This prize is intended to recognise and reward ESRC-funded researchers who have achieved, or are currently achieving outstanding economic or societal impacts through their research and collaborative working, partnerships, engagement and knowledge exchange activities. There are six categories for this prize: impact in business, impact in public policy, impact in society, international impact, early career impact, impact champion of the year.
A prize of £10,000 will be made to the winners of each category, with a further £10,000 for the department with the impact champion of the year.
The application deadline is 16.00 on 14 February 2013.
For further information please click here.
The RKE Operations team can help you with your application. Please direct any enquiries to RKE Ops in the first instance.












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