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Cambridge researchers awarded consolidator grants from the European Research Council

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded grants worth a total of €627 million to 308 researchers across Europe, of whom four are at the University of Cambridge. The grants are part of the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme. They are given to excellent scientists and scholars at the career stage to support...

MoSTLi triumphs at the Chris Abell Postdoc Business Plan Competition 2023

MoSTLi’s next-generation battery technology leads them to victory at the Chris Abell Postdoc Business Plan Competition 2023 MoSTLi, a next-generation battery startup pitched by Ismail Sami, has won this year’s hotly contested Chris Abell Postdoc Business Competition, beating battery tech peers and others to secure the £20...

Cambridge joins new global initiative to transform net zero hydrogen production

Cambridge engineer Professor Adam Boies has been announced as a co-investigator of a new international partnership set up to make low-cost, large-scale, net zero hydrogen production a reality. The Global Hydrogen Production Technologies Center (HyPT) is a £14.1 million five-year project led by Cranfield University, Arizona...

Strategy unveiled to boost innovation in Cambridge

An ambitious new strategy to nurture and grow its innovation ecosystem has been unveiled at Cambridge summit. The Innovate Cambridge Summit saw over 400 leaders from across the civic, business and academic working communities to support the science and technology cluster to maintain its position as a world leader amid...

Researchers celebrate Horizon Europe agreement

Colleagues from across the University celebrated the announcement of an agreement for UK participation in Horizon Europe and Copernicus with the President of the European Research Council (ERC). Dozens of ERC-funded and awarded researchers joined Professor Maria Leptin and Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith, Pro-Vice-Chancellor...

New electric buses roll out to carry students, staff and public on extended Universal route

A new fleet of nine electric buses will operate on an extended Universal bus route from October, after the University of Cambridge and Whippet buses announced a new 8-year contract for the popular Cambridge service. Subsidised by the University, but open to everyone, the U bus has been operating for 20 years. University...

Community Open Map Platform project supporting green transition secures major funding

A team led by Professor Flora Samuel from Cambridge’s Department of Architecture has been awarded one of four new £4.625 million Green Transition Ecosystem grants by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to create a Community Open Map Platform (COMP) for Future Generations to chart the green transition on the...

University of Cambridge takes part in new Research Hub for Decarbonised Adaptable and Resilient Transport Infrastructures

DARe, the new Research Hub for Decarbonised Adaptable and Resilient Transport Infrastructures has received £10 million in funding from the Department for Transport and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Led by Newcastle University, the Research Hub includes partner institutions such as the universities of Cambridge...

Cambridge researchers awarded ERC funding to support commercial potential of their work

University of Cambridge researchers have been awarded Proof of Concept grants from the European Research Council (ERC), to help them explore the commercial or societal potential of their research. The funding is part of the EU's research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe. Professor Cecilia Mascolo from the...

Millions of carbon credits are generated by overestimating forest preservation

Study analyses major carbon offset projects, and finds that – of a potential 89 million credits – only 5.4 million (6%) were linked to additional carbon reductions through tree conservation. The majority of carbon offset schemes are significantly overestimating the levels of deforestation they are preventing, according to...