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Vice-Chancellor's Community Research Awards

Solutions for our Community

The Vice-Chancellor's Community Research Awards are designed to connect the University's world class researchers with our local community, and enable research into questions of importance to community groups. 

Since their launch in 2008 the Awards have enabled research expertise at Plymouth University to make a real difference to our community , whilst generating valuable research opportunities. 


The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Wendy Purcell, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Ray Playford and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) Profressor John Scott and the winners from this years awards. Congratulations to all!

Winners 2012/13

As part of the Plymouth University Festival of Research, the Vice-Chancellor presented seven community groups with awards to the value of £50,000. These funds will be spent on the research ideas put forward by the community and developed into projects alongside university researchers. 

Over 100 members of the community and university researchers filled the Jill Craigie Cinema to view three short films documenting the research ideas of 22 of the groups that submitted proposals. After presentation of the awards, the final film explored the legacy of the scheme through interviews with Ian Sherriff for his work with dementia sufferers funded in 2008 and Angela Rippon.

Prestigious Guardian Nomination for Scheme 

Marking the excellence of Plymouth University’s Vice-Chancellor’s Community Research Awards, the scheme was nominated in the  'Communtiy' category at the Guardian awards ceremony in February 2013.

For more information please call our helpline: 01752 588996 or email us on communityresearchawards
@plymouth.ac.uk