Awards, etc.

Sedgwick Prize: Submissions by 1 May 2024

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 972)

The Woodwardian Professor of Geology gives notice, on behalf of the Examiners, that the subject for the Sedgwick Prize for 2024 is either ‘A proposal (with budget) for a programme of geological field-work’ or ‘A proposal (with budget) for the use of collections in Earth Sciences research’.

Submissions should be sent to the Registrary via the Sedgwick Prize Administrator (email: EarthSciencesBOM@esc.cam.ac.uk) to arrive no later than Wednesday, 1 May 2024. Enquiries about the Prize may be sent to Professor David Hodell, Woodwardian Professor of Geology (email: dah73@cam.ac.uk).

The Prize is open to University officers and Fellows of Colleges, and to other persons employed by the University to carry out research in the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography, who have resided sixty days during the twelve months preceding 1 October 2024. It is open to candidates to incorporate in their essays material which they have already published, but they are expected to submit a connected presentation of their case.

This Prize is offered every second year.