myocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells and potential therapeutic interventions

The study will use standardized, commercially available human iPSC cardiomyocytes to study the effects of CO on heart rhythm, the mechanisms that unde ... Read more

Completed

Liverpool John Moores University

2014

Liverpool John Moores University - Long Term Exposure to Carbon Monoxide: National Study

In September 2011, the Department of Health published statistics indicating that over 4,000 people in England and Wales were diagnosed with Carbon Mon ... Read more