Nominations open for the 2024 Chancellor’s Awards

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The Chancellor’s Awards are an important opportunity to celebrate members of our University community. They acknowledge staff who have provided an outstanding contribution to the University or society, or who have excelled in teaching or research. The awards also honour colleagues who are showing great potential at an early stage of their career.

The Chancellor’s Awards

Nominate your colleagues

University staff members are invited to nominate colleagues in any of the four award categories:

  • Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution
  • Chancellor’s Award for Research
  • Chancellor’s Award for Teaching
  • Rising Star Award

To nominate a colleague, visit the Chancellor’s Awards webpages to download the nomination form. Here you can also find more information about the awards, including the awards criteria and guidance on what to include in your nomination.

Chancellor’s Award nominations

All nomination forms must be filled in and submitted to your Head of School or Department before 5pm on Friday 24 May 2024.

How winners are selected

Heads of School or Department will decide which nominations to recommend to their respective Head of College or Professional Services Group. Heads of College/Professional Services Groups will then group nominations according to the award category and rank them in order of preference before submitting their top two nominees in each category to the Principal. The Principal will then recommend a winner in each category to the Chancellor.

Award winners will be publicly announced at the Chancellor’s Dinner, which will be held in the Autumn.

If you have any queries about the awards, please get in touch with Nicola Helliwell, Executive Officer, Principal’s Office, by emailing Nicola.Helliwell@ed.ac.uk.