Last chance to enter Times higher awards
21 May 2009
RCUK is sponsoring two awards at the Times Higher Education Awards this year: the Award for Serendipity and the Award for Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers (co-sponsored by Vitae). The deadline to enter is 5 June.
The Serendipity award will recognise entrepreneurial spirit in universities and reward researchers who have seen and seized unexpected opportunities for economic and/or societal impact arising from research. The judges will be looking for:
- The unexpected nature of the research discovery (the research may have taken place some time in the past);
- The significant positive impacts arising from the research which have manifest over the last few years and made a demonstrable contribution to society and/or the economy;
- The contribution of the individual to achieving the impact.
Entrants should summarise in no more than 500 words how their example meets these three criteria.
In partnership with Vitae, RCUK sponsor the THE Award for Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers. The Award provides an opportunity to highlight some of the excellent ways in which researchers are helped to develop the research, vocational and entrepreneurial skills that are matched to the demands of their future career paths.
The submission should outline an example of support for the career development of postgraduate researchers and/or research staff. The judges will be particularly interested in support which:
- is of an innovative, exemplary or collaborative nature;
- has tangible outcomes (for example, what researchers have done as a result);
- relates to the implementation of the Concordat to support the career development of researchers.
Entrants should summarise in no more than 500 words what they were trying to achieve, how they set about achieving it and how the impact of the support is measured and evaluated.
The deadline for entries is 7pm on 5 June 2009 and entrants should apply online via http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/theawards
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