Grants and awards
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Blooming marvellous! Meadow project wins Bristol Genius Award
21 May 2013
A project to plant flower meadows across the city has won the Mayor’s Bristol Genius Award for its efforts to transform the urban environment for pollinating insects, while making Bristol more attractive for residents and visitors. Mayor George Ferguson announced the winner at last night’s Festival of Ideas awards evening, marking the second year in a row that a project at the University of Bristol has scooped top honours.
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Bristol professor elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
7 May 2013
Professor Jeremy Henley, from the School of Biochemistry, has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Professor Jones to receive Murchison Award
21 May 2013
Professor Kelvyn Jones is to receive a prestigious award from the Royal Geographical Society.
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£600k for new ‘biosocial archive’ and grassroots security networks projects
6 June 2013
Two academics have been awarded Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) grants totalling £600k for new projects that aim to transform social sciences research.
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Pilot awards to amplify impact
21 May 2013
Eleven research teams in eight of the University's Schools have received grants totalling £170,000 to accelerate the impact of their research. These awards were made through pilot funding schemes from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
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Professor Guy Nason awarded EPSRC Established Career Fellowship
8 April 2013
Professor Guy Nason in the School of Mathematics has been awarded a prestigious Established Career Fellowship by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
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Dr Laura Dickinson named UBU Outstanding Teacher
24 June 2013
Dr Laura Dickinson, Senior Associate Teacher in the Queen's School of Engineering, has been awarded the University of Bristol Students’ Union (UBU) Outstanding Teacher Award.
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Accelerating world-class engineering and science to solve real-world problems
24 June 2013
Awards totalling over £1.2 million, funded through the University’s EPSRC-funded Impact Acceleration Account, have been made across four of the University's Schools to accelerate the impact of research.
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Award for Bristol apprentice
2 December 2013
Joe Travers, a Modern Apprentice in Research and Enterprise Development (RED), has won an award for outstanding workplace progress and achievement at the City of Bristol College Apprenticeship of the Year awards.
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Bristol vet student wins first ever award for dog health research
13 March 2013
A Vet School student from the University of Bristol has won a prestigious award in recognition of her work to improve the health and wellbeing of dogs.
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