Bristol Neuroscience (BN) has been awarded £4,500 by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) for public engagement work, bringing the total amount raised by BN for this year's Brain Awareness Week activities to £18,000.
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has awarded the University £2.6m to support postgraduate studentships.
The University of Teesside has awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science to Professor Eric Thomas, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol.
A new area of ground-breaking research to provide a better understanding of the cause, treatment and prevention of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME in children has secured a prestigious fellowship and funding of £730,000.
The Universities of Bristol and Bath have both won a prestigious national security award.
The Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences has been awarded a total of £1.52 million in Doctoral Training Grants by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
Professor Mike Ashfold of the School of Chemistry has been elected as the next President of the Faraday Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
David Murphy, Professor of Experimental Medicine, is the joint recipient (with Professor Julian Paton) of a £1.2 million BBSRC grant for a gene expression study, having also received a major MRC grant earlier this year.
Providing timely access to physiotherapy is a long-standing problem for the NHS, with more than 4 million new referrals each year and waiting times of several months in many areas. A Bristol-led study to improve access has been given £1.06 million by the Medical Research Council (MRC).
Ken Fox, Professor of Exercise and Health Sciences, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Coimbra, Portugal
