Nominations open for VC Awards 2024

Nominations for the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Research and Knowledge Exchange 2024 are now open.

This is your opportunity to help us recognise and celebrate our colleagues who’ve demonstrated outstanding levels of achievement, increased our understanding of key issues, and developed innovative solutions.

For 2024 we have added to the awards portfolio with the addition of an award for open research, which aims to celebrate innovative practices that enhance transparency, inclusivity, reproducibility and efficiency in open research practices.

Award categories

The categories for the 2024 awards are:

• Excellence in Research 
• Excellence in Knowledge Exchange
• Excellence in Research and Knowledge Exchange Support
• Excellence in Promotion of EDI in Research and Knowledge Exchange
• Excellence in the Promotion of Sustainability in Research and Knowledge Exchange
• Excellence - Impact Story
• Excellence – Public Engagement with Research
• Excellence - Postgraduate Research Supervisor
• Excellence – Rising Star
• Excellence – Open Research (New for 2024)

Evidence in your nomination

In your nomination, you should provide evidence of how the individual or team you are recommending for an award has demonstrated:

• A commitment to the LJMU Strategic Plan
• Collegiality and commitment to LJMU values
• Support for key LJMU priorities

Self-nominations are permitted.

Closing date and more information

The closing date for nominations is 5pm on Thursday 7 November 2024.

You will find further details on eligibility, process and criteria on the nomination form.

The award winners and commendations will be presented at the LJMU Research and Knowledge Exchange Conference on Monday 16 December 2024, hosted by APSS.