Grants and awards
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Electrical engineering students win prestigious student design competition
14 June 2016
A team from the University of Bristol has won a prestigious High Efficiency Power Amplifier Student Design Competition, which ran as part of the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2016 in San Francisco, USA, last month [22-27 May].
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Bristol scientists awarded £300k for robot dexterity research
20 February 2025
University of Bristol researchers have received £300,000 of funding to investigate ways to improve the capabilities of artificial muscles, as part of a major £1.5million project to advance robot dexterity.
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New innovations to combat resistant infections
12 May 2016
Two scientists at the University of Bristol have been awarded prestigious research grants to develop novel technologies that will help fight the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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Nine Bristol Engineering students succeed in prestigious award scheme
12 May 2020
Nine Engineering students from the University of Bristol have been selected as inspiring future leaders by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng).
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Awards honours for Bristol researcher
13 June 2016
The Queen’s 90th Birthday Honours saw a Bristol academic honoured for the work she has done in her field.
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Could a drug combination prevent people with the eye disease uveitis lose their sight?
12 May 2020
Two in 10,000 people are at risk of serious sight loss from a form of eye inflammation known as uveitis. A new clinical research study, led by the University of Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW), will evaluate a drug combination treatment for the eye disease thanks to funding of £2.5 million by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The study will be co-ordinated by the University's Bristol Trials Centre (CTEU).
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Bristol leaps to 68th place in global reputation rankings
18 February 2025
The University of Bristol has risen to 68th place in The Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Rankings 2025.
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Bristol students excel in engineering leadership award scheme
11 May 2016
Seven engineering students from the University of Bristol have been selected as ‘inspirational role models to the next generation of engineers’ by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng).
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Research on origins of life wins Three Minute Thesis prize
10 May 2016
PhD researcher Sam Briggs successfully summed up his research into the chemical origins of life to win the University of Bristol’s Three Minute Thesis competition, which challenges postgraduate students to present years of work that go into a PhD thesis in just three minutes.
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Researchers net £1.5m grant to boost understanding of drug resistant infections
9 June 2016
A consortium of nine academics from the University of Bristol has been awarded £1.5 million to carry out research on antibiotic resistance (AMR) in animals and the risks it poses to humans.
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