Awards and recognition schemes for those within the doctoral community
Find out more about the various award schemes for doctoral students and staff who work with doctoral students, as well as details of how to nominate
Doctoral Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2022 Doctoral Awards.
Awards for doctoral students
- Doctoral Recognition Awards
- Godfrey & Sue Hall PGR Student Prize
- Vice-Chancellor Engage Awards
Awards for staff who support doctoral students
- Doctoral Recognition Awards
- Excellence in Doctoral Supervision
- Vice-Chancellor Engage Awards
Doctoral Recognition Awards
The Doctoral Recognition Awards, organised by the Doctoral College, recognise students and staff who have contributed to enhancing the doctoral student experience.
For the student award, this could be a student who is actively involved in organising events to benefit others, improving equality and diversity, or enhancing the reputation of the University attending conferences and events.
For the staff award, it could be a supportive supervisor, a team within the University who have shown commitment to doctoral students or another member of staff who has improved the student experience.
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Excellence in Doctoral Supervision Prize
The Excellence in Doctoral Supervision Prize is awarded to a supervisor or supervisory team who have demonstrated exceptional performance in doctoral supervision.
In 2021, the prize was presented to two supervisors, Professor Toby Jenkins and Dr Simon Lewis, Department of Chemistry, for their excellent supervision and offering exemplary support to their students throughout their doctorates.
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Godfrey and Sue Hall Postgraduate Research Student Prize
The Godfrey and Sue Hall Postgraduate Research Student Prize, previously known as the Ede and Ravenscroft Postgraduate Research Student Prize, is an annual award for the best postgraduate research student.
The winner will receive £1,000 from Godfrey and Sue Hall.
The winner of the 2021 Godfrey and Sue Hall Postgraduate Research Student Prize was Bas Lodewijks, PhD student in Mathematical Sciences.
Find out more about this Prize
Vice-Chancellor's Engage Awards
The Vice-Chancellor’s Engage Awards aims to reward and celebrate the work of colleagues from across the University of Bath who are engaging non-academic audiences with their research. The Vice-Chancellor’s Engage Awards are open to all research staff at the University of Bath and doctoral students applying as individuals, groups or centres for recognition of activities or projects that illustrate high-quality public engagement associated with their research.
The Vice-Chancellor’s Engage Awards are run biennially: the next series of nominations is scheduled to open in Spring 2023.
Find out more about these Awards
Photographs
Have a look at some of the pictures from our last Doctoral Awards Prize Collection Ceremony, 17th June 2021.
Find out more about the awards
Should you want to find out more about the individual awards then please use the contact details found on each of the specific award pages.