Bristol academics win Wolfson Merit awards
Two Bristol academics, in Chemistry and Earth Sciences, respectively, have won coveted Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Awards in the latest funding round.
Grants and awards
University Medical School awarded innovation accolade for patient-centred care
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.
£500,000 for new study of ancient Swahili stonetown
An exceptionally well-preserved example of an ancient Swahili stonetown will be excavated by archaeologists from the University of Bristol this summer thanks to £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.
£120,000 for Cabot Project
The Cabot Project, run by Dr Evan Jones of the Department of History, has been awarded £90,000 funding from Gretchen Bauta, a private Canadian benefactor with a particular interest in Canada's early history.
Academic awarded prestigious Fellowship
Dr Wendel Sebastian, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Bristol academic receives Wolfson award
Professor Mark Cannell, Chair in Cardiac Cell Biology at the University of Bristol’s School of Physiology and Pharmacology, has received one of the Royal Society’s most prestigious awards, a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award.
Major new research project hopes to find a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
A partnership between the University of Bristol, BRACE and North Bristol NHS Trust will fund a world class dementia research team and a new treatment clinic.
Leverhulme Fellowship in Chemistry
Professor Mike Ashfold of the School of Chemistry has been awarded a one-year Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship that will enable him to re-immerse himself more fully in three areas of laser-based chemistry.
Project to tackle most common food poisoning bacteria
Twelve projects, bringing together researchers from across disciplines, will study Campylobacter in the food chain, from field to plate. One of the projects, led by the University’s School of Veterinary Sciences, will look at the use of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in the diet of chickens.
£1 million for computing on encrypted data
Bristol University’s Cryptography Group has received nearly £1 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK (EPSRC) with the aim of transforming security applications in the future.