Funding, Awards, & Recognition

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Research grants

Kč 1,416,010: International Research Teams (IRT): Internal grant awarded
by the University of Hradec Králové (Co-I) 2025-2026

Co-investigator (Co-I): 1,416,010 CZK. Coexistence of humans and free-living cats: conflicts and opportunities in more-than-human neighborhoods (Principal Investigator, F. Jaroš)

£10,000: Society for Companion Animal Studies (SCAS) Pump Priming Grant (Co-I) 2024-2025

Co-investigator (Co-I): 10,000 GPB. Companion Cats and Dogs in Nepal: A New Frontier (Principal Investigator, M. Szydlowski)

€159,460: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (Principle Investigator) 2017-2019

Morphogen-like properties of small RNA gradients: A new paradigm for the role of small RNAs in developmental biology (GAP-709293): https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/709293

Outreach grants

$5000: Wenner-Gren Foundation Conference and Workshop Grant, 2025 (Co-PI)

5000 USD awarded to support costs associated with hosting the fifth Anthrozoology as International Practice (AIP2025): A student conference in human-animal studies.

$665: Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) Activities Grant, 2024 (Principle Investigator)

665 AUD awarded to support merit-based awards and associated costs of hosting the fourth Anthrozoology as International Practice (AIP2024): A student conference in human-animal studies.

$500: Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) Activities Grant, 2023 (Principle Investigator)

500 AUD awarded to support merit-based awards and associated costs of hosting the third Anthrozoology as International Practice (AIP2023): A student conference in human-animal studies.

£1,000: Researcher-Led Initiative (RLI) funded by the University of Exeter Researcher Development and Research Culture team, 2022 (Principle Investigator)

Beyond the Brick Campus: Building a more inclusive academic culture

Awards

AASA Journal Article by an Early Career Researcher Prize (2023)

The Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) awarded this prize (+500 AUD) to Jes Hooper, Thomas Aiello, Kris Hill, Michelle Szydlowski, Sarah Oxley Heaney, “Nothing More than ‘Anti-Cull Activists’: Accusations of Bias and the Politics of Research that Advocates for Non-Human Animals”, Animal Studies Journal, 12(1), 2023, 70-95. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14453/asj/v12i1.6

AASA Popular Communication of Animals Studies Prize (2023)

The Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) awarded this prize (+500 AUD) to Kris Hill, Michelle Szydlowski, Sarah Oxley Heaney, Irene Perrett, Gill Howarth, Louise Hayward, Jes Hooper, and Tom Aiello for our work establishing and developing Anthrozoology as International Practice (AIP): A Student Conference in Human-Animal Studies.

Penny L. Bernstein Human-Cat Interaction Student Award (2020)

Awarded to Kris Hill by the International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ) (250 USD).

British Science Association Bursary (2011)

British Science Association Bursary (2011), awarded Kris Hill to attend the Science Communication Conference at Kings Cross, London, UK (500 GBP)