IOP Groups
Group Awards
Awards
The PGS Group makes 2 awards each year, if there are suitable applicants. In addition, Student members of the Group are eligible for a Division Prize.
Printing, Papermaking and Packaging Prize
The award comprises a certificate and a prize of £300.
The Institute of Physics Printing, Papermaking and Packaging Group will present an annual prize to an individual or organisation that has contributed a significant theoretical or practical application of physics in the areas of printing, papermaking or packaging.
The winner will be invited to present their work and receive their prize at the Group AGM towards the end of the year.
Applications for the prize should be submitted in the form of a brief summary of the work in English. The call for submissions for the 2007 Prize will be issued in due course.
The 2003 Prize was awarded to Dr Justin Bradley of London College of Communication. For details, click here.
The prize was not awarded in 2004, 2005 or 2006.
Postgraduate Student Bursary
The aim of this bursary is to assist in supporting a UK-based student engaged in postgraduate research in any one or more of the 3Ps, in particular where the application of physics can be demonstrated. The value of this award is a one-off payment of £500.
In order to apply, students are asked to send a brief academic profile of themselves, an abstract describing the scope of their proposed or current work (no more than 200 words long) and the name of an academic referee, preferably their project supervisor, Details for the 2007 bursary will be announced in due course.
The 2006 bursary was awarded to Pia Matikka of London College of Communication for her work on “Improved Prediction of Image Quality – The Relationship Between Appearance Attributes and Aspects of Image Quality”. Her award was presented at the 2006 Student Conference. The 2005 bursary was awarded to Philip Bowles of London College of Communication for his work on “The Visual Appearance of Image Reproduction on Coloured Substrates: Quantifying the Effect of Partial and Chromatic Adaptation”. His award was presented at the Group 2005 Student Conference.
The 2003 bursary was awarded to Raimundo Constantino from UMIST for his work on ‘Effects of Machine Variables on CD Shrinkage Profile of Paper’. The bursary was not awarded in 2004.
Applied Physics and Technology Division Prize
The Division offers an annual student prize of £100 plus reasonable travel expenses to collect the award at a group meeting. Nominations may be made by every member group of the division for the student who has, in their opinion, made a significant contribution to the group activities in the past year (1 October – 30 September). Further details are available here.
Please make suggestions for nominees to the Group Committee by 31st August.
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