Each year, researchers from across the Unit come together for our annual Science Day. As part of that, the Unit presents several prizes in recognition of success over the past year. Those awards include a Public Engagement and Science Communication prize and our Science-Art prize winners.
Our Public Engagement and Science Communication Prize is awarded to scientists that have gone above and beyond to maximise the impact of their work. Individuals are nominated by their peers internally before a winner is selected by a judging panel including both internal and external representatives.
Our Science-Art prizes are awarded to the best creative entry that tells the story of the research that we do at the Unit. Entries can be a microscopy image, a photograph, a video or any other creative endeavour. Two prizes are awarded annually. The judges choice winner is selected by a judging panel made up of a scientist, science communicator and an artist, and our audience winner is selected by a popular vote including all Unit members.
Explore our previous winners below.
Public Engagement and Science Communication Prize
2023 winner: Indra Roux for her infectious enthusiasm for sharing science and support for a number of different engagement events this year
2022 Winner: Liza Emirali for her long-term commitment to public engagement and being a fantastic role model championing engagement work in senior researchers
2022 Highly Commended: Emily Self and David O'Loughlin for launching a new public engagement initiative; our Instagram channel, and working tirelessly on top of their research responsibilities to find and create images for posts.
Science-Art Prize
2023 Audience Choice: Emily Horner
2023 Judge's Choice: Indra Roux
2022 Audience Choice: Naomi van den Berg
2022 Judge's Choice: Amrita Mukherjee
View all entries and descriptions in our Science-Art Prize gallery.