The President's Awards
About the President's Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement
Nominations for the 2020 President's Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement open on Monday 2 December and will close at midnight on Friday 7 February 2020.
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.
Past winners
2019 - all the winners
From building educational centres in Borneo to raising awareness of women and minorities in STEM, read all about last year's winning achievements in societal engagement.
Students win big in 2017 awards
Two of the five President’s Awards were given to students in 2017. Find out how Beth Rice and the Pint of Science team won.
2017 – all the winners
From Austin Burt’s inspiring malaria-control projects to a Brixton-based science club for girls, read about all the 2017 winners.
Past winners
Fantastic outreach work recognised in 2018
Find out why Annalisa Alexander, Head of Outreach at Imperial, was awarded the President’s Medal for Excellence in Societal Engagement.
The inaugural award winners
From time travelling operating theatres to a pop-up heart and lung repair shop, read about the winners of the first ever President’s Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement.
Student-led project wins in 2018
Learn more about What the Tech? the project run by 2018 winners the Dean’s Student Advisory Council, which connects Imperial students with older people in west London.