Grants and awards
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Ecologist and film-maker emerges with National Geographic award
31 May 2011
Dr Adrian Seymour in the School of Biological Sciences is one of 14 young scientists and explorers to be named as National Geographic Emerging Explorers for 2011.
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Winners of University Teaching Awards announced
14 March 2011
The 2010-11 University Teaching Awards have been announced. Recipients will be presented with their awards at the University’s Learning and Teaching Exhibition on 6 April.
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UoB Innocence Project receives pro-bono award for ‘excellence’ on 30-year-old case
19 October 2012
The University of Bristol Innocence Project [UoBIP] has received the 2012 Pro Bono Award at the Bristol Law Society’s Annual Awards in recognition of its work in obtaining an appeal for the 30-year old case of William (‘Wullie’) Beck.
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Alzheimer’s to benefit from landmark MRC-AstraZeneca compound collaboration
6 November 2012
A study to investigate Alzheimer’s disease led by scientists at the University of Bristol has been awarded funding by the Medical Research Council (MRC).
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Investigating the ³Ô¹ÏÍø Front 1914-1918
4 October 2012
The material remains of the First World War on the British ³Ô¹ÏÍø Front will be investigated by researchers at the University of Bristol and the University of York, thanks to £39,500 funding from English Heritage.
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Bristol's schools commended for gender equality
7 August 2012
The School of Chemistry has received a national award in recognition of its commitment to good employment practices in recruiting, retaining and promoting women.
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Particle physics: beyond the Higgs boson
3 October 2012
University of Bristol physicists have been awarded £5 million to search for new laws of nature at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
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£1.6million for research into decision making
25 March 2011
The University of Bristol has received £1.6million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK (EPSRC) to establish a new centre for research into how decisions are made. This work will ultimately lead to better artificial decision making systems such as automatic stock market trading systems and early warning systems for disasters.
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Queen’s honour for domestic violence researcher
13 September 2012
A researcher at the University of Bristol has been awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s honours in recognition of her outstanding research towards the prevention of domestic violence.
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Over £4 million to engineer a new generation of nonlinear dynamic design tools
12 September 2012
A collaborative research team led by the University of Bristol has been awarded a £4.2 million grant to create new nonlinear dynamic design tools for engineering structures.
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