The ESRC is an annual opportunity to recognise and reward ESRC-supported researchers who have created or enabled outstanding impact.
The Prize is open to current and previous ESRC-supported researchers*, including doctoral students, and there are five competition categories this year:
- Outstanding Business and Enterprise Impact
- Outstanding Public Policy Impact
- Outstanding Societal Impact
- Outstanding International Impact
- Outstanding Early Career Impact
*ESRC have also opened eligibility to apply to social science researchers that have been funded by another UKRI Council through an eligible programme of interdisciplinary research where ESRC has been a partner on the programme.
All finalists have a film professionally made about their work and impact, and winners are awarded 拢10,000 to spend on further knowledge exchange, public engagement or other impact related activities.
Past Southampton winners have been -:
Professor Neil Wrigley, Breathing life into town centres (2014)
Dr Denise Baden, Cutting carbon footprints in the service sector (2018)
ESRC Centre for Population Change (2020)
Dr Winfred Dotse-Gborgbortsi, Geospatial analysis for Ghanaian maternal healthcare delivery and international policy (2022)
Key dates:
- Applications close: 16:00 UK time on 22 February 2024聽聽聽聽聽聽
- Interviews for shortlisted candidates: 20-22 May 2024
- Media Training for Finalists: w/c 1 & 8 July聽2024
- Awards ceremony: November 2024 (date TBC)
For further details, including application guidelines, please visit the .
For any enquiries please contact impact@esrc.ukri.org
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