The annual Festival of Doctoral Research starts today, celebrating the work of our research students. Inevitably, a number of events have had to be postponed, but we have moved others, such as the 3 Minute Thesis competition online, and are continuing with the Research and Director’s awards.
Nominations for the annual Director’s and Research Awards are now open. Please take the opportunity to reward and appreciate the efforts and successes of our doctoral researchers!
Director’s Awards – Recognises and celebrates exceptional achievements and contributions of the University’s doctoral researchers.
Who is eligible for nomination? – Any current doctoral researcher (enrolled, writing up or awarded within the 2019/20 academic year) may be nominated, within one of the following themes:
- Education – recognising an exceptional contribution to teaching and learning, e.g. working with UG or PGT cohorts.
- Enterprise – recognising success or an exceptional trajectory towards e.g. commercialisation, spin-out, consultancy.
- Citizenship and community – for an exceptional contribution to the PGR- or wider University community, e.g. in mentoring, pastoral support, peer-to-peer support, contribution to a PGR society or similar.
- Public engagement & outreach – for an exceptional contribution to research group, discipline or Faculty, of University engagement/outreach initiatives.
Who can make a nomination? – Any PGR or member of staff (including supervisors and Faculty Graduate School staff) may submit a nomination.
Research Awards – Recognises the exceptional contribution of doctoral researchers to research group, School, Faculty or University research strategy.
Who is eligible for nomination? – Any doctoral researcher (enrolled, writing up or awarded within the current or previous academic year, including Doctoral Prize holders) who has:
- made a research contribution resulting in at least one 3* or 4* output for REF 2021 (as measured by University REF benchmarking exercise), OR
- for single-author contributions, has a publication of an equivalent quality
Who can make a nomination? – Supervisors.
Nominations for both awards close on Sunday 10 May 2020.
