Student awards and prizes
Leicester students have been very successful in winning prizes and awards for their scientific work. Our students travel worldwide to conferences and field areas, and are in the vanguard of many research areas. Read here about some recent successes ranging from Brazil to fossil bones.
Rio Tinto Best Student Talk
Mineral Deposits Study Group Meeting
- Daryl Banks - 2018 (joint) winner
- Laura Ward - 2018 (joint) winner
- Jenny Smith - 2014 winner
Best Masters Research Project Prize
Mineral Deposits Study Group Meeting
- Laura Ward - 2018 winner
President’s Prize for Best Student Talk
Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting
- Jordan Bestwick - 2017 winner
- Laurent Darras - 2010 honourable mention
Council Poster Prize for Best Student Poster
Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting
- Chris Nedza - 2017 winner
- Laurent Darras - 2009 winner
University of Leicester, School of Geography Geology and the Environment Postgraduate Research Day
Sylvester Bradley Award for best Geology Postgraduate Presentation
- Christopher Stockey - 2022 winner
- Laura Ward - 2019 winner
- Chris Nedza - 2018 winner
- Thomas Hearing - 2017 winner
- Tara Stephens - 2016 winner
- Robert Goodall - 2015 (joint) winner
- Leah Nolan - 2015 (joint) winner
- Jack Lacey - 2014 winner
- Amy Stephen - 2013 (joint) winner
- Oliver Knevitt - 2013 (joint) winner
- Thomas Knott - 2012 (joint) winner
- Sam Matthews - 2012 (joint) winner
- Sam Cheyney - 2011 winner
Best poster in Geology
- Kate Canham - 2022 winner
- Cara Wells - 2019 winner
- Laura Ward - 2018 winner
Best interdisciplinary poster
- James Symons - 2022 winner
University of Leicester Images of Research Competition
People's Choice Award
- Chris Nedza - 2017 winner
Clay Minerals Bursary to Present
British Sedimentological Research Group Meeting in Dublin
- Sven Koenitzer - 2012 winner
Northern Mine Research Society Travel Grant
- Nyree Hill - 2012 winner
Student Travel Grant
International Association of Sedimentologists, IAS Annual Meeting, Schladming, Austria
- Sven Koenitzer - 2012 winner
Society for Sedimentary Geology , American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Conference & Exhibition, Houston
- Sven Koenitzer - 2011 winner
Madeline A. Fritz Award for Invertebrate Palaeontology
Royal Ontario Museum
- Oliver Knevitt - 2011 winner
Best Talk
BG PhD Forum
- Sam Matthews - 2011 winner
Postgraduate Festival of Research
University of Leicester
- Sarah Owen - 2011 Highly Commended
East Midlands
- Sarah Owen - 2011 Regional Finalist
Richardson Award
The Geologists' Association
- Dinah Smith - 2011 Best paper in the PGA
Student Member Travel Grant
Jackson School of Geosciences Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology Annual Meeting
- Laurent Darras - 2010 winner
Sedgwick Museum Prize
- Oliver Knevitt - 2010 winner
Best Poster
Petroleum Geoscience Research Collaboration Showcase
- Sam Matthews - 2010 winner
Henrietta Hutton Research Grant
Royal Geographical Society
- Sarah Owen - 2010 winner
Postgraduate Research Award in Sustainability and Conservation
Royal Geographical Society
- Sarah Owen - 2010 winner
Timothy Jefferson Field Research Trust
Geological Society of London
- Sarah Owen - 2010 winner
Jeremy Willson Charitable Trust Award
Geological Society of London
- Sarah Owen - 2010 winner
Santander Travel Award
University of Leicester
- Sarah Owen - 2010 winner
Whitaker Award
Geology at University of Leicester
- Daryl Blanks - 2018 winner
- Gregor Hahn, Chris Nedza - 2017 winner