Established in 2013 and run by the Public Engagement Unit, 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.

Winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Engage Awards are recognised for their important role in undertaking excellent public engagement with their research, increasing the impact of their work, improving their own skills and leading by example. The four categories of the Awards are:

• Informing - projects that share research with public groups from outside of academia

• Listening - projects that listen and respond to the needs, knowledge and experience of public groups

• Working together - projects that have involved working with public groups from outside of academia

• Leadership - rewarding an individual that has made an exceptional contribution to the culture of public engagement across their research centre /institute /department /broader research community.

The Vice-Chancellor's Engage Awards, previously the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Public Engagement with Research, have been running since 2013. Find out more about previous award winners.

The next Vice-Chancellor's Engage Awards will be held in 2021.

If you're looking for recognition for engaging public groups with your research, then you may be interested in some of the following awards run by external organisations. The categories, eligibility criteria and timelines will vary, for which more specific information for applicants can be found on the relevant organisations' websites.

Economic and Social Research Council - Celebrating Impact Prize

The Celebrating Impact Prize is an annual opportunity to recognise and reward researchers supported by the Economic and Social Research Council who’ve created or enabled outstanding impact from social science research. Researchers can be at all career stages whose actions have supported changes in practice, thinking or capacity that create a positive impact in our society, economy and in our lives, both here in the UK and internationally.

Find out more about the Celebrating Impact Prize

Deadline - 19 March 2020

Royal Society of Biology - Outreach and Engagement Award

The Outreach and Engagement Award run by the Royal Society of Biology aims to reward outreach work carried out by new scientists and established researchers who inform, enthuse and engage the public with biological science. The Awards consist of two categories, New Researcher (with a prize of £750) and Established Researcher (with a prize of £1,500).

Find out more about the Outreach and Engagement Award

Applications for the Outreach and Engagement Award close on 26 June

The Josh Award

The Josh Award celebrates the fantastic work being done by science communicators across the UK. Deadline: 14 April.

Biochemical Society Science Communication Prize

Each year the Biochemical Society has looked to identify and celebrate outstanding science communicators with an annual Science Communication Competition.

Find out more about the Biochemical Society Science Communication Prize

Deadline - Applications will close on the 28 April.

The Beetlestone Award

The Beetlestone Award sims to recognise leaders in the field of informal science learning. Deadline: 1 May.

Royal Astronomical Society - Annie Maunder Medal

The Annie Maunder Medal is awarded for an outstanding contribution to outreach and public engagement for astronomy or geophysics.

Find out more about the Annie Maunder Medal

Deadline - Nominations should be submitted by the last Friday in September 2020 for awarding in 2021.