<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-07-08T08:44:08Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/748D9941-9990-45F0-B010-C77CA128390F" ns1:id="748D9941-9990-45F0-B010-C77CA128390F"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/C00195B8-C025-4EAE-A7C4-AAEEAB7CCB2B" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/1C088E82-4C2C-4484-A573-A5C02F3A8959" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/9FD7E03B-279C-469A-968A-5D1CB0B71682" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/20085CBA-C607-4AC1-9D79-4864EF66DB81" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/1C088E82-4C2C-4484-A573-A5C02F3A8959" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2022-09-29T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/1EC50329-4D0E-4372-BF4D-D93B7B55DEDE" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2020-12-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">84395</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>PROTECT – 222nm far UVC light technology to treat COVID-19 infected airborne microdroplets</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>This proposal will develop and manufacture PROTECT -- a safe, innovative 222nm far-UVC light fixture installed in air handling units to destroy COVID-19 found in exhaled microdroplets in indoor environments. PROTECT can be used in a populated indoor environment with no harmful effects on skin or eyes.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>