Press Releases
Warwick life scientist and microbiologist awarded prestigious BBSRC Fellowship
Dr Branko Rihtman from The University of Warwick has received funding from the BBSRC to study viruses that kill bacteria, hoping to find new ways to treat antibiotic-resistant infections.
€1.45m awarded to research the role of human skills for economic development
Dr Federico Rossi, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, is one of just 400 researchers across Europe to have been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, to study which human skills are crucial for future economic development.
Warwick University to host UK’s most powerful Nuclear Magnetic Resonance instrument
A consortium led by the University of Warwick has been awarded £17M to procure the UK’s most powerful Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) instrument at 1.2 GHz. There are only seven such machines currently operating around the world.
Innovative Solutions to the exploitation of health data in the global South
An international research team led by Prof Sharifah Sekalala of Warwick Law School has been awarded €1.4 million to examine how to better regulate the collection and migration of health data of people in the global South in order to protect privacy and prevent exploitation of their personal information.
Warwick international relations researcher awarded major grant to study Latin America’s contributions to the development of global norms and institutions
The ways in which Latin American states shaped, and were themselves in turn shaped by, the development of the complex of international norms, institutions, and practices that help structure world politics will be better understood thanks to a new research grant won by Dr Tom Long of the University of Warwick’s Department of Politics and International studies, and Dr Carsten-Andreas Schulz, an assistant professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica in Chile.
Bhattacharyya Award for university/industry collaboration opens for entries
WMG, at the University of Warwick and The Royal Academy of Engineering are inviting entries for a new annual award to celebrate collaboration between UK academics and industry. With a cash prize of £25,000, the Bhattacharyya Award will be presented to the team who best demonstrate how industry and universities can work together. Entries must be submitted by 31 May 2021.