Bristol student wins grant to take him to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
University of Bristol student Dan Bethell has been awarded a UK Sport grant enabling him to compete in the Para-Badminton programme at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Grants and awards
Prestigious Research Council appointments for Bristol Professors
The Board of UK Research and Innovation has announced today (23 March 2018) the appointment of Bristol Professors, John Iredale and David Stephens, to the councils of the MRC and BBSRC respectively.
Bristol seismology expert chosen to give prestigious Royal Astronomical Society lecture
A University of Bristol academic who is a world-leading expert in using seismology to understand the deep interior of the Earth and Mars has been chosen by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) to give a prominent lecture.
South Wales and South West researchers awarded £4.3 million for world-leading research into severe mental illness
A pioneering new Mental Health Platform Research Hub, which will advance the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of severe mental illness has been awarded a £4.3 million grant from UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and the Medical Research Council (MRC).
£1.6 million study will determine how bone size, shape and structure contributes towards arthritis and other musculoskeletal diseases
How the size, shape and structure of bones and joints contribute towards the development of common age-related diseases such as osteoarthritis and osteoporosis will be investigated by an international research team thanks to a £1.6 million Wellcome Trust award.
Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence to help drive translation of Bristol’s world-leading synthetic biology research
Dr David Tew, Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technology and GSK Senior Fellow at GlaxoSmithKline, will join the University of Bristol as a Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence from September 2018.
New £1.5M study will investigate what the ‘best interests’ are of patients who lack mental capacity
A new study that will explore the healthcare decisions made in the “best interests” of patients who are unable to make decisions for themselves because they lack mental capacity or competence has been awarded £1.5 million by the Wellcome Trust.
€5.3 million to tackle fatal bloodstream infections
A team of researchers, led by a University of Bristol and University of College Cork (UCC) scientist, have been awarded €5.3 million of Wellcome Trust Discovery Award funding to investigate the leading global cause of fatal bloodstream infections.
£1.74 million to improve life-saving potential of stem cell treatment for blood cancer
Outcomes for patients with blood cancer could be improved in future thanks to a £1.74 million Cancer Research UK award. The University of Bristol-led research, comprising an international team of scientists and clinical academics, will investigate why stem cell transplantation, which is used to treat blood cancers, cures the disease in some patients but can fail or cause severe side effects in others.
Cell biologist whose work spans over 30 years receives RMS Scientific Achievement Award
David Stephens, Emeritus Professor of Cell Biology in the School of Biochemistry, has been awarded the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) Scientific Achievement Award for his work on cell biology.