Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
| Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | outstanding scientists who would benefit from a five year salary enhancement to help recruit them to or retain them in the UK |
| Sponsor | |
| Date | 2000[1] |
| Official website |
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The Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award is an award to outstanding scientists holding posts at UK universities, originally announced in 2000.[2] It is administered by the Royal Society and jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the UK Office of Science and Technology, this scheme aims "to give universities additional support to attract key researchers, with great potential or outstanding achievement, to this country or to retain those who might seek to gain higher salaries elsewhere."[3] to tackle the brain drain.[1] They are given in four annual rounds, with up to seven awards per round.[1]
Winners
- Sue Black[4]
- Samuel L. Braunstein
- Peter Buneman
- Michael Cant
- Ken Carslaw
- Marianna Csörnyei
- Candace Currie
- Nicholas Dale
- Roger Davies
- René de Borst
- Jonathan Essex
- Ernesto Estrada
- Matthew Gaunt
- Georg Gottlob
- Andrew Granville
- Peter Green
- Martin Hairer
- Mark Handley
- Nicholas Higham
- Brad Karp
- Rebecca Kilner
- Daniela Kuhn
- Ari Laptev
- Tim Lenton
- Malcolm Levitt
- Stephan Lewandowsky
- Jonathan Lloyd
- Robin May
- Fabrice Pierron[5]
- Gordon Plotkin
- Adrian Podoleanu
- David Richardson
- Gareth Roberts
- Alexander Ruban
- Daniela Schmidt
- Steven H. Simon
- Nigel Smart
- John Smillie
- John Speakman
- David Stephenson
- Kate Storey
- Andrew Taylor
- Richard Thomas
- Benjamin Willcox
- Tim Wright
- Nikolay I. Zheludev
- Ruth Gregory
See also
- Category:Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holders
References
- 1 2 3 Smaglik, P. (2002). "Battling the brain drain". Nature 415 (6871): 3–31. doi:10.1038/nj6871-03a. PMID 11823808.
- ↑ "£4m set aside to lure 'Beckhams of science'", The Daily Telegraph, July 27, 2000.
- ↑ http://www.webcitation.org/6MdvAoJ6d
- ↑ "Royal Society announces new round of esteemed Wolfson Research Merit Awards". Royal Society official website. London: Royal Society. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
Professor Sue Black – University of Dundee, The new biometric - your life in your hands
- ↑ "Royal Society announces first round of prestigious Wolfson Research Merit Awards for 2012". Royal Society official website. London: Royal Society. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
Professor Fabrice Pierron - University of Southampton, Imaging the mechanical properties of materials
External links
- Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award at Royal Society website
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