Grants and awards
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New £1M poultry research facility aims to improve bird welfare and help consumer confidence
24 January 2018
A new £1M state-of-the art poultry facility offering specialist, industry-focused research into both laying hen and broiler health, welfare, behavior and productivity, will open today [Wednesday 24 January] at the University of Bristol’s Veterinary School.
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Mending the smallest of broken hearts
20 October 2015
Researchers at the University of Bristol have been awarded over £170,000 by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to produce a graft which may reduce the number of surgeries required to treat children born with certain types of congenital heart disease.
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The moth making waves in sound technology
5 June 2019
A new ultra-thin sound proofing material inspired by the tiny sound absorbent scales found on the wings of a giant species of moth is being developed thanks to a £1.6 million EPSRC grant. The University of Bristol-led project will see the development of a new prototype material with exciting functional properties –broadband multidirectional absorption at a thickness only fractions of the sound wavelength- to help control noise pollution in cities, offices and homes.
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Researchers hope to identify new drug targets to treat brain tumours
23 July 2014
Around 7,000 people in the UK develop primary brain cancer each year but only ten per cent of patients are still alive five years after diagnosis. A new research project has been awarded a grant of over £200,000 to look at a pathway in brain tumours called peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) and identify any possible new drug targets to treat the disease.
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SETsquared ranked top global university business incubator for third time
7 November 2019
A national university business incubator, with offices in Bristol’s Engine Shed, has been named as the best in the world for the third time for its outstanding contribution to developing the next generation of UK tech entrepreneurs.
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Charity worker in lifelong quest to end meningitis receives honorary degree
20 February 2024
A charity worker who spent her life fighting to end meningitis has received an honorary degree from the University of Bristol.
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£614,000 to continue exploration beneath Greenland Ice Sheet
18 July 2014
Last summer, scientists from the University of Bristol discovered the longest canyon in the world buried beneath three kilometres of ice in Greenland.
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Honorary Degree Awarded at the University of Bristol – Friday, 18 July
18 July 2014
The University of Bristol is awarding an honorary degree to Mr Paul Stephenson at a degree ceremony taking place today in the Wills Memorial Building.
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Sarah Baillie awarded Principal Fellowship by Higher Education Academy
23 September 2014
Professor Sarah Baillie, Veterinary Programme Director and Head of Teaching at the School of Veterinary Sciences, has been awarded a Principal Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy.
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Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence to help drive translation of Bristol’s world-leading synthetic biology research
22 March 2018
Dr David Tew, Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technology and GSK Senior Fellow at GlaxoSmithKline, will join the University of Bristol as a Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence from September 2018.
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