Academic prizes
Brunel prizes are awarded to research students only during, or at the end of, your programme of study, for exceptional academic performance. More information will be made available once you start at Brunel.
The Vice-Chancellor's Prizes for Doctoral Research
Five prizes of £500 each are awarded on the basis of research excellence.
The Vice-Chancellor's Travel Prizes
25 awards of £500 are made to allow outstanding research students to travel to conferences abroad.
The Vice-Chancellor's Research Poster Prizes
£500 is awarded for the five best posters at an annual conference.
School of Engineering and Design Research Student Conference Prizes
Prizes are awarded for the best oral presentations, abstracts and posters at an annual conference.
Curtis Brown Prize
The Curtis Brown Prize, worth £1,500, is awarded annually to a student from the MA programme in Creative Writing: The Novel. The winner is chosen by senior agents at Curtis Brown, the leading literary and talent agency, from amongst those students who achieve an A or A* grade for their dissertation. Curtis Brown may also, at their discretion, make an offer of representation to the winner.
The Walduck Prize for Research Impact
This is a new prize, sponsored initially for one year by Mr Richard Walduck OBE, Head of the Imperial Hotels Group.
Heads of School will be asked to seek nominations from supervisors within their School. Winners will be selected by the same panel that selects the Vice-Chancellor’s Prizes for Doctoral Research, from those nominated on the basis of research excellence evidenced by research papers or their outputs. In this case, the Panel will also be looking for potential for impact arising from the research. This could be economic, but could also be impact in changing thoughts or perceptions, activity, or environment. The award is £500 and will be presented as a University prize at graduation.
