£3.7 million has been awarded to Bristol University to train Britain’s future scientists and engineers. The announcement was made by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) - the UK funding body for science and engineering.
Beth Tarleton, a research fellow at the Norah Fry Research Centre, has received an Early Career Research Award from the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID) for her work with parents with learning disabilities.
A new £4.8 million international project is set to help limit the devastating impacts of tropical cyclones in southern Africa.
Two apprentices working at the University are among the winners of Bristol’s first Apprenticeship of the Year Awards.
Dr Kirsty Reid of the Department of Historical Studies has been awarded the Australian Historical Association’s 2008 Kay Daniels Award for her book, 'Gender, crime and empire: convicts, settlers and the state in early colonial Australia'.
Professor Steve Sparks is to receive an ERC Advanced Grant for a study of volcanoes and their environmental and social impact.
A book by Professor Christine MacLeod in the Department of Historical Studies has been awarded the Society for the History of Technology’s Edelstein Prize for 2008.
Jeremy Henley, Professor of Molecular Neuroscience in the Department of Anatomy, has been awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant of over €2.1M for a study of SUMO, a protein that influences how brain cells communicate.
Two Bristol academics are among the 43 UK researchers to have been successful in getting funding as part of the latest round of awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Research Grants (Standard) Scheme.
Research Councils UK (RCUK) have announced £12 million of funding for collaborations between British universities and institutions in China, India and the US.
