Grants and awards
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UK-first as £960,000 project explores integration in Bristol
27 June 2019
A unique new project led by the University of Bristol has received a £960,000 boost to improve integration across Bristol by exploring how its citizens and communities share spaces and move around the city.
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Bristol to lead on world’s first national review of deaths of people with learning disabilities
18 June 2015
NHS England, the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and the University of Bristol have today announced the world’s first national programme to review – and ultimately reduce – the premature deaths of people with learning disabilities.
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Bristol academic elected Fellow of the British Academy
16 July 2015
Professor Robert Fowler of the Department of Classics and Ancient History has achieved the rare distinction of being elected Fellow of the British Academy, the national academy for the humanities and social sciences.
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Bristol grad and online entrepreneur hopes engineering medal will inspire young women
24 July 2019
A Computer Science graduate, whose visual search technology has revolutionised online fashion retailing, hopes winning the Royal Academy of Engineering’s prestigious Silver Medal will inspire other young women.
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Messel magic comes to Bristol
16 July 2015
The personal archive of one of the twentieth century’s foremost theatrical designers, Oliver Messel (1904-1978) has been acquired by the University of Bristol Theatre Collection, thanks to a generous grant of £80,000 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF). The NHMF grant was bolstered by generous support from alumni, friends, and charitable foundations to help meet the £100,000 purchase price.
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Important advance in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infection
17 June 2015
A new technology which could increase protection against antibacterial and antifungal infection for weeks, months or years has been developed by researchers at the University of Bristol.
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Young researcher recognised for contribution to feline infectious disease research
15 July 2015
A researcher from the University of Bristol’s School of Veterinary Sciences has been awarded the European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) & Merial Young Scientist Award 2015 for her contribution to feline infectious disease research.
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Dr Fannin awarded Feminist Theory Essay Prize
14 July 2015
Dr Maria Fannin, Senior Lecturer in the School of Geographical Sciences, has won the Feminist Theory Essay Prize for the best article published in the journal Feminist Theory in 2014.
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Bristol engineers elected as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
30 September 2019
Professors Dimitra Simeonidou and Jonathan Cooper from the University of Bristol’s Faculty of Engineering have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of their outstanding and continuing contributions to the profession.
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Bristol hosts Newton International Fellow
6 February 2015
Dr Bahareh Shirinfar is being hosted by the University after receiving a prestigious Newton International Fellowship from two of the UK’s leading research academies – the British Academy and the Royal Society.
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