Grants and awards
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Bristol Physics student triumphs at the Undergraduate Awards
25 September 2014
Flurin Eisner, a student in the School of Physics, has won in the Mathematics and Physics category of the international Undergraduate Awards.
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SETsquared partnership ranked as the world’s top business incubator
23 February 2018
A national university business incubator, with offices in Bristol’s Engine Shed, has been named as the best in the world for its outstanding contribution to developing the next generation of UK tech entrepreneurs.
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Bronze bust unveiled of Time Team presenter and university archaeology professor
26 March 2018
A bronze bust of the famous archaeologist and Time Team regular, Professor Mick Aston, has been unveiled at the University of Bristol.
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Professor Mike Ashfold awarded the Herbert P Broida Prize
24 September 2014
Professor Mike Ashfold FRS in the School of Chemistry has been awarded the American Physical Society’s prestigious Herbert P Broida Prize 2015.
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New grant will further research into Anglo-Dutch connections through literature
19 April 2018
Contacts between Dutch and English speakers in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and their impact on literature will be explored thanks to a new grant from The Leverhulme Trust.
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Bristol student wins Student in a Million Inner Strength award
24 September 2014
A University of Bristol student from the Department of Mechanical Engineering has won the Student in a Million 2014 Inner Strength award for showing incredible resolve to continue with his studies despite battling a terminal brain tumour.
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Cancer-fighting coach is nominated for coach of the year award
3 May 2018
The University of Bristol’s head hockey coach has been shortlisted for a Coach of the Year Award by England Hockey.
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€5.3 million to tackle fatal bloodstream infections
22 February 2024
A team of researchers, led by a University of Bristol and University of College Cork (UCC) scientist, have been awarded €5.3 million of Wellcome Trust Discovery Award funding to investigate the leading global cause of fatal bloodstream infections.
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£18.5 million boost for South West biosciences
24 October 2019
PhD training across the biosciences has received a massive boost thanks to a £18.5 million funding award from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC, part of UK Research and Innovation) to the University of Bristol-led South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP).
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Engineering postgraduate receives Industrial Fellowship
13 October 2014
Tom Barber, a postgraduate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded an Industrial Fellowship by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.
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