News
Applications now open for RDICA funding in 2026-27
Award holder outcomes and achievements
January marks the time when we ask former award holders to report on any further outcomes from their initial funded international collaboration. We also welcome updates at any other time of year and we are pleased to have already received news of recent achievements from two previous award holders.
Benjamin Meaker Annual Awards now open!
RDICA award holders for 2025-26
The Research Development International Collaboration Awards (RDICA) scheme has so far funded the following projects for 2025-26. Another round of this scheme is currently open and you can find out more at the link below.
The Summer 2025 edition of the newsletter is out now!
Welcome to Dr Josiane Zerubia from Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, France
Dr Josiane Zerubia is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor from the 1st to the 31st July.
Welcome to Professor Jesus Malo Lopez from Universitat de Valencia, Spain
Professor Jesus Malo Lopez is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor from the 18th June to the 18th July.
Welcome to Dr Steven Threadgold from the University of Newcastle, Australia
Dr Steven Threadgold is visiting Bristol as a 'Next Generation' Visiting Researcher from the 9th June to the 21st July.
Our first cohort of new Benjamin Meaker Annual Award holders
This year we launched our revised Benjamin Meaker Annual Awards (BMAA) scheme. We are delighted to announce the first cohort of award holders, who will undertake collaborative research development in the 2025-26 academic year.
Welcome to Professor Jackie Leach Scully from the University of New South Wales, Australia
Professor Jackie Leach Scully is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor from the 25th May to the 29th June.
Welcome to Dr Liza Rose Cirolia from the University of Cape Town, South Africa
Dr Liza Rose Cirolia is visiting Bristol as a 'Next Generation' Visiting Professor from the 25th May to the 1st July.
Welcome to Professor Miriam Ticktin from the City University of New York, USA
Professor Miriam Ticktin is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor from the 17th May to the 12th June.
Welcome to Professor David Bissell the University of Melbourne, Australia
Professor David Bissell is visiting Bristol as a 'Next Generation' Visiting Professor from the 2nd May to the 13th June.
The Spring 2025 edition of the newsletter is out now!
Welcome to Professor Dean Rickles from the University of Sydney, Australia
Professor Rickles is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor from the 14th March to the 11th April.
Welcome to Professor Tita Chico from the University of Maryland, USA
Professor Chico is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor from the 9th March to the 25th May.
Welcome to Dr Colin Gleason from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Dr Gleason is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor from the 28th February to the 1st June (he will then stay on for a further 3 months under alternative funding).
Applications now open for RDICA funding in 2025-26
The Winter 2025 edition of the newsletter is out now!
Welcome to Professor Greg Martin from the University of Sydney and Dr Cesar Bazan from Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru
Professor Martin and Dr Bazan are visiting Bristol as part of a Research Development International Collaboration Award and will be here from the 2nd to the 7th February.
Welcome to Dr Felicity Ann Jensz from the University of Munster, Germany
Dr Jensz is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor and will be here from the 1st February to the 1st March.
New awards announcement!
In Autumn 2024 we launched our exciting new Research Development International Collaboration Awards (RDICA) scheme. We are delighted to announce the first cohort of award holders from the November 2024 deadline.
Welcome to Dr Guido Bacciagaluppi from Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Dr Bacciagaluppi is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor and will be here from the 27th January to the 27th March.
Welcome to Dr Sigal-Hava Rotem from Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Dr Rotem is visiting Bristol as a Next Generation Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 4th to the 16th November.
The Autumn 2024 edition of the newsletter is out now!
Welcome to Professor Signe E. Kastberg from Purdue University, USA
Professor Kastberg is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor and will be here from the 28th October to the 25th November.
Newly revised Benjamin Meaker Annual Awards now open!
Welcome to Dr Brady Robards from Monash University, Australia
Dr Robards is visiting Bristol as a Next Generation Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 21st October to the 15th November.
Welcome to Dr Diep Ha from the University of Queensland, Australia
Dr Ha is visiting Bristol as a Next Generation Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 12th October to the 16th November.
Welcome to Dr Chittaranjan Hens from the International Institute of Information Technology, India
Dr Hens is visiting Bristol as a Next Generation Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 1st October to the 12th November.
Welcome to Dr Jelmar Hugen from Leiden University, The Netherlands
Dr Hugen is visiting Bristol as a Next Generation Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 1st October to the 15th November.
New funding scheme: Research Development International Collaboration Awards
Welcome to Professor Dewey Hall from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA
Professor Hall is visiting Bristol as a Next Generation Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 10th September to the 10th October.
Welcome to Professor Jesus Malo Lopez from the Universitat de Valencia, Spain
Professor Malo Lopez is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor and will be here from the 1st September to the 31st October and from the 2nd to the 31st January.
Latest visiting researcher awards
We are delighted to announce our most recent awards for visits in the 2024/25 academic year, please find a listing below.
The end of July edition of the newsletter is out now!
Welcome to Professor Mark Paterson from the University of Pittsburgh, USA
Professor Paterson is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor and will be here from the 21st June to the 31st July.
Welcome to Dr Katherine Elvira from the University of Victoria, Canada
Dr Elvira is visiting Bristol as a Next Generation Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 10th June to the 21st July.
Welcome to Professor Jenny Kaminer from the University of California-Davis, USA
Professor Kaminer is visiting Bristol as a Next Generation Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 9th to the 29th June.
Welcome to Dr Clayton Chin from the University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr Chin is visiting Bristol as a Next Generation Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 4th to the 28th June.
Welcome to Dr Tanveer Ahmed Naveed from the University of Gujrat, Pakistan
Dr Tanveer Ahmed Naveed is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Follow-On Fund Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 4th June to the 2nd July.
Welcome to Professor Nandita Sharma from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, USA
Professor Sharma is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Follow-On Fund Visiting Professor and will be here from the 24th May to the 7th June.
Welcome to Professor Stuart Candy from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Professor Candy is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor and will be here from the 15th May to the 15th June.
Welcome to Professor Lev Vaidman from Tel Aviv University, Israel
Professor Vaidman is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor and will be here from the 1st May to the 31st July.
The end of April edition of the newsletter is out now!
Welcome to Dr Ralph Evins from the University of Victoria, Canada
Dr Evins is visiting Bristol as a Next Generation Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 29th April to the 9th June.
Welcome to Professor Nick Huggett from the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
Professor Huggett is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Follow-On Fund Visiting Professor and will be here from the 28th April to the 29th May.
Welcome to Professor Sharynne McLeod from Charles Sturt University, Australia
Professor McLeod is visiting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor and will be here from the 21st April to the 26th May.
Welcome to Dr Santiago Palmas Perez from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana – Lerma, Mexico
Dr Palmas Perez is visiting Bristol as a Next Generation Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 15th April to the 24th May.
Latest visiting researcher awards announced
We are delighted to announce our most recent awards for visits in 2024 and 2025, please find a listing below.
IRD Blog: Read about the experiences of our visiting researchers
Welcome to Dr Shu Minakuchi from the University of Tokyo, Japan
Dr Minakuchi is visiting Bristol as a Next Generation Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 4th March to the 22nd March.
Welcome to Dr Sean Chorney from Simon Fraser University, Canada
Dr Chorney is visiting Bristol as a Next Generation Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 4th March to the 25th March.
Welcome to Professor Vanessa Northington Gamble from The George Washington University, USA
Professor Gamble is visting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor and will be here from the 19th February to the 29th March.
Welcome to Professor Leslie Morgan from Loyola University Maryland, USA
Professor Leslie Morgan is visting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor and will be here from the 16th February to the 23rd March.
The January edition of the newsletter is out now!
Welcome to Dr Eleanor Fleming from the University of Maryland, USA.
Dr Eleanor Fleming is visting Bristol as a Next Generation Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 9th January to the 19th February.
Welcome to Dr Fernando Hartwig from Federal Universidad de Pelotas, Brazil.
Dr Fernando Hartwig is returning to Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Follow-on Fund Visiting Researcher and will be here from the 8th January to the 27th January.
Welcome to Professor Elisabeth J Cooper, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway
Professor Elisabeth J Cooper is visiting on the Bristol 'Next Generation' Visiting Researcher Programme and will be in Bristol from the 13th December to the 23rd January.
Welcome to Dr Anthony Halog, University of Queensland, Australia
Dr Anthony Halog is visiting on the Bristol 'Next Generation' Visiting Researcher Programme and will be in Bristol from the 18th November to the 2nd January.
Latest awards announced for the Bristol 'Next Generation' Visiting Researcher Programme
We are delighted to announce our most recent awards for visits in 2023 and 2024, please find a listing below.
Welcome to Professor Sarah Stewart-Mukhopadhyay, University of California, Davis, USA
Professor Stewart-Mukhopadhyay is visiting on the Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor Programme and will be in Bristol from the 2nd to the 30th November.
The October edition of the newsletter is out now!
Welcome to Dr Vera Lucia Raposo from Nova University, Portugal
Dr Raposo is visiting on the Bristol Next Generation Visiting Researcher Programme and will be in Bristol from the 8th to 20th October.
Welcome to Professor Colin Wilson from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Professor Wilson is visiting on the Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professorship Scheme and will be in Bristol from the 1st October to 30th November.
Welcome to Dr John Mondal from the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India
Dr Mondal is visiting on the Bristol Next Generation Visiting Researcher Programme and will be in Bristol from the 1st to 30th October.
IRD Newsletter July 2023
Welcome to Dr Tanveer Ahmed Naveed from Gujrat University, Pakistan
Dr Naveed is visiting on the Next Generation Visiting Researcher Programme and will be in Bristol from the 1st June to 13th July.
Welcome to Professor Peter Marks from the University of Sydney
Professor Marks is a Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor and will be in Bristol from the 15th May to 15th June.
Welcome to Professor Maxwell Chertok from the University of California, Davis, USA
Professor Chertok is a Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor and will be in Bristol from the 1st May to 30th June.
Welcome to Professor Gisela Heffes from Rice University, USA
Professor Heffes is a Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor and will be in Bristol from the 1st May to 30th June.
The April edition of the newsletter has landed!
For information about IRP funding schemes and news about our international visitors
Welcome to Professor Mary P. Sheridan from the University of Louisville, USA
Professor Sheridan is a Bristol Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor and is visiting Bristol from 23rd March to 25th May.
Latest awards announced for the Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professorship scheme and the Bristol 'Next Generation' Visiting Researcher Programme
We are delighted to announce our most recent awards for visits in 2023/24, please find a listing below.
Welcome to Dr Nkechi Owoo from the University of Ghana
Dr Owoo is visiting on the Bristol 'Next Generation' Visiting Researcher Programme from 12th February - 26th March 2023.
Welcome to Dr Monique Ingalls from Baylor University, USA
Dr Ingalls is visiting on the Bristol 'Next Generation' Visiting Researcher Programme from 14th February - 3rd April 2023.
The January 2023 IRP Newsletter has landed!
Welcome to Professor Bruce Lanphear from Simon Fraser University, Canada
Professor Lanphear is visiting as a Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor (BBMDVP) from 1st February - 30th April 2023.
Welcome to Professor Carolin Overhoff Ferreira from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Professor Ferreira is visiting as a Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor (BBMDVP)