Dr. Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, has been awarded a 1.5 million Euro Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The research project entitled "Evolution of white dwarfs with 3D model atmospheres" will soon recruit...

University of Warwick astrophysicist Dr Andrew Levan has been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in Astronomy and Astrophysics by the Leverhulme Trust.

The prestigious prize acknowledges Dr Levan’s work within the University’s Department of Physics on the brightest explosions in nature, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, as well as studies of the distant galaxies where they are made.

The awards, with a value of £70,000 each, are given to outstanding scholars who have made a substantial and recognised contribution to their particular field of study, recognised at an international level, and where the expectation is that their greatest achievement is yet to come.

Dr Levan said: “I’m very honoured to have received this award, which will allow me to drive forward my research into some of the most extreme and enigmatic objects in the Universe”.

The prizes commemorate the contribution to the work of the Trust made by Philip Leverhulme, the Third Viscount Leverhulme and grandson of the founder.

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/university_of_warwick_astrophysicist_wins_philip_leverhulme_prize1

Michael Lindon, currently on the 4yr M.Phys. Physics course in our department, has just won the James B Duke Fellowship of Duke University in North Carolina, USA. Duke is among the top 10 universities in the US and ranked 19th world-wide. These fellowships are awarded to a small number of students applying to (all) Duke PhD programs following a campus-wide competition. Winning the award is a distinction and an honor; the award recognises a student's academic achievement to date and reflects Duke University's view of their scholarly and research promise for PhD studies at Duke. The Fellowship carries a substantial stipend supplement per year for each of the first 4 years -- in addition to the financial PhD support at Duke. Well done Michael and all the best for your future PhD work at Duke University next academic year!

We will soon launch the call for mini-project proposals for the Systems Biology MSc students. There are 19 students this year and each student carries out one experimental biology project and one "dry" project.

The mini-projects are 12 weeks long, with the first one running from 21st March 2009 - 10th June 2010 and the second one from 13th June - 9th September 2010.

Ahead of this call, we are announcing the opportunity to give a short talk to the students to introduce your research area.

The IOP has just launched its conference fund for PhD students, providing financial support to research student members to attend international conferences and major national meetings.

Up to £250 can be applied for during the course of your PhD.

The newly formed Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL) is pleased to announce that it has funding available for staff and students to undertake projects related to the development of innovative learning. £125,000 is available for the academic year 2010/11 in various funding streams.

For more information please visit the links below
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/insite/newsandevents/intnews2/iatl_funding
go.warwick.ac.uk/iatl/funding

The University is pleased to announce the second call for the Santander Research Grant Fund. Santander Universities is making available £11,600 in 2010-11 to support research visits and conference attendances by postdoctoral researchers to one of the following countries/territories: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela.

See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/insite/newsandevents/notices/santander_research_grant/

The Peter Carpenter Memorial Graduate Student Travel Fund was established to support graduate students working in the discipline for which Peter Carpenter was noted. Peter extracted much pleasure from his research and attendance at international conferences and the fund seeks to assist graduate students in gaining a similar experience.
The School of Engineering therefore invites bids to the fund from eligible candidates from all academic departments (please see guidelines for further details)