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The Adam Weiler PGR Impact Award
Recognising and celebrating outstanding academic impact among postgraduate researchers
The Adam Weiler Impact Award is available to exceptional researchers currently registered for a postgraduate research degree at Sussex, who demonstrate the potential to achieve outstanding impact in their field.
The annual award is offered as the result of a generous donation to the University in memory of Adam Weiler, a former student at Sussex.
On offer are four prizes of £1,000 in four discipline-based categories:
- Media, Arts and Humanities
- Social Sciences, including Business School
- Sciences, including Engineering and Mathematics
- Clinical projects
Postgraduate researchers (PGRs) must be nominated by their supervisor or School's Director for PGRs, and the prize money must be put towards the recipient's research.
Prizes will be handed out during the Sussex Awards ceremony in May, and award recipients will share their work and its impact at a panel session during the Summer of Research in June.
| Key dates | |
|---|---|
| Nominations open | Monday 3 February |
| Deadline for submitting your nomination | Monday 3 March, 5.00pm |
| Entries reviewed by awarding panel [delayed] | Monday 3 March - Friday 11 April |
| Awards announced and nominees informed [delayed] | By Monday 14 April |
| Sussex Awards ceremony | Tuesday 6 May |
| Awardees' panel during Summer of Research |
Friday 20 June, pm |
2025 Winners
Sciences
- Winner: Marianne Glascott (Life Sciences).
Social Sciences
- Winner: Guy Edwards (Global Studies).
Clinical Projects
- Winner: Christina Niki Kampoureli (Brighton and Sussex Medical School).
Arts & Humanities
- Winner: Tiffany Murphy (Media, Arts and Humanities).
Terms and conditions
Awards are offered subject to the following terms and conditions:
- The awarded funds must be used towards the recipient's research (for example conference attendance or purchase of essential equipment). This must be agreed with the Sussex Researcher School (SRS) before funds are spent, or you may not be reimbursed.
- The awarded funds must be spent in a timely manner, within this financial year; by 15 July 2025 at the latest.
- Recipients are expected to attend the University's Sussex Awards ceremony on Tuesday 6 May, to receive their award, or to nominate a stand-in if they are unable to attend.
- Recipients are expected to take part in a panel discussing their work and its impact at an event during the Summer of Research in June; and to be interviewed for the SRS and/or University website about their research and the impact of winning the award.