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Around nine million Euros in ERC grants awarded to Bristol academics for pioneering research
24 November 2022
A total of six researchers from the University of Bristol have been awarded European Research Council (ERC) Grants totalling around 1.5 million Euros each. This places the University joint second in the UK in terms of the number of Grants awarded from the 2022 call.
- Around nine million Euros in ERC grants awarded to Bristol academics for pioneering research 24 November 2022 A total of six researchers from the University of Bristol have been awarded European Research Council (ERC) Grants totalling around 1.5 million Euros each. This places the University joint second in the UK in terms of the number of Grants awarded from the 2022 call.
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- Infectious disease modellers recognised for pandemic modelling work 24 November 2022 University of Bristol academics, Drs Ellen Brooks Pollock OBE, Leon Danon, Robert Challen, Amy Thomas and Emily Nixon have been recognised for their epidemiological modelling work supporting the UK government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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