RACES - Assessment of footing in the equestrian arenas at Greenwich Park has developed tests to monitor footing for the equestrian arenas for London 2012 to increase knowledge and to reduce injury. Partners include Anglia Ruskin University, Myerscough College and University of Central Lancashire. For more info: alison.northrop@anglia.ac.uk / www.anglia.ac.uk

Brunel University - Taylor & Francis Publications in association with the pre-Olympic International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport 2012, is a publication to encourage the widest possible participation in Games-related research and study. For more info: http://routledgeonlinestudies.com/

Canterbury Christ Church University - OPASH Legacy Project comprises four linked research contributions, funded by ESRC, Department of Health (DoH) and Sport England to undertake a worldwide review of evidence for developing physical activities and sport legacies from London 2012. For more info: mike.weed@canterbury.ac.uk / www.canterbury.ac.uk/SPEAR

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Mass gatherings and infectious disease prevention seeks to develop new understandings of the public health risks associated with mass gatherings such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the appropriate public health response. For more info: patrick.wilson@lshtm.ac.uk / www.lshtm.ac.uk

Queen Mary University - A Living Wage Olympics evaluates the success of community organisations such as London Citizens in securing Olympic jobs, paid at the Living Wage of £8.30ph to understand the potential economic and social benefits of the 2012 investment in London. For more info: j.wills@qmul.ac.uk / http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/livingwage/

University of Sheffield - Olympic Wildflower Meadows project is to deliver the wildflower meadows for the Olympic Park, as part of a wider input into the creation of the most sustainable, inspirational and bio-diverse urban park ever to be created in the UK. For more info: n.dunnett@sheffield.ac.uk / www.nigeldunnett.info

University of East London - London-Rio: Olympic Cities is a research project that analyses the urban impacts of world-scale events on host cities and highlights ways to create legacy that benefit local communities and development, especially in areas of high social deprivation. For more info: www.uel.ac.uk/2012