Departmental Prizes
The closing date for all the below prizes is Tuesday 3 May 2022 at 5.00pm.
Thomas Willis Early Career Researcher Prize
Eligibility criteria
The applicant should:
- Be a current employee of NDCN
- Have completed their DPhil/PhD viva after 1 January 2018*
- Have made substantial contributions to the submitted research
The submitted research should be an original research article accepted for publication in a peer reviewed journal in 2021.
*NB This date is to be taken as a guide only: career breaks, family leave, periods of part-time working, or other personal circumstances will be taken into account.
Assessment criteria
Applications will be assessed by members of the Senior Management Group against the following criteria:
- Novelty of the work
- Impact of the work
- Applicant’s contribution to the work
The winner will be awarded a prize of £500.
Thomas Willis Intermediate Career Researcher Prize
The prize will recognise an outstanding piece of research accepted for publication in 2021 by an intermediate career researcher within the Department.
Intermediate Career Researcher Prize application form
Eligibility criteria
The applicant should:
- Be a current employee of NDCN
- Have completed their DPhil/PhD viva no shorter than four years ago (1 January 2018) but no longer than 10 years ago (1 January 2012)*
- Have made substantial contributions to the submitted research
The submitted research should be an original research article accepted for publication in a peer reviewed journal in 2021.
*NB This date is to be taken as a guide only: career breaks, family leave, periods of part-time working, or other personal circumstances will be taken into account.
Assessment criteria
Applications will be assessed by members of the Senior Management Group against the following criteria:
- Novelty of the work
- Impact of the work
- Applicant’s contribution to the work
The winner will be awarded a prize of £500.
NDCN Department Award for Public Engagement
Eligibility criteria
The applicant(s) should:
- Be an employee(s) of NDCN
- Have made substantial contributions to public engagement activity during 2020
Assessment criteria
Applications will be assessed by members of the Communications and Public Engagement Committee against the following criteria:
- Impact of the work
- Applicant/Group’s contribution to the work
The winner/winners will be awarded a share of the prize of £500.
NDCN Department Award for Teaching
The prize will recognise a member of/members of, or group in, the Department who has/have made an exceptional contribution to promoting the work of the Department in a teaching setting in 2021.
Award for Teaching application form
Eligibility criteria
The applicant(s) should:
- Be an employee(s) of NDCN
- Have made substantial contributions to teaching activity during 2021
Assessment criteria
Applications will be assessed by members of the Teaching Committee against the following criteria:
- Impact of the work
- Applicant's/Group's contribution to the work
The winner/winners will be awarded a share of the prize of £500.
NDCN Department Award for Support Staff
The prize will recognise a member of/members of, or group in, the Department who has/have made an exceptional contribution to promoting the work of the Department in a professional support role. This includes all members of the professional support teams (grants, HR, facilities, finance, academic administration, communications and events) and also anyone else outside of these teams who is in a role which supports our research (including but not limited to project coordination, research governance, technical support etc.).
Award for Support Staff application form
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The applicant(s) should:
- Be an employee(s) of NDCN
- Have made substantial contributions to the success of the Department during 2021
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Applications will be assessed by members of the Senior Management Group against the following criteria:
- Impact of the work
- Applicant's/Group's contribution to the work
The winner/winners will be awarded a share of the prize of £500.