Grants and awards
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University of Bristol academic awarded prestigious social sciences fellowship
5 March 2024
University of Bristol academic Professor Sarah Ayres has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in recognition of her significant contributions to the field of social sciences.
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University wins Green Capital Award
13 November 2015
The University of Bristol has won The Bristol Post’s Green Public Sector Award in recognition of its work in sustainability.
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Prestigious recognition for Bristol physicist and his team
18 January 2018
A University of Bristol physicist has been elected as a new Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).
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Quantum computing company – co-founded by Bristol scientist – benefits from £750k investment
3 June 2019
A pioneering quantum computing company co-founded by academics from University College London (UCL) and the University of Bristol has received £750,000 investment from the UCL Technology Fund, along with co-investors Parkwalk Advisors and the London Co-investment Fund.
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Prestigious Research Council appointments for Bristol Professors
23 March 2018
The Board of UK Research and Innovation has announced today (23 March 2018) the appointment of Bristol Professors, John Iredale and David Stephens, to the councils of the MRC and BBSRC respectively.
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Bristol academic lands grant to study gold mining, illegal logging and land-grabbing in the Amazon
6 September 2023
A University of Bristol academic has landed a grant worth more than £1.3m to study clandestine economic activities that give rise to disastrous environmental consequences such as small-scale gold mining, illegal logging, and land-grabbing in the Amazon rainforest.
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Royal Fort Gardens clinches prestigious Green Flag Award
22 August 2024
The University of Bristol's Royal Fort Gardens has once again been recognised for its exceptional quality, securing the coveted Green Flag Award for the ninth year in a row.
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Bristol leaps ahead in training next generation of leaders to tackle major global challenges
12 March 2024
Hundreds of talented scientists and engineers are set to advance solutions for some of the world’s most pressing challenges, ranging from reaching net-zero and developing sustainable energy to improving digital security and making the latest health breakthroughs.
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Bristol academic wins inaugural Marcel Arnould Medal
29 October 2014
Dr Brian Hawkins of the Department of Civil Engineering has been awarded the first Marcel Arnould Medal by the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG).
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£2.6M secures ‘game changer’ equipment to advance health research
27 August 2024
GW4 researchers will benefit from the region’s first cryo-focused ion beam-scanning electron microscope. The equipment, which uses Nobel prize-winning technology capable of producing high-resolution imaging of a single protein — around 50 billion times smaller than a human cell, will allow researchers to conduct in situ structural biology with more detailed analyses of cell structures than previously been possible.
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