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ESRC CELEBRATING IMPACT PRIZE 2015 Applications are now being welcomed for the ESRC’s third annual Celebrating Impact Prize. The prize provides an opportunity
to recognise and reward ESRC-funded researchers who have achieved, or are achieving, outstanding economic or societal impacts through their work. Applicants are also encouraged to nominate an Impact Champion – an individual who has inspired and enabled them to make a difference with their research.
£90,000 prize money to further the impact of their work. The categories are: Outstanding Impact in Business Recognising research which has
brought about impact within business, management, commerce or industry. This could include benefits to a business through a direct change in practice or management structures, or through skills and training. It could also include benefits to a range of businesses by addressing a common challenge in new ways, with evidence of businesses responding to the research.
Outstanding Impact in Public Policy Recognising research that has
As part of the ESRC’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 2015, any academic who has ever received ESRC funding - from 1965 to the present day – is eligible to apply. Whether by engaging with policymakers, shaping business practice or changing everyday life for a section of society, researchers who have made a difference could win a share of
HOW TO GET TO 100 – AND ENJOY IT The ESRC Centre for Population Change brings a unique, interactive exhibition to the UK, which explores how our population is changing. What are your chances of living
to 100? How do your early years, your family life, where you live, your lifestyle and your work affect these chances? With one in three children born in 2014 expected to live to 100, these key questions have never been more relevant. Touring six UK cities, the exhibition uses the latest iPad- technology to display up-to-the-minute research findings via interactive games, quizzes, pictures, interviews and easy- to-understand graphs and texts.
contributed to the development of public policy at the local, regional or national government level. This could include direct changes in policy or changes to how decision-makers view issues, supported by evidence that the research has been taken up and used by policymakers.
Outstanding Impact in Society Recognising research that has made a contribution benefiting society or a specific group of the public. This could include impacts from working with local or community groups, charities or wider society, supported by evidence that the research has made a difference.
In addition, using research from
the ESRC-funded Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity along with Census data, the local demographic story in each of the cities visited will be told through animated infographics. The exhibition will provide a platform for the launch of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences at its London venue, gallery@oxo. “We are delighted to bring the exhibition to the UK audience and celebrate social science research and the contribution from demography, gerontology and other disciplines” says CPC Director, Professor Jane Falkingham. For more information, please visit:
www.liveto100.cpc.ac.uk Exhibition venues gallery@oxo, London
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Outstanding International Impact Recognising research that has
achieved impact at an international level in business, policy or societal issues, demonstrating collaboration across multiple countries and an impact in countries beyond those where the research was undertaken. Outstanding Early Career Impact
Recognising current students, and those who have submitted their thesis within the last three years, who have made an impact in any of the areas outlined above.
Impact Champion – sponsored by SAGE Recognising an individual with a significant personal track record in inspiring, supporting and enabling others to achieve impact. The nominated individual does not have to be an academic and may be working in an administrative role within a centre, department, school, or university. Applications close on 20
November. For more information, see:
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29 October - 2 November The Lowry, Manchester 10-14 November Silverburn, Glasgow 17-21 November Millennium Point, Birmingham 25-28 November National Assembly for Wales 2-4 December n
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