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Triple win for Bill Gates Sr. Prize
For the first time three Gates Cambridge Scholars are sharing this year’s Bill Gates Sr. Prize in recognition of their outstanding research and social leadership. Kim van Daalen, Reetika Subramanian […]
Gates Cambridge Annual Report published
The Gates Cambridge Trust’s Annual Report 2021 is now available. It includes a summary of the Trust’s work during the year and the impact of our scholars and alumni in […]
Scholar one of 28 to win Carnegie Fellowship
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been named as one of the 2022 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. Jonathan Corpus Ong, Associate Professor of Global Digital Media at the University of […]
Gates Cambridge Class of 2022 announced
The Gates Cambridge Class of 2022 made up of 79 outstanding new scholars has been officially announced. The Gates Cambridge scholarship programme is the University of Cambridge’s flagship international postgraduate […]
A nasal and oral spray that aims to reduce Covid transmission and severity
An oral and nasal spray that aims to give added protection against Covid-19 has been developed by a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Dr Vijay Kanuru, a Pune-based nanotech inventor and scientist, […]
How parent-child conversations affect children’s ability to self-regulate
Before she started her PhD, Mishika Mehrotra [2021] was working as an Instructor Therapist with children with autism. Her role involved implementing a behavioural therapy programme for the children, who […]
A stethoscope for the brain
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is fundraising to publish a book about proactive strategies to prevent brain diseases. Ayan Mandal’s book A Stethoscope for the Brain aims to explain why brain diseases are […]
Investigating climate policy at the third pole
Samira Patel [2022] is interested in how climate change-related policy works best in different community settings. Her PhD in Polar Studies, which she begins in the autumn, will investigate the […]
A poetic approach to research
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has turned to poetry to get her research across to a wider audience and her poems will go on display at this year’s Cambridge Festival. Mona […]
Keeping music alive in the ruins of war
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has initiated a book drive to deliver music books to students at the Institute of Fine Arts in Mosul, Northern Iraq, after all their libraries and […]
