Grants and awards
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Bristol secures funding for new project which will examine the history of the early book
23 June 2022
Academics from the University of Bristol’s Centre for Medieval Studies have been awarded a €2.4 million EU Horizon grant to train a new generation of medievalists from across Europe in the history of the early book.
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Bristol Medical School researcher awarded prestigious Diabetes UK fellowship
14 December 2018
A Bristol Medical School researcher has been awarded a prestigious Diabetes UK fellowship to understand more about adult onset type 1 diabetes. It is estimated that more than 300,000 people in the UK are living with the disease which develops when the immune system makes a mistake and destroys the cells that make insulin.
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University spin-out company wins award for growth
9 December 2011
KWS BioTest, a company specialising in drug efficacy trials, has won the Growth Award at the Biomedical iNet Innovation Awards.
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Bristol scientists awarded €5.6 million by European Research Council
9 December 2011
Three European Research Council Advanced Grants worth a total of more than €5.6 million have been awarded to Professor Jens Marklof (Maths), Professor Andrew Orr-Ewing (Chemistry) and Professor Sandu Popescu (Physics).
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Research that reduced cot deaths across the world is recognised as one of UK's best breakthroughs
6 December 2018
A University of Bristol study which showed lives could be saved if babies were placed on their backs - and not their fronts-to sleep, has today been named as one of the UK’s 100 best breakthroughs by Universities UK for its significant impact on people's lives.
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Bristol mathematician awarded €1.8 million to research quantum algorithms
5 December 2018
Dr Ashley Montanaro, Reader in Quantum Computation in the University of Bristol's School of Mathematics, has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) grant for his project ‘Quantum Algorithms from Foundations to Applications’.
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Innovate UK awards for studies into sustainable livestock production and improving chicken welfare
17 August 2018
Bristol Vet School has been awarded two Innovate UK grants totalling nearly £160,000 for studies that aim to further our progress towards sustainable livestock production and improve broiler chicken welfare. The projects will use the new £1 million CIEL poultry house, funded by the CIEL.
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£1 million donation to establish a 'living laboratory' for livestock
4 December 2018
A groundbreaking 'living laboratory' for livestock will be established at the Bristol Veterinary School thanks to a £1 million donation from the John Oldacre Foundation. The John Oldacre Centre for Sustainability and Welfare in Dairy Production will tackle the global challenge of ethical food security and train the next generation of vets and agriculturalists to help address the major issues facing agriculture.
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Launch of new national network to boost innovation
6 September 2022
The University of Bristol is part of a new £6.75 million national network to accelerate UK innovation. The Innovation Launchpad Network+ brings together leading universities, the Catapult Network and regional innovation ecosystems to enrich the exchange of ideas and knowledge across these organisations.
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NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre funded for another five years
14 October 2022
The National Institute for Health and Care Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR Bristol BRC) has been awarded nearly £12 million of new funding for the next five years. The funding has been awarded to University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust by the NIHR, with the University of Bristol a major partner.
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