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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 a 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.

Eligibility

  • Student must be studying a course related to biochemistry or molecular bioscience (can be in any year of study therein)
  • Student must have shown outstanding achievement, e.g., excellent exam results, extra-curricular activities, projects, mentoring

Prizes

The winning undergraduate will receive a certificate and the choice between:

  • Free Biochemical Society membership for a year AND £50 discount towards a Biochemical Society training course / event
  • £50 cash prize

Winners may also be invited to continue their engagement with the Society and participate in the Society’s work, where appropriate and where there are opportunities.

How to nominate

We are now accepting nominations for 2024!

Please email the completed nomination form below to the Grants team.

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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 must have shown outstanding achievement e.g., excellent exam results, extra-curricular activities, projects, or mentoring
  • Student Ambassadors are not eligible to apply for an Undergraduate Recognition Award.

Local Ambassadors can submit their nomination form by emailing the Grants Department at any time throughout the academic year.

Please note that only one prize will be awarded per institution per year. 

Throughout 2023, we awarded prizes to outstanding undergraduates for academic performance, extra-curricular activities, and contribution to the wider community. Please find the list of outstanding awardees below:

  • Adam Gicgier, University of Oxford
  • Alana Beevers, Keele University
  • Alexander Colton, King's College London
  • Alex Lindon-Jones, University of Birmingham
  • Aoife Meadhbh Nash, Dublin City University
  • Bradley Unwin, Sheffield Hallam University
  • Charlotte Meller, University of St Andrews
  • Devy Frederick, The University of the West Indies
  • Diogo Miguel Nunes Alves Cabrita Da Cunha, University of Hertfordshire
  • Edna Rajabu, Bindura University of Science Education
  • Ethan Martinis Friis, Cardiff University
  • Felicia Gunawan, Kingston University London
  • Hannah Rowbottom, Liverpool John Moores University
  • Ivan Berezovskiy, Aston University
  • Johan Rott, University of York
  • Kezia Gape, Lancaster University
  • Oliver Trigg, University of Reading
  • Olivia Ibbotson, London Metropolitan University
  • Rabbi Mohammed, Kaduna State University
  • Samuel Skoda, University of Edinburgh
  • Shah Ayesha Uddin, University of Westminster
  • Xu Shuyang, University of Strathclyde

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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