Honorary awards at SCIENCE

At SCIENCE, we have four honorary awards that celebrate and pay tribute to the research and work that is done every day at the faculty. The seven awards are presented to researchers, lecturers and staff at SCIENCE who have excelled in various ways. The awards are presented once a year.­­­­­­­­

 

Every year, students can nominate their favourite lecturer for the Teacher of the Year at SCIENCE award. The award is given to a lecturer who has performed particularly well in relation to delivering engaging teaching, continuously developing his/her teaching, knowledge sharing with colleagues and supporting student learning.

The award consists of DKK 75,000. Which must be shared between the recipient and his or her teaching team.

Nominating a candidate

Individual students or groups of students on Bachelor's, Master's, PhD and Master's degree programmes can nominate a lecturer for the award.

Nominate your favourite teacher here

Previous winners of the Teacher of the Year award:

 

 

Every year, the Faculty of Science presents the annual SCIENCE Dissemination Award to a member of staff who has made an extraordinary effort in the area of dissemination and communication. The jury consists of the Dean, the Associate Dean for Education and the Head of Communication. ​

The award, complemented by a 25,000 kr. prize, will be presented to the winner in the beginning of the year.

Nominating a candidate

Only employees at SCIENCE can nominate someone for the SCIENCE Dissemination Award. Read more and nominate your candidate on KUnet

Previous winners of the SCIENCE Dissemination Award:

 

 

The PhD Award at SCIENCE is awarded each year in September to three outstanding PhD projects that have been submitted and defended at the faculty within the previous year. The only assessment criterion is the excellence of the project and the graduate. The award is presented by the Dean on the basis of recommendations from the faculty's departments.

Together with the award, the three winners will receive DKK 25,000 each.

Nominating a candidate

Only employees of SCIENCE can nominate candidates for the SCIENCE PhD Award. Read more and nominate your candidate on KUnet

Previous winners of the PhD Award at science:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The SCIENCE Occupational Health and Safety Award is awarded each year in June to individuals or groups who have made a special difference to the physical or psychological working environments at SCIENCE. The assessment committee consists of the faculty director, the head of the occupational health and safety, as well as two work environment coordinators.

The price is DKK 25,000.

Nominating a candidate

Only employees of SCIENCE can nominate candidates for SCIENCE Occupational Health And Safety Award. Read more and nominate your candidate on KUnet

 

Former SCIENCE Awards

 

The SCIENCE Business Prize was awarded in uneven years to researchers who had distinguished themselves through corporate partnerships and innovation, in either educational or research related contexts, in relation to: mutually beneficial results, discoveries, academic programme partnerships, knowledge networks, research collaboration, etc. The prize was awarded for public or private sector collaboration.

The nominations were assessed by a judging panel consisting of representatives from the Danish business community.

The winner received 75,000 DKK for professional purposes.

This award is no longer given out.

Previous winners of the SCIENCE Business Award:

Previous winners of the now discontinued SCIENCE Business Prize for Young Researchers

 

 

The SCIENCE I&E Award for Students was awarded to students who excelled in having an idea that was based on educational or research knowledge and was expected to generate impact in the form of a new service, technology or product.

The award winner received a diploma and 10,000 DKK. In the case that the award winner was a team, the prize would be a total of 15,000 DKK, to be distributed equally among the winners.

Previous winners of the SCIENCE I&E Award for students: