Grants and awards
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Bristol volcanologist inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences
23 October 2012
Professor Katharine Cashman, AXA Research Chair, Volcanology Research Group in the School of Earth Sciences has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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How do we use visual sense to guide behaviour?
24 November 2009
A team of researchers ³Ô¹ÏÍø University’s Bristol Vision Institute (BVI) has been awarded a £390,000 grant from the Wellcome Trust to establish a joint research facility.
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BCCS student wins poster prize
9 October 2009
Chris Musselle, a postgraduate student in the Bristol Centre for Complexity Sciences (BCCS), has won the prestigious Best Student Poster prize at the 2009 European Conference on Complex Systems.
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Diabetes prevention article wins prestigious award
29 October 2009
A peer-reviewed article on diabetes prevention co-authored by Professor Janice Thompson from the Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences has been selected as the Sarah Mazelis Best Paper of the Year.
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UoB Innocence Project receives pro-bono award for ‘excellence’ on 30-year-old case
19 October 2012
The University of Bristol Innocence Project [UoBIP] has received the 2012 Pro Bono Award at the Bristol Law Society’s Annual Awards in recognition of its work in obtaining an appeal for the 30-year old case of William (‘Wullie’) Beck.
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Security award for Jerry Woods
29 October 2009
Jerry Woods, the University’s Security Services Manager, has been named In-House Security Manager of the Year at the Security Excellence Awards.
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£830,000 grant success for Faculty of Arts
9 October 2009
Two grants totalling almost £830,000 have been awarded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to Professor Neville Morley of the Department of Classics and Ancient History and Professor James Ladyman of the Department of Philosophy.
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'Best Place to Work' say academics
27 October 2009
Bristol University is the third best research institution outside the US to work at, according to a 'Best Places to Work in Academia' survey conducted by The Scientist magazine.
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£1.9m for cancer diagnosis research
26 October 2009
A grant of £1.94million from the National Institute for Health Research has been given to a wide-ranging research programme that aims to improve cancer diagnosis. The programme, entitled DISCOVERY (DIagnosis of Symptomatic Cancer), will be led by the University of Bristol, with four University partners – Durham, Cambridge, Oxford and Cardiff – and NHS Bristol.
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Engineers aim to make air travel greener
3 February 2010
Carbon emissions from air travel could be reduced thanks to a new collaboration between engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Bath and the aerospace industry.
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