Researchers at the University of Reading have had more funding success with awards from research councils and learned societies.

Richard Bennett (School of Agriculture, Policy & Development) was awarded a DEFRA Standard Research Grant for his Animal Welfare Valuation Research.

Becks Spake (School of Biological Sciences) was awarded a DEFRA Studentship for her work on the impacts of development on ancient woodland.

Colin McKinnon (Institute for Environmental Analysis) was awarded a research grant from the Oman ministry of Agriculture & Fishery for his Rain Enhancement Data Analysis.

Paz Vaqueiro (School of Chemistry, Food & Pharmacy) was awarded an research grant from EPSRC for the Royce Materials Challenge Accelerator Programme (MCAP).

Sarah Dance (School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences) was awarded a grant from the Met Office for her work on Observation Impacts in Next Generation Hazardous Weather Prediction.

Aleksander Pluskowski (School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science) was awarded a research grant from Horizon Europe for his work on Re-thinking the Green Revolution in the Medieval Western Mediterranean (6th – 16th centuries) (MEDGREENREV).

Peter Dorward (School of Agriculture Policy & Development) was awarded a research contract with the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, working on consultancy on Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) under the INTRA-ACP Climate Services and Related Applications Programme (CLIMSA).

Stella Chan (School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences) was awarded a research grant from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR).

Chris Reynolds (School of Agriculture, Policy & Development) was awarded a BBSRC Research Grant for his work on Dairy Cow Heat Stress Within Building Microclimates.

Roger Matthews (School of Archaeology, Geography & Environmental Science) was awarded a research grant from AHRC for his work on States of Clay: Integrated Scientific Approaches to Clay Bureaucratic Objects from Early Mesopotamia, 3700-2700 BCE.