The Prize is open to current and previous ESRC-supported researchers, including doctoral students, and there are six Prize categories: Outstanding Business and Enterprise Impact; Outstanding Public Policy Impact; Outstanding Societal Impact; Outstanding International Impact; Outstanding Early Career Impact; Impact Champion. All finalists have a film professionally made about their work and its impact, and winners are awarded £10,000 to spend on further knowledge exchange, public engagement or other impact related activities. Winners tell us there are many benefits to taking part:
“It is a great opportunity to highlight the issues you are working on”
“Every single stage of the process has been beneficial to me”
“Now that I have won this prize, I feel it has legitimised the time that I have spent on impact activities and also allows me to continue making societal impact a key priority”
“My credibility as a researcher has increased”
“The Award money accompanying the prize has helped me extend the reach of my research”
The 2019 Prize is now open to applications – the deadline is 16:00 Tuesday 8 January 2019.