About the Principal’s Research Awards
The Principal’s Research Awards is an annual event hosted on campus since 2023 to recognize and celebrate outstanding research excellence among faculty and graduate students.
This prestigious occasion serves as a platform to honor scholars whose work has made significant contributions to academia, industry, and society, aligning with the university’s mandate to drive innovation, impact, and sustainable development.
The ceremony acknowledges exceptional research output, high-impact publications, innovation, and research aligned with national and global development priorities. Awardees represent a diverse range of disciplines, showcasing the university’s commitment to Agility, Alignment, and Access in research.
These awards will be presented at the Principal’s Research Awards Ceremony carded for 26 November 2025. All selected awardees will be invited to present their research during research festival sessions on 27 & 28 November 2025.
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.
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 ASAP (Academic and Senior Administrative Professional) and ATSS (Administrative, Technical and Service Support) 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 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
Open Award
- Hurricane and Earthquake Alleviation Research (HEAR) Award