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Principal's Public Engagement Prize
The Principal's Public Engagement Prize is awarded annually to academics, early career staff and PhD students. The award recognises an individual or team’s ability to reach new audiences not already engaged with research, demonstrating a lasting impact on the public.
Principal, Professor Steve Chapman
‘This is a great initiative that will support the unsung, public engaging work that academics do, that often goes unnoticed, as they endeavour to share their exciting and innovative thinking with public audiences. If their experiences encourage others to engage, this will be of immense benefit to everyone at Heriot-Watt. I hope that many people will enter this competition.’
Heriot-Watt Engage invites applications from candidates who can show a history of running quality and impactful events, describe their successful innovative ideas, can demonstrate how they have gained valuable experience, how this engagement relates to their research, and a willingness to share their top-tips to engage with the public. Applications are open for four different categories:
- Individuals
- Teams
- Early-career researchers
- PhD Students
The best applications from each category will be put forward for the main prize. The winning entry will receive £1500 funding towards future public engagement activities. Three runners-up prizes of £500 each will also be awarded.
Closing date
The closing date for the Principal's Prize for 2013 has now passed, and winners will be shortly announced. Get planning now to apply in 2014.