Grants and awards
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£2 million award will advance understanding of mechanisms of learning and memory
22 June 2017
Neuroscientists at the University of Bristol have been awarded a prestigious £2 million Wellcome Trust Investigator Award for a five-year study to investigate the neuronal circuits that drive our recognition memory.
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Major £2.8 million UKRI research programme to explore mental health outcomes for care-experienced young people
28 June 2021
A significant, new research programme will investigate factors linked to the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced young people during two transition periods: moving from primary to secondary school and moving from adolescence into adulthood.
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The Robot A-Team vital to the future of offshore wind and Net Zero
15 July 2021
One of the UK’s most ambitious robotics projects has proven the concept for robotic teams repairing offshore wind farms. The project paves the way for human-robot teams at wind farms within 10 years and wind farms designed for robotic maintenance by 2050 – a scenario that will be vital to the UK achieving its Net Zero targets.
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Bristol-led grant to harmonise and improve bereavement care research
19 September 2017
Dr Danya Bakhbakhi, Academic Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Bristol and Southmead Hospital, has been awarded £367,000 for a National Institute for Health Research [NIHR] Doctoral Research Fellowship to investigate outcomes after stillbirth.
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BrisSynBio start-up wins Unit DX lab space at Bio-Start Awards 2017
11 August 2017
BrisSynBio start-up, Zentraxa has been named 'Best South-West England SynBio Start-up' at the 2017 Bio-start Awards, winning three months of free laboratory space ³Ô¹ÏÍø-based innovation centre, Unit DX.
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University of Bristol given 'Silver' ranking in Teaching Excellence Framework
22 June 2017
Bristol has been given a ‘Silver’ ranking in the pilot Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), which was published on 22 June 2017.
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Bristol to lead national PhD training programme to tackle antimicrobial resistance
28 September 2017
In response to the urgent and global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the Medical Research Foundation (MRF), the charitable foundation of the Medical Research Council, has invested £2.85M in delivering the UK’s first nationwide PhD training programme to focus on this major health challenge.
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Bristol retains Strategic Partnership with the BBSRC and ranks fourth for bioscience research funding 
30 September 2021
The BBSRC, one of the UK’s largest UK bioscience funders, has announced Bristol will retain its Strategic Partnership (SP) status. The decision was announced this month following BBSRC’s SP member triannual review. Bristol is one of only ten top-funded university partners with this status – which it has retained since 2012 recognising the University’s long-term record for excellence in biosciences research. 
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Bristol named as UK’s smartest city
23 October 2017
Bristol has overtaken London as the UK’s leading 'smart city' according to the second UK Smart Cities Index, commissioned by Huawei UK and conducted by Navigant Consulting. The report is based on evaluations of 20 cities and their strategies, key projects and overall readiness in using digital technology to improve crucial civic services from transport infrastructure to healthcare.
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Wind energy project receives a boost with £1.2 million award
20 November 2017
A collaboration between University of Bristol engineers and a company founded by Bristol graduates has been awarded a £1.2 million to develop a surface inspection system for offshore wind turbines using drones.
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