£4.9 Million UKRI grant to fund UK Dark Fibre Research Facility for Future Internet Research
National Dark Fibre Facility will enable researchers to create the communications technologies to power the future internet.
Grants and awards
Record £50 million funding boost to train next generation of researchers
The University of Bristol is today celebrating a record funding boost of over £50 million to train the next generation of highly-skilled researchers.
University business incubators provide best service for technology start-ups
SETsquared has been named as the best service provider for the West’s technology sector.
Four new Fellows of the Royal Society announced
Four University of Bristol academics have been elected Fellows of the world’s most eminent and oldest scientific academy in continuous existence: the Royal Society. Professor Philip Donoghue (Earth Sciences), Professor Jens Marklof (Mathematics), Professor John Rarity (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) and Professor Alan Roberts (Biological Sciences) join a Fellowship of some 1,400 outstanding individuals representing science, engineering and medicine: a global scientific network of the highest calibre.
Can a game of chance engage the brain and accelerate learning?
An innovative new project, investigating whether the uncertainty inherent in games can increase the rate at which children learn science, will get underway in the South West thanks to a £650,000 funding boost.
Tom Scott wins UKSAF Vickerman Prize
Dr Tom Scott, Director of the Interface Analysis Centre, has been awarded the Vickerman Prize 2015.
‘Hidden Museum’ digital arts project wins funding
A collaborative project between the University, Aardman Animations and Bristol Museums has been awarded funding by the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts.
British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship awarded to Bristol historian
Dr Benjamin Pohl, a medievalist from the University of Bristol’s Department of History, is one of 30 UK academics to be awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship from the British Academy.
Bristol researcher named Young Investigator of the Year
A scientist from the University of Bristol has won the British Biophysical Society's (BBS) Young Investigator of the Year award and medal.
Bristol chemist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Prize
Professor Dek Woolfson is the Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Prizewinner for 2016.