News in 2022
- Fighting diabetes, understanding dementia and connecting people: This year’s Doctoral Prize winners are… 18 November 2022 Ways to detect diabetes early, protect against dementia and keep people connected through touch are all ideas that have won in this year’s Doctoral Prizes. Each year the University of Bristol picks six outstanding theses – one from each faculty – from hundreds of fascinating submissions by doctoral researchers in the last year. This year, they each receive £500 and a special certificate. Doctoral students finishing this year had to cope with pandemic lockdowns alongside the everyday challenges all researchers face.
- Research without Borders 2022: An inspiring insight into postgraduate research at Bristol 16 August 2022 In July, the University’s annual festival of postgraduate research took place in person for the first time since the onset of the pandemic.
- Introducing the Be More Empowered (BME) for Success PGR Advocates 26 April 2022 In March we welcomed our first team of five PGR Advocates to the Bristol Doctoral College as part of the Be More Empowered (BME) for Success programme.
- Applications are now open for the 2022 round of the prestigious, EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowships. 14 March 2022 Recently graduated or final-stage outstanding PhD researchers who have been funded fully or in part by the EPSRC for their research degree are invited to apply for the 2022 round of EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowships. The scheme offers an exciting and supportive environment to launch a research career at the University of Bristol.
- Fully-funded scholarships for research-related Masters degrees available for UK students from Black backgrounds. 22 February 2022 Opportunity Bristol is a scholarship scheme available to fully fund students to study on research-related Masters degrees. The scheme, for entry in the 2022/23 academic year, will equip successful awardees with research skills, opening up further doctoral research opportunities. To support interested applicants, the Bristol Doctoral College is running Application Support Workshops.
- £16.8m investment in 400 new Postgraduate Research scholarships. 27 January 2022 Last night, during our 100 Years of PGR celebration event, Professor Hugh Brady, Vice-Chancellor and President at the University of Bristol, announced funding for 400 new University of Bristol Phd Scholarships.
- Celebrating 100 Years of Postgraduate Research at the University of Bristol 26 January 2022 On Wednesday 26 January the Bristol Doctoral College and the Brigstow Institute hosted an evening reception to celebrate 100 Years of Postgraduate Research with panel discussions and a screening of three short films co-created by our postgraduate researchers and artist Bryony Gillard.
