About the UTS Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Research Excellence

Research awards

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• Research Translation Award

  This is awarded to a UTS researcher, or team of UTS staff (both academic and professional staff involved in the translation), who have demonstrated the ability to effectively translate their research into use by others outside of academia. This award will recognise excellent research that has been adopted by others in ways that has, or has the potential to, create significant positive change that will ultimately lead to impactful outcomes.

  Prize: $3000

  Eligibility | Selection criteria | How to nominate

• Supervisor of the Year Award

  Quality supervision is critical to the success of any research candidature, including timely completion of milestones and the development of appropriate academic and research integrity practices. This award recognises an outstanding research supervisor and the important role they play in supporting the research achievements and development of talented Higher Degree Research candidates.

  Prize: $3000

  Eligibility | Selection criteria | How to nominate

• Early Career Research Excellence Award

  This award is for an outstanding piece of research conducted by an individual early career researcher (ECR). Nominees are eligible for this award if, at the closing date for nominations, it is five years or less since the date of their PhD conferral. The research entered for consideration should demonstrate research excellence relative to the length of career and to opportunities. 

  Prize: $3000

  Eligibility | Selection criteria | How to nominate

• Research Leadership and Development Award

  This award is to recognize and encourage an individual researcher who is on a path to becoming a research leader. The nominee is likely to be a mid-career researcher (approximately 5–15 years post PhD) who displays evidence of being a research leader and champion of research development. 

  Prize: $3000

  Eligibility | Selection criteria | How to nominate

• Research Excellence through Collaboration Award

  This is awarded to a UTS researcher, or team of UTS researchers, who have developed and sustained a research collaboration (internal to UTS or with researchers from other universities and/or research organisations) that has resulted in the delivery of significant outcomes, including in creative industries or practices. This award will recognise excellent research involving a multi- or trans-disciplinary research team, consisting of collaborators across two or more UTS faculties or units in traditionally unrelated disciplines. 

  Prize: $3000

  Eligibility | Selection criteria | How to nominate

• Research Excellence through Partnership Award

  This is awarded to a UTS researcher, or team of UTS researchers, who have developed and sustained a research partnership that has resulted in the delivery of significant outcomes, including in creative industries or practices. This award category is aimed at recognising excellent research involving external partnerships with industry, community groups, government, councils, NGOs, not-for-profit charity organisations, etc—working with people and organisations that are not identifiable as predominately undertaking research themselves directly.

  Prize: $3000

  Eligibility | Selection criteria | How to nominate

• Research Management and Development Award (Professional Staff)

  For an outstanding contribution or initiative in support services that has boosted research capability and/or development at either Faculty/School/Discipline/Institute or UTS-level. This award is open to individuals or teams of professional staff across UTS who support research excellence. 

  Prize: $3000

  Eligibility | Selection criteria | How to nominate