The President’s Awards for Excellence are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Culture and Community, Education, Research, Societal Engagement or Sustainability.
The President’s Awards for Excellence in Research recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in early career research, research support, as part of a research team, and in research innovation and external collaboration.
President’s Award for Excellence in Impact
For Excellence in Impact, which encompasses Policy, Enterprise, Engagement or Translation impact, aims to celebrate individuals or Teams whose research endeavours transcend academic boundaries, creating tangible, positive changes in society and the environment while exemplifying Imperial’s values in action.
Medal winner: Azalea Raad, Department of Computing
Award winner: Steven Niederer, National Heart and Lung Institute
President’s Award for Outstanding Early Career Researcher
To celebrate the academic excellence and development of Imperial’s early stage researchers.
Medal winner: Richard Jan van Arkel, Mechanical Engineering
Award winner:
- Nicola Gasparini, Chemistry
- Pete Lally, Bioengineering
- Heather Au, Chemical Engineering
President’s Award for Outstanding Research Team
To recognise outstanding research that delivers impact, a team’s international standing and their beneficial contribution to Imperial.
Medal winner: Transmission and Reflection UltraSound Tomography (TRUST) research team, led by Oscar Calderon Agudo, Earth Science & Engineering, Bioengineering
Award winner: The RLA Lab, led by Rodrigo Ledesma Amaro, Bioengineering
Lynne Cox President’s Award for Excellence in Research Support
To recognise the contribution of Research Support staff at Imperial, including the beneficial effects their support has given to Imperial research and the innovative approaches/good practice they bring to a project.
Medal winner: Imperial Clinical Academic Training Office (CATO) team, led by Jeremy Levy, Faculty of Medicine
Award winners:
- Stuart Elliott, Chemistry
- Jana Pierron, Sargent Centre
- Ruth Tipples, Department of Infectious Disease
President’s Awards for Excellence in Research Environment (Ethics, Culture, Sustainability)
To celebrate individuals or groups whose initiatives and actions significantly contribute to nurturing an inclusive, collaborative research environment and promoting sustainable research practices within the institution.
Award winners:
- Isabella von Holstein, Department of Computing
- David Erritzoe, Department of Brain Sciences
You can read more about the awards in our news story