The Principal's Prizes for Research and Engagement are intended to recognise outstanding contributions in research, impact and engagement. Details of all categories and sub-categories are provided below.
Please review the Terms of Eligibility and Summary of Terms before submitting a nomination.
Outstanding Research Awards
Prizes will be awarded for innovative research or significant breakthrough or a major contribution to your field.
- Postgraduate / Early Career Researcher Award (STEM)
- Postgraduate / Early Career Researcher Award (Arts, Humanities and Social Science)
- Individuals at Further Stages of Career Development (STEM)
- Individuals at Further Stages of Career Development (Arts, Humanities and Social Science)
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Outstanding Research Awards: Interdisciplinary Research
The Interdisciplinary Research Award recognises one or more researchers who have recently worked as part of an interdisciplinary team and carried out innovative research or made a significant breakthrough or a major contribution to their field through interdisciplinary working. The research must demonstrate using and integrating knowledge and methods from different disciplines and teams to generate new approaches to create new knowledge or innovation.
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Success in Engagement with Industry Award
This prize will recognise successful engagement with industry through impact on an industry partner's processes, products or services.
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Research Impact Award
The Impact Award recognises a project or projects carried out by individual researchers or teams of researchers that resulted in significant non-academic impact.
Non-academic impact is defined as the demonstrable effect that the research has had on society or the economy, and the benefit that the research has had on individuals, organisations or nations.
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Outstanding Postgraduate Research Supervisors Award
The Outstanding Postgraduate Research Supervisor Award recognises an individual who has delivered outstanding supervision to one or more doctoral research students. We are seeking nominations of supervisors who are providing a supportive, stimulating and inspirational research environment for doctoral students.
We are particularly keen to receive nominations of supervisors who demonstrate:
- Innovative (or pioneering) approaches to supervision (e.g., students from non-traditional backgrounds)
- Outstanding support for students during challenging times
- Genuine enthusiasm for supervising students
- Development of outstanding career paths for their students
Postgraduate students are also invited to nominate their supervisor for this award.
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Public Engagement with Research
Prizes will be awarded to researchers to recognise outstanding achievement in research-led public engagement. By research-led public engagement, we mean interaction with communities outside academia that has been inspired or is driven by research activity.
- Early Career Researcher
- Main Prize
Applications linked to biomedical research will also be considered for an Outstanding Achievement in Biomedical Sciences prize.
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