At the University of Glasgow, we recognise that good research thrives in an environment in which colleagues support each other to succeed, writes Professor Miles Padgett, Vice Principal for Research.

For 2019, we are launching the Research Culture Awards - four awards to celebrate outstanding activities that promote collegial behaviours among researchers and contribute to a positive research culture.

Collegiality includes acting as a role model or leading on initiatives to promote:

  • A collegial culture, which supports others to succeed. Examples include participating in mock panels or peer review panels, contributing to career development activities for early career researchers, supporting co-authorship and co-investigator status on grants, sharing contacts and networks (e.g. relating to impact-generating activities), passing on opportunities to earlier career or less senior colleagues to present or participate in meetings or conferences, and nominating colleagues for external recognition;
  • Good research culture at UofG level. Examples might include sharing best practice or leading/delivering support that goes beyond an immediate research group or subject, contributing to policy or external initiatives (e.g. through professional bodies, Equality Charters and learned societies);
  • Good research practice and research that is more open, honest and transparent, thus supporting colleagues to show collegiality towards the community at large.

This award also reinforces the revised focus of the 2019/20 academic promotion criteria, which sets the expectation that senior colleagues share their expertise and knowledge across all research dimensions – including outputs, award generation, PGR supervision, and impact.

Prizewinners will be announced at the annual grant-award ceremony hosted by the Principal on 10 June 2019.

Eligibility and criteria

  • Nominees must be current members of UofG staff and can be nominated by UofG research staff and/or students. The award is open to any member of staff, from any job family, who has made a strong contribution to the research culture. Research is interpreted here in the broadest sense, to include impact and innovation.
  • Team nominations are permitted. Teams may span more than one academic unit or College.
  • Submissions must refer to activities undertaken within the last three years: from January 2016 to December 2018. The nominated staff member need not have been in post at UofG for the entire three years or necessarily be in post in June 2019.

Four awards are available each year. A personal prize of £600 is available for each award.

Further information on eligibility and the application form can be found here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/ris/researchpolicies/researchcultureawards/

The deadline for nominations is 5pm, 1 May, 2019

First published: 22 February 2019

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