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A cutting-edge instrument developed by scientists at the University of Oxford has passed critical tests and gained a powerful adaptive optics system.
Breaking Moore’s Law: New photonic computing project aims to speed up artificial intelligence computing power to petascale processing levels
Funding Materials science
15 April 2021
The PHOENICS project brings together world leaders in neuromorphic photonic computing to achieve for the first time energy efficient petascale processing powers with ultra-high bandwidth. This is the processing power required by AI to reach its full potential.
Engineering Science team awarded joint UK-Ireland funding to research ocean wave breaking
Engineering Funding Research
10 March 2021
£1.1m multi-institution project aims to assist the development of offshore renewable energy in challenging sea conditions.
UK launches new £10M Research Centre to spur a greener Global Financial System
Climate change Engineering Funding
15 February 2021
The centre, led by Oxford, will transform the finance sector’s ability to invest differently to promote climate and environmental action. Researchers from the Oxford eResearch Centre in the Department of Engineering Science are contributing, alongside researchers from other University departments.
£100 million donation from Ineos to create new institute to fight antimicrobial resistance
Chemistry Funding Medical science Zoology
19 January 2021
Ineos, one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, and the University of Oxford are launching a new world-leading institute to combat the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which currently causes an estimated 1.5 million excess deaths each year.
Quantum Technologies for Fundamental Physics: exciting science awaits
Funding Physics Research
13 January 2021
Oxford’s Department of Physics is playing a key role in three of the seven quantum projects supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
Professor Martin Booth receives ERC Proof of Concept grant
Engineering Funding
7 January 2021
The project will develop the commercial potential of the novel imaging technology developed by Prof Booth, adaptive optical microscopy.
DeepMind offer four scholarships at Oxford University for under-represented students
Computer science Equality and Diversity Funding
10 December 2020
Four more DeepMind graduate scholarships for students wishing to pursue a master’s degree in Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science will be made available for students commencing courses in 2021–22.
Eight Oxford researchers, including five from MPLS, awarded major European Research Council funding
Chemistry Engineering Funding Plant sciences Zoology
9 December 2020
European Research Council grants worth more than €16.3 million have been awarded to University of Oxford researchers for a range of cutting-edge projects.
$10 million gift for new Nanoscience Institute in Oxford
Biomedical engineering Chemistry Engineering Funding Materials science Medical science Physics
7 December 2020
A new institute for nanoscience research is to open in Oxford thanks to a $10 million gift from The Kavli Foundation.
Hester Cordelia Parsons Fund 2020-21: Call for Applications
Funding Plant sciences Zoology
23 October 2020
Applications are invited from members of the University for grants that support the costs of research in experimental biological science.
New funding to improve water security for 10 million people in Africa and Asia
Engineering Funding Zoology
21 October 2020
New funding from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) will now extend to 2024 and increase to £22.5 million, to support the REACH programme improve water security by delivering world-class science to transform policy and practice.
Prof Angela Russell awarded 2021 Harrington UK Rare Disease Scholar Award
Award Chemistry Funding Medical science
16 October 2020
The Harrington Discovery Institute (HDI) in the US has announced five winners of its inaugural UK Rare Disease Scholar Award competition.
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to enable pioneering ground-based testing of space travel
Award Engineering Funding
15 October 2020
Dr Tobias Hermann in the Department of Engineering Science aims to ensure that future spacecraft are able to re-enter the earth’s atmosphere safely despite being exposed to extreme heat.
Prestigious European Awards for MPLS researchers
Chemistry Funding Materials science Physics
8 September 2020
Five researchers from MPLS Division have been awarded major European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants to fund cutting-edge projects.
SNAP-DRAGON project funded to study the changing subpolar North Atlantic Ocean
Climate change Earth sciences Funding Research
29 June 2020
The project, led by Oxford Earth Sciences Associate Professor Helen Johnson, will provide new knowledge of this critical region, which will help to improve predictions of ocean and climate variability in the North Atlantic and beyond.
Transformational gift to support Oxford’s newest graduate college
Funding MPLS Medical science
11 June 2020
Oxford University has received a landmark £80 million donation from the Reuben Foundation that will transform Oxford’s newest college and establish a major new scholarship programme for graduate and undergraduate students.
Oxford University and Amazon Web Services create a test-bed for cloud-based research
Computer science Engineering Funding MPLS
1 May 2020
Today the University of Oxford is delighted to announce a new strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The collaboration will focus on building a portfolio of new research projects relating to AI, robotics, cyber-physical systems, human-centred computing, and support to the University’s new “Lighthouse” Doctoral Scholarships.
Oxford wins £5.5 million EPSRC funding for High Performance Computing
Computer science Engineering Funding Maths
19 February 2020
The University of Oxford has been awarded £5.5 million by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), as part of a £27 million investment in seven High Performance Computing (HPC) services.
Oxford leads in £80M National Nuclear User Facility Award
Funding Materials science Research
20 January 2020