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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.
The Awards are back again for 2022 and this year the categories include:
- Outstanding Research Project
- Environmental Sustainability Award
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award
- Best External Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange
- Outstanding impact on:
- Research on Society and Prosperity, or
- Research on Teaching, Curriculum and Students
- Covid-19 Award
- Early Career Researcher
- Best Research Support Team
- PGR-related awards:
- PRG Student Awards
- Outstanding Supervisor Award
- Best Technician/Technical Team of the year
The winners will be announced at a awards ceremony in London, in September.
If you have any questions about the process, email the Research Excellence Awards team.
News & articles
REF 2021 recognises 82% of OU research impact as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’
The Open University (OU)’s commitment to research and societal impact is recognised today (Thursday 12 May), with 82% of its research impact assessed to be ‘world-leading’ (4*) or ‘internationally excellent’ (3*) by the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
- Double award win for OU Music academics 11th May 2022
- From Urbanite to Astronaut: The Territorial Economics of Space 11th May 2022
- Researcher provides evidence in call for boost to life-enhancing technologies 28th April 2022
