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Research Excellence Awards
The OU Research Excellence Awards recognise outstanding research and celebrate achievement within the OU research environment.
They began in 2018, followed by a special 2019 programme which featured a 50th Anniversary Prize.
Categories celebrated by the Awards are:
- Best External Collaboration
- Best Support for Research
- Early Career Researcher
- Outstanding Impact on Teaching, Curriculum and Students
- Outstanding Research Project
- Outstanding Impact of Research on Society and Prosperity
If you have any questions about the process, email the Research REF team.
News & articles
OU space researchers secure a share of £2 million Research England funding
The Open University’s award-winning space researchers are to benefit from significant new funding awarded by Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund (CCF) to the Space Research and Innovation Network for Technology (SPRINT) programme.
26th July 2021
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- Martian global dust storm ended winter early in the south 22nd July 2021
- Call for early mental health support for children during COVID-19 14th July 2021
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