Grants and awards
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Professor Jon Blundy awarded the Murchison Medal
18 March 2016
Jon Blundy, Professorial Research Fellow in Petrology, has been awarded the Geological Society’s prestigious Murchison Medal for 2016.
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Institute receives funding from the A. G. Leventis Foundation
23 February 2016
The A. G. Leventis Foundation has awarded a grant of £147,819 to the University of Bristol’s Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition.
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How Bristol drones could help save our most endangered species
21 January 2020
The University of Bristol and the Bristol Zoological Society (BZS) are pioneering a new approach to wildlife conservation, involving machine-learning and drone technology, which could impact wildlife conservation projects worldwide.
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Researchers to investigate method of growing new blood vessels
4 February 2020
A new treatment for stimulating the growth of new blood vessels in the heart will be investigated by researchers at the University of Bristol thanks to funding of over £100,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
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Rising star Bristol astrophysicist wins astronomical accolade with special historic connection
13 January 2025
A prestigious national award created in honour of a pioneering female physicist at the University of Bristol has returned to her alma mater more than 75 years later and been won by talented astrophysicist Dr Hannah Wakeford.
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Bristol in top five universities targeted by top employers for fifth year in a row
20 January 2020
A major new report has revealed that students at the University of Bristol are among the most targeted by Britain’s top 100 employers.
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2025 Alumni Award winners announced!
30 January 2025
An award-winning novelist, a Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow and a Bristol Bears player are among those celebrated in the 2025 Alumni Awards.
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£5 million boost to Bristol research projects from European Research Council
31 March 2020
Two projects led by scientists from the University of Bristol have received grants totalling more than £5 million from the European Research Council (ERC).
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Winners of the prizes for the Best Doctoral Research Theses 2016/17
18 October 2017
Six University of Bristol postgraduates have been awarded £500 prizes for the exceptional quality of their research degree theses.
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Queen’s Anniversary Prize awarded
26 February 2016
Professor Hugh Brady, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol, Denis Burn, Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Professor Katharine Cashman, leader of Bristol's Volcanology Group have been presented with the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education on behalf of the University in a ceremony held at Buckingham Palace yesterday [25 February].
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