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ABOUT PRINCIPAL’S RESEARCH AWARDS 2024
A Reward for Excellence in Research
Principal’s Research Awards are presented to the outstanding researchers of the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies for their contribution during the period 2019-2024. The presentation of research awards titled “Principal’s Research Awards” was launched in 2023 conjoined with Research Festival celebrating 75 years of the university. These awards are primarily aimed to recognize the elite researchers at the campus and faculty levels besides encouraging the culture of research on campus among academics and professionals.
The researchers from the Faculties of Engineering, Food and Agriculture, Science and Technology, Medical Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, Law and Sports are invited to submit applications for Principal’s Research Awards.
This year’s Principal’s Research Awards has introduced 2 new awards titled i) Hurricane and Earthquake Alleviation Research (HEAR) Award and ii) Most Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award.
These awards will be presented at the Principal’s Research Awards Ceremony carded for 14 November 2024. All selected awardees will be invited to present their research on 15 November 2024 at the Principal’s Research Awards Conference under the theme “Research by All and Research for All” for the benefit of all researchers and external stakeholders to showcase the impact of research being undertaken at the Campus. In addition a process map for developing the Campus Research Agenda will be rolled out for the next 5 years (2025-2030) during this conference involving the faculties, public and private partners.
Campus & Faculty Level Awards
The following campus and faculty level awards will be open to full time Academic Staff except for the ‘Principal’s Special Innovation Award’ which is open to all full time Academic and ATSS staff.
Campus Level Awards
- Principal’s Award for Best Researcher
- Principal’s Special Innovation Award
- Principal’s Award for Most Impactful Community Research
- Best Team Research
- Most Outstanding Regional/International Research Project
- Most Productive Research Department Award
- Most Productive Research Institute, Centre or Unit Award
- Most Promising Early Career Researcher Award
- Most Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award & Mentorship Award
Faculty Level Awards
- Most Outstanding Faculty Researcher
- Most Outstanding Researcher of the Centre/Institute/Unit
Open Award
- Hurricane and Earthquake Alleviation Research (HEAR) Award
Our Goals
Advancing Knowledge, Innovation, and Collaboration
- Recognize and celebrate outstanding researchers of the St Augustine Campus of The UWI.
- Showcase the region and the greater world of the impactful research being done at the St Augustine Campus.
- Engage and collaborate partners in research through triple helix model.
- Revitalize the culture of research for solutions through multi-disciplinary research.
- Inspire young minds in the culture of research innovation.
- Foster an environment that encourages innovative thinking and problem-solving.
