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Research Staff Excellence Awards

Nominations for the 2025 Research Staff Excellence Awards are Open!

To celebrate and recognise the significant contribution that our research staff community make to the University’s goals and ambitions, the Research Staff Strategy Group will be seeking nominations for the 2025 Research Staff Excellence Awards. Deadline for submission is Tuesday 27 May 2025. You can find the guidance and application for below.

To nominate

For further guidance and the nomination form:

Research Excellence Awards 2025 guidance and nomination form

Nominations should be submitted to resdev@manchester.ac.uk by Tuesday 27 May 2025.

The award categories are:

Research Staff of the Year
Best Outstanding Contribution to Social Responsibility by Research Staff
Best Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research
Best Outstanding Output by Research Staff
Best Outstanding Contribution to Research Impact by Research Staff
Best Outstanding Contribution to Research Staff Environment

Research Staff Excellence Award Winners 2023

Research Staff 2021 Award Winners

Research Staff Excellence Award Winners 2022

Research Staff Excellence Award Winners 2020

Celebrating Success

Watch the video about our Postdoc Appreciation Week 2019 Making a Difference Award winners and watch the video of Matthew Hammer, Research Associate at the National Graphene Institute, 2020 Scopus Early Career Researcher Award winner in the field of Physical Sciences.