Engaged Researchers Reward Scheme

Researchers who participate with public engagement are eligible for the Centre's award scheme.

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Researcher showing two children a cell model
The 2019 recipients of the prize for outstanding public engagement is Dr Alba Abad Fernandez, Wellcome Research Associatte (pictured) and Dr Natalia Torrea

The awards

  • Bronze – taking part in a single day’s activities.
  • Silver – supporting a more complex project with several days of delivery or development.
  • Gold – developing, running and evaluating a new engagement project supported by the centre PE team.
  • Prize - ‘Prize for Outstanding Public Engagement’ by a Centre team or individual, awarded annually. Award money to celebrating success: money both for personal use, rewarding volunteers and further engagement.

Presentation

The awards will be presented in Spring and Autumn each year at a special Centre's weekly coffee meeting.

The Annual prize will be awarded each year at either the centre's retreat or the schools conference.