Grants and awards
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Medicine and humanities join forces for Wellcome-funded breathlessness project
26 November 2014
Professor Havi Carel in the Department of Philosophy has received a joint senior investigator award worth £1.5 million from the Wellcome Trust for a cross-disciplinary project on breathing and breathlessness.
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Bristol Neuroscience awarded £6.5 million to nurture mental health by keeping young brains on track
12 May 2022
We need to look after young brains: threats including early life adversity, sleep disruption, drug addiction and genetic mutations can all challenge brain development and lifelong mental health. Thanks to funding of over £6.5 million for new brain research, neuroscientists at the University of Bristol hope to alleviate these threats and their burden on patients, carers, clinicians and society.
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Bristol's Rachael De'Ath named top in 50 women Engineers
25 June 2018
Rachael De’Ath, a senior teaching associate at the University of Bristol and a senior structural engineer at Arup Bristol, has been announced as a winner in ‘The Telegraph Top 50 Women in Engineering’ 2018.
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Professor Imre Berger elected Fellow of prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences
11 May 2022
Imre Berger, Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry and Director of Bristol’s Max Planck Centre for Minimal Biology has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences for his outstanding contributions to biomedical science and notable discoveries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bristol researchers win EPSRC fellowship to develop AI for early disease diagnosis in calves
22 June 2018
Two researchers at the University of Bristol have been awarded a joint Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Fellowship to investigate early disease diagnosis in dairy calves using artificial intelligence (AI) methods.
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Bristol spin-out awarded £600,000 to develop haptic technology
13 November 2014
A leading developer of technology that uses ultrasound to create tactile sensations in mid-air has been awarded £600,000 to advance the haptics system. The new investment, led by IP Group plc (LSE: IPO) and one of its managed funds, will allow the Bristol-based company, Ultrahaptics, to expand its software team and accelerate product development and customer engagement.
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Bristol volcanologist awarded prestigious Royal Medal
19 July 2018
One of the world’s leading authorities on volcanology and risk associated with natural hazards, Sir Stephen Sparks, Professor of Geology at the University of Bristol’s School of Earth Sciences, has been awarded a Royal Medal from The Royal Society.
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Bristol researchers awarded €3M from European Research Council ERC grants
27 July 2018
Two researchers from the University of Bristol have been awarded almost €3M in European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants in recognition of their ‘excellent science’ and potentially ground-breaking research.
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Could walking to work help fix the nation’s health woes?
13 November 2014
Businesses will be encouraging their workers to walk to work as part of a new £1 million trial which gets underway this month.
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Bristol start-up takes quantum leap in innovation
12 June 2018
A University of Bristol start-up business specialising in quantum encryption has been named the UK’s Most Innovative Small Cyber Security Company of the Year.
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