Undergraduate Microbiology Prize
A prize of a certificate and one year’s free Undergraduate Student Membership of the Microbiology Society will be awarded annually to the undergraduate student, in each qualifying institution, who performs best in microbiology in the second year of a Bachelor's degree.
Please read all information on this page carefully before submitting a nomination for a prize:
Eligibility
The student should be in their second or penultimate year of full-time study (or part-time equivalent) for a Bachelor's degree. Eligible students may be registered for any degree with a significant microbiology content (e.g., Biotechnology, Applied Biology etc.); nomination is not limited to BSc Microbiology students. The university will be asked to choose the assessed microbiological work for which the prize is awarded. Examples of appropriate work include: best written dissertation on a microbiological topic, best microbiology presentation and best examined microbiology module. The submission must be supported by formal marks, not an informal or subjective assessment. The university must decide whether or not a student is eligible for consideration. Winning students should have attained at least a 2(I) overall in their degree examinations at the stage at which the award is made.
Nomination process
One prize will be available to each university in the UK and Republic of Ireland offering an appropriate microbiology course. Each winning student will be awarded a certificate and one year's free Undergraduate Student Membership of the Microbiology Society.
Microbiology Society Undergraduate Prize Nomination Form 2024
Deadline for submitting nominations for the 2024 Prize will close on 26 August 2024.
Administration of prizes
The Prize packs will be sent to successful universities at the end of September.
The nominator is responsible for informing the student of their prize and presenting them with their certificate.
The Society will contact students with the offer of free membership in late-September.
Enquiries about this scheme should be made by email to prizes@microbiologysociety.org