Loughborough’s PhD Awards now open for nominations

Purple banner with gold and white writing on about the PhD Awards celebrating excellence, with a scroll icon at the top

The prestigious PhD awards recognise and celebrate the remarkable achievements and contributions made by the Doctoral Researcher community across both of our campuses.

This year, there are a total of 11 categories available for Doctoral Researchers, and four categories to celebrate our research staff community.  

The University community is encouraged to participate by nominating deserving individuals who have made a significant impact in their respective fields.  

The categories this year are as follows: 

Doctoral Researcher award categories 

  • Significant Contribution to Knowledge 

  • Doctoral Researcher Teaching Excellence 

  • Loughborough DR Community Engagement 

  • Community Impact Award 

  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Champion 

  • Buddy of the Year 

  • Subwarden of the Year 

  • Team of the Year 

  • Doctoral College Future Leader Award 

  • Doctoral Researcher Rep of the Year 

  • Doctoral Research Lead Rep of the Year 

Staff award categories 

  • Supervisory Team of the Year 

  • Pete Beaman Unsung Hero 

  • Contribution to Doctoral Researcher Development 

  • Outstanding Commitment to Doctoral Researcher Support 

Further details about each category and the criteria for nominating can be found on the online submission form.  

Professor Steve Christie, APVC (Doctoral College) commented: “These awards show the fantastic range of activities and depth of the abilities of our Doctoral Researchers. With the University strategy having research and innovation and student experience as two of its aims, the Doctoral College is at the core of helping to deliver the strategy.”   

Jaydeep Bhadra, Chair of the Doctoral Researcher Experience Board said: “Your support in engaging with the awards is invaluable in helping the University to create a vibrant and inclusive research community. We’re really excited to receive a diverse range of nominations that will reflect the exceptional talent and dedication present here at Loughborough University.” 

The nominations will remain open until Friday 21 July. Please note that staff members can only be nominated by Doctoral Researchers. 

If you have any queries, please email drexperience@lsu.co.uk