Learn about the Nomination Process for 2024
The Celebrating Excellence in Research and Impact event aims to recognise and celebrate the world leading research carried out by the academic, research, technician and professional services community at the University of Essex. The winners of these awards will be leading research that is excellent in terms of impact, significance and generation of novel insight and in terms of rigour and innovation of approach.
We invite self-nominations from individuals, teams, or projects, as well as nominations of colleagues from Executive Deans, Deputy Deans, Heads of Departments, Directors of Research, Directors of Impact, Project leads, Technical managers and Heads of Sections.
Award Winners will be announced at the event on Wednesday 22 May 2024 and will receive an inscribed award
Key Information
Deadline for Nominations: 4pm on Friday 23 February 2024
- Guidance Notes (.pdf)
- Nomination form (.docx)
- For all queries contact the Research Planning Team (reorp@essex.ac.uk)
Who can be nominated?
Nominees must be a University of Essex individual academic, research or technical staff, or research teams led by a University of Essex researcher.
An Early Career Researcher is an individual who is within 8 years of the award of their PhD or equivalent professional training, or an individual who is within 5 years of their first academic appointment (whichever is the lesser time). These durations exclude any period of career break, e.g. for family care or health reasons. The ‘first academic appointment’ is defined as the first paid contract of employment, either full-time or part-time, which lists research and/or teaching as the primary functions. The award of PhD is defined at the point of successful PhD viva.
Those submitting nominations should read the guidance notes and complete the nomination pro forma.
The categories
The award categories are:
Research Champion
This award will recognise academic staff with a significant track record of outstanding research and who have shown leadership in supporting or enabling others to deliver high quality research. There will be three awards for this category (one for each Faculty).
Outstanding Early Career Researcher
This award will recognise academic staff at an early stage of their independent career who have produced outstanding research and demonstrate strong future potential. There will be three awards for this category (one for each Faculty).
Outstanding Mid-Career Researcher
Best Research Impact
This award will recognise University of Essex research that has contributed to the development of knowledge and know-how that is of tangible value to non-academic partners in a variety of sectors. This includes, but is not limited to contributions to society, the economy, culture, health, wellbeing, the environment, technology, law, policy, and practice outside of academia. There will be three awards for this category (one for each Faculty).
Best Research Impact by an Early Career Researcher
This award will recognise University of Essex research conducted primarily by an Early Career Researcher that has contributed to the development of knowledge and know-how that is of tangible value to non-academic partners in a variety of sectors.
Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research
This award will recognise a team of academic staff who together have delivered exceptional interdisciplinary research that spans across departments and/or faculties
Research Visibility Champion
Outstanding Research Support by a Technician or Technical Team
This award will recognise a technician or technical team who have offered outstanding support for or contribution to: a research project; or overall research environment within a department.
Outstanding Research Support by a member of or team from Professional Services
This award will recognise a member of or team from Professional Services who have offered outstanding support for or contribution to: research within the institution; a research project; or overall research environment.
