GRC Prizes 2024 Winners Announced!
The Graduate and Researcher College is delighted to announce the winners of the GRC Prizes 2024. These awards honour outstanding contributions made by postgraduate researchers and members of staff across various fields and disciplines.
The GRC Prizes were established to recognize and encourage the exceptional efforts and achievements of the university’s graduate researchers. This initiative not only highlights the outstanding contributions made by these talented individuals but also serves as a testament to the university’s commitment to fostering a vibrant and supportive research community.
Let us announce the winners of the GRC Prizes 2024:
Research Supervisor Runner-Up – David Garbin
“Receiving the PG Supervisor Prize is a significant milestone I would like to share with my outstanding students. Their commitment to their research and their hard work is truly inspiring! Their critical engagement and international research also enriches our whole academic community. It’s a great honour to work with them.”
Research Supervisor Runner-Up – Marta Farré Belmonte
“I’m very proud to be the Runner-Up for the GRC Research Supervisor Award, and I’m very thankful to my research postgrad students that nominated me. I take a lot of pride in supervising students and helping them develop into amazing scientists, being recognised by my lab students and the Graduate and Researcher College feels very special.”
Research Supervisor Winner – George Saridakis
“Receiving the 2024 GRC Prize for Research Degree Supervisor is an immense honour, coupled with the profound joy of having contributed to the growth and development of my research students. Many thanks to my students, co-supervisors, and colleagues for their unwavering support and collaboration over the years.”
Postgraduate Researcher Runner-Up – Krysia Waldock
“For the importance of my research topic to be understood and recognised as ground-breaking, and the work I have done outside of my PhD, to be recognised, means a lot. This is especially the case where I work in a field (disability/neurodivergence & religion) that is under-researched and not always seen as important.”
Postgraduate Researcher Runner-Up – Waksh Awais
“I am glad to have won the GRC Runner up prize this year and it has really motivated me for my academic career. I also greatly acknowledge the support provided by my supervisors, KBS and all other communities at University of Kent.”
Postgraduate Researcher Winner – Basma Eldoukhi
“I am very proud to be the 2024 GRC Postgraduate Research Student Winner. This award is a clear and nice recognition for all my hard work, commitment and integrity to my research, the university and diverse societal causes using my voice, skills, expertise, power, courage, fierce bravery, and conviction. This award is a reminder of what legacy and mark I want to leave in the academic research and community within the university and wider. I dedicate this award to the people of Gaza and every Palestinian scholar. Research is about and for the people and values, so when the time comes, we need to be loud and clear to stand up, speak up for these values and people and be the change that we want to see in the academia and everywhere. It has been a tough year and I am so delighted to be winning the Graduate school Prize for postgraduate student. It means a lot to me and I very much appreciate the nominations and the award.”