BSRG Awards
Three new BSRG Awards (posted March 2011)
To complement our existing Perce Allen and Roland Goldring awards (for substantial and noteworthy published research by established academics and their industry counterparts) and prizes for postgraduate students' work-in-progress presented at our AGM, we are introducing three new awards to recognise published research and independent work of outstanding quality by students at various stages in their career development. The Harold Reading Medal is awarded annually to the postgraduate or recent postgraduate (normally within 2 years of doctoral award) who has been judged to have produced the best publication arising directly from a PhD project in the field of sedimentology and stratigraphy during the previous year. The paper would normally also have been presented as a talk by a postgraduate student at a UK BSRG-sponsored meeting. The BSRG Award for Undergraduate Sedimentology is awarded annually to the best final-year undergraduate sedimentological project at a UK or Irish University, and the BSRG Award for Masters Sedimentology is awarded to the best sedimentological project completed by student on a one-year taught Masters course at a UK or Irish University. The first awards will be presented at the 2011 BSRG AGM.
BSRG awards several prizes each year at its AGM:
- The Perce Allen Award recognises a substantial body of research in any field of sedimentology. Candidates of any age may be nominated for the award;
- The Roland Goldring Award recognises noteworthy published research in any field of sedimentology. Candidates should be under 40 years of age;
- The Harold Reading Medal is awarded annually for the best publication by a current or recent postgraduate student (normally within 2 years of doctoral award) from a PhD project in the field of sedimentology and stratigraphy. The paper would normally also have been presented as a talk by a postgraduate student at a UK BSRG-sponsored meeting;
- The Poster Prize is awarded annually to a postgraduate student, based on their research-in-progress presented at the BSRG AGM. The prize is sponsored by the PESGB;
- The BSRG Award for Undergraduate Sedimentology is awarded annually to the best final-year undergraduate sedimentological project at a UK or Irish University;
- The BSRG Award for Masters Sedimentology is awarded to the best sedimentological project completed by a student on a one-year taught Masters course at a UK or Irish University.
Nominations received for the Perce Allen and Roland Goldring Awards are put to an online vote by the BSRG membership.
Judging of submissions for the Harold Reading Medal, Poster Prize, BSRG Award for Undergraduate Sedimentology, and BSRG Award for Masters Sedimentology is shared across the BSRG committee. The panels for each of these four awards would normally include the Chair, Secretary or Awards Secretary.