Grants and awards
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University Medical School awarded innovation accolade for patient-centred care
12 May 2011
The University of Bristol has been awarded a prestigious College of Medicine [CoM] accolade for its innovative approach towards educating its students in patient-centred care.
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拢500,000 for new study of ancient Swahili stonetown
12 May 2011
An exceptionally well-preserved example of an ancient Swahili stonetown will be excavated by archaeologists from the University of Bristol this summer thanks to 拢500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The dig at Songo Mnara, a World Heritage site on the southern coast of Tanzania, will enable the researchers to explore aspects of ancient urban planning in coastal East Africa.
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Dentist of the future
4 May 2011
Third-year Bristol dental student, Laura Cove, has won the Award for Innovation in a new competition run by leading provider of dental products and services, 3M ESPE.
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Bristol wins funding to expand free IP concept
11 March 2011
Bristol is among three leading universities to have won funding from the Intellectual Property Office to pioneer easy access to its intellectual assets.
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Special presentation day marks medal tribute from the Queen
30 November 2012
Two long-serving members of staff at the University of Bristol have been presented with a British Empire Medal - a special accolade bestowed on them by the Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
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Chemist wins 2011 Corday-Morgan Prize
3 May 2011
Professor Fred Manby of the School of Chemistry is one of the 2011 winners of the Royal Society of Chemistry鈥檚 Corday-Morgan Prize.
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Innovation award for iPhone app that helps people manage chronic condition
30 November 2012
An iPhone application developed to help patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME (CFS/ME) has won a top award for its use of innovative technology. ActiveME漏, developed by experts in the field of CFS/ME, was designed to assist patients in keeping track of their activity levels, a key part of rehabilitation and self-managing this chronic condition. The free interactive patient-centred tool won the 鈥業nnovation in Technology鈥� category at the NHS Innovations North Bright Ideas awards ceremony [29 Nov 2012].
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Cabot Institute Director wins Lloyds Science of Risk Prize
30 November 2012
Professor Paul Bates from the University of Bristol has won this year's Lloyd鈥檚 Science of Risk Prize in the category of Natural Hazards for his work on flood modelling. He is also co-author of the winning entry for the prize's other category, Climate Change.
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拢2 million for research into the brain
27 April 2011
A University of Bristol academic has been awarded over 拢2 million by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to look into the neural network basis of learning, memory and decision-making in health and disease.
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PhD student receives Chinese Government Award
24 May 2011
A student at the University of Bristol has received the Chinese Government Award for demonstrating outstanding performance in her PhD studies.
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