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Cambridge researchers awarded prestigious Synergy Grants from European Research Council

06 Nov 2025

Seven researchers at the University of Cambridge have been awarded Synergy Grants from the European Research Council to lead five new collaborative...

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Dr Claudia Bonfio, Dr Akshay Deshmukh and Dr Elizabeth Radford

Cambridge researchers awarded UKRI Future Leader Fellowships

16 Sep 2025

Three Cambridge researchers are among 77 early-career researchers who have been awarded a total of £120 million to lead vital research, collaborate...

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Cambridge researchers awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council

17 Jun 2025

Eleven senior researchers at the University of Cambridge have been awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council – the highest number of...

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Early career researchers win major European funding

05 Sep 2024

Nine Cambridge researchers are among the latest recipients of highly competitive and prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants.

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Left to right: Manish Chhowalla, Nic Lane, Erwin Reisner

Three Cambridge researchers awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies

14 Mar 2024

Three Cambridge researchers – Professors Manish Chhowalla, Nic Lane and Erwin Reisner – have each been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair...

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Major investment in doctoral training announced

12 Mar 2024

Sixty-five Centres for Doctoral Training – which will train more than 4000 doctoral students across the UK – have been announced by Science...

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Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council funding

17 Mar 2022

Five University of Cambridge researchers have been awarded Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council, the premier European funding...

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Top L-R: Helen Williams, Richard Friend, Richard Samworth, Melinda Duer. Bottom L-R: Chris Hunter, Marta Mirazon Lahr, Marcos Martinon-Torres, Manish Chhowalla

Twelve Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council funding

22 Apr 2021

Twelve University of Cambridge researchers have won advanced grants from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premier research funding body...

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Cambridge professor appointed Director of the Leverhulme Trust

01 Sep 2020

Anna Vignoles, who is Professor of Education at the University, has been appointed as Director of the Leverhulme Trust: one of the largest, all-...

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Left to right: Christopher Reynolds, Cecilia Mascolo, Alfonso Martinez Arias

Cambridge researchers win European Research Council funding

28 Mar 2019

Five researchers at the University of Cambridge have won advanced grants from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premier research funding...

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Funding announced for almost 400 new doctoral places in arts and humanities

15 Aug 2018

The Open University, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge are pleased to announce the success of their bid for funding for the...

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Cambridge scientist leading UK’s £65m scientific collaboration with US

21 Sep 2017

The UK is investing £65 million in a flagship global science project based in the United States that could change our understanding of the universe...

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