Early Career Research Prize

The Faculty of Health appreciates the outstanding contributions that contract research staff make to the Faculty. In recognition of this, we have an annual Early Career Researchers Prize Scheme. This Faculty award is given to recognise the contributions of contract research staff up to and including Grade 7 across the full-spectrum of activity in the Faculty of Health.

The remit of this prize is to reward excellence as an early career researcher in any of the four categories: Research, Teaching, Leadership and Wider Participation. 

Up to four £500 prizes will be awarded for excellence in any of the four categories below. Applicants should not be constrained by the examples listed nor will they be required to excel in all four categories.

Excellence in research

• Contributions towards significant achievements and publications in your field

• Development of new and innovative techniques and approaches

• Grant income

• Roles in patent development

• Supervision of PGR students

• Role in impact cases

Excellence in teaching

• Contributions to teaching or research project supervision

• Supporting students 

• Assisting in developing the curriculum 

• Novel ways of delivering the curriculum

Excellence in leadership

• Engagement and contribution to the Faculty and the wider University above normal expectations 

• Roles in research collaborations

• Fostering a supportive and collegial environment (e.g. researcher forums, away days, conferences)

• Mentoring

• Managing events (e.g. organising departmental seminars, inviting speakers)

• Contributing to departmental administrative responsibilities

• Promoting and supporting health and wellbeing

Excellence in wider engagement

• Roles in Knowledge Exchange (e.g. industrial partnerships, consultancy)

• Media contributions

• Public involvement, engagement or participation

• Involvement with external organisations/bodies (e.g. outreach work)

• Production of departmental outward-facing web content

Take a look at the videos below to see the achievements of the previous award winners and how they used their prize money!

Please note that PhD students are not eligible for this prize.

Further details on these areas may be found at: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/hr/careerpathways