About the President's Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement

Nominations for the 2021 President's Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement are open 11 January - 19 February

"I would particularly encourage people to nominate their colleagues for awards this year. As we are not all on campus, it’s much harder to say well done to people. Nominating them is a way you can show how impressed you are by their work. It can also help to showcase novel approaches to societal engagement."

- Anna Lawrence-Jones, 2020 nominee and 2018 winner

The winners of these awards have gone above and beyond to deliver inspiring engagement activities (with school, community, public and patient groups) or to support the development of a culture of societal engagement at Imperial. There are five awards available for societal engagement: 

President's Medal - awarded to an individual whose engagement activities have been truly outstanding
Achievement Award - for both individuals or teams who have delivered excellent engagement activities or programmes
Leadership Award - for individuals who have supported other staff and students in their own engagement endeavours
Inspirational Partner Award - recognises those who collaborate with us from outside our Imperial community to make engagement happen
Student Award - awarded to student teams or individuals who have delivered excellent engagement activities 

Nominations should be underpinned by an aspiration to better connect the work of Imperial with society. The awards recognise achievement in:

• Improving the learning opportunities of less-advantaged young people, as part of our widening participation and schools engagement aims.
• Engaging the public with research, through a process of two-way engagement.
• Working in close partnership with local community and/or patient groups in response to a social and/or research challenge.