She is responsible for an art project that left many Glaswegians both outraged and hungry at the same time.

London-born Ellie Harrison sparked a tirade of criticism on social media when it was announced she had won £15,000 in Creative Scotland funding for a piece of artwork dubbed The Glasgow Effect.

Starting from January 1, Harrison vowed to spend one year confining her movements within Greater Glasgow, except in the event of ill-health or the death of a loved one.

By setting this restriction to her lifestyle, Ms Harrison hoped to investigate the "limits of sustainable practice" and to "challenge the demand-to-travel placed upon the successful artist / academic".

Having living in the city for over seven years, studying at the Glasgow School of Art, Ms Harrison also hoped to cut her carbon footprint and increase her sense of belonging to a local community.

Details of the year-long "durational performance" were announced in a Facebook event, which was emblazoned with an image of chip shop chips - an editorial preference possibly more divisive than the funding itself.

Now a lecturer at Duncan of Jordanstone art college in Dundee, Ms Harrison has announced exactly how she plans to spend her £15,000 grant.

"Thanks so much for your interest and engagement in the project, both positive and negative. Glasgow has been my home for seven and a half years and to suddenly have a response like this to one of my projects has been quite overwhelming.

"You have given me so much material to digest, it will take the whole year to do so. I hope to follow up by meeting many of you face to face, when all the fuss has died down."

"Before I sign off Facebook for a while, I would like to address the important questions raised about the money.

"Anyone who has done any research about me will know that I am interested in the undesirable consequences of certain funding systems, and, I am working to set up a radical alternative: the Radical Renewable Art and Activism Fund. This will form the bulk of my workload in 2016 whilst in the city."

"The application was written over the course of one month in June 2015, in order to fulfil one of the criteria of my three and a half year probation for my lecturing post at the university.

"I was required to write and submit a significant research grant application. After one unsuccessful attempt, on October 20 2015 I was awarded the grant."

"I have been negotiating an agreement with the university [Duncan of Jordanstone] to donate the £15,000 to them in exchange for paid research leave in order to undertake the project.

"In this agreement I have been careful to stipulate that the money be used solely to cover my teaching responsibilities and that a post be advertised externally, in order to create a job opportunity for a talented artist in Scotland and provide the best possible experience for my students in my absence.

"The fact that this university, like most others in the UK, now requires its lecturing staff to be fundraisers and is willing to pay them to be absent from teaching as a result, should be the focus of this debate."

"At least now, thanks to you all, I have ticked Creative Scotland's public engagement box and fulfilled the university's impact agenda and so can get on with the real work."

A Creative Scotland spokesperson commented: "Ellie Harrison is a recognised artist with an MA with Distinction from the Glasgow School of Art.

"Ellie's project met the criteria for Open Project Funding and is based on the premise that if society wishes to achieve global change then individuals have to be more active within their communities at a local level.

"In restricting herself to staying within the city boundaries she is keen to explore what impact this will have her on her life and on her work as an artist with national and international commitments.

"Our funding will support Ellie's creative practice in the city and we will be interested to see how the project progresses."