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Grants and Bursaries

Undergraduate Recognition Awards

Biochemical Society Undergraduate Recognition Awards are offered for institutions to award, at their discretion, to an outstanding undergraduate in any year of study.   

Applications must be made through your Local Ambassador and the student must be studying a course related to biochemistry or molecular bioscience.  

Please note Student Ambassadors are not eligible to apply for an Undergraduate Recognition Award.

Award Details 

  • £50 cash prize paid to the winning student 
  • One year free undergraduate or postgraduate membership of the Biochemical Society for the winning student 
  • A certificate for the winning student 

How to Apply

Local Ambassadors can submit their nomination at any time throughout the academic year

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To be eligible to nominate: 

  • Applications must be made by a Biochemical Society Local Ambassador
  • The student must be an undergraduate currently studying a course related to biochemistry or molecular bioscience
  • There are no restrictions on year of study
  • Student Ambassadors are not eligible to apply for an Undergraduate Recognition Award.

Local Ambassadors can submit their nomination by emailing the Grants Department at any time throughout the academic year with the name of the nominated student, and a statement outlining why they should receive the award.  

Awards are issued on a first come, first serve basis and only one prize will be awarded per institution per year. 

We are delighted to have awarded over 20 Undergraduate Recognition Awards in 2022. Please find the full list of outstanding awardees below:

  • Aldrine Kamudzandu, Bindura University of Science Education (Zimbabwe)
  • Amy Nuthall, Lancaster University
  • Anika Monsur, London Metropolitan University
  • Anna McDonald, University of Oxford
  • Austeja Ciulkinyte, University of Edinburgh
  • Cameron Smith, University of Birmingham
  • Charlotte Whittaker, University of East Anglia
  • Chloe Morris, Aberystwyth University
  • Cian Fitzhenry, Dublin City University
  • Daisy Walch, University of Leeds
  • Daniel Molland, King’s College London
  • Daniel Strama, Swansea University
  • Dexter Hammonds, Sheffield Hallam University
  • Ella Gant, University of Hertfordshire
  • Emily Chesters, Keele University
  • Jordan Brown, University of Reading
  • Kate Jervis, Newcastle University
  • Kinga Papp, University of Huddersfield
  • Lewis Yandle, Aston University
  • Mollie Dewsbury, Liverpool John Moore University
  • Natalia Delgado Ponce, Kingston University
  • Rebecca Young, University of Portsmouth
  • Weronika Duda, University of Bedfordshire
  • Ye Zhi, University of Strathclyde

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For further information please get in touch with the Grants department.

 

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