Principal’s Research Awards 2024

Principal’s Research Awards are presented to the outstanding researchers of the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies for their contribution during the period 2019-2024. The presentation of research awards titled “Principal’s Research Awards” was launched in 2023. These awards are primarily aimed to recognize the elite researchers at the campus and faculty levels besides encouraging the culture of research on campus among academics and professionals.

This year, awards will be given for the following categories:

Campus Level Awards
– Principal’s Award for Best Researcher
– Principal’s Award for Most Impactful Community Research
– Best Team Research
– Most Outstanding Regional/International Research Project
– Most Productive Research Department Award
– Most Productive Research Institute, Centre or Unit Award
– Principal’s Special Innovation Award
– Most Promising Early Career Professional Award
– Most Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award & Mentorship Award

Faculty Level Awards
– Most Outstanding Faculty Researcher
– Most Outstanding Researcher of the Centre/Institute/Unit

Open Award
– Hurricane and Earthquake Alleviation Research (HEAR) Award

00:00 Start
05:30 Welcome Remarks, Campus Principal Dr. Rose-Marie Antoine
29:40 Presentation of Principal’s Research Awards
1:03:24 Dance Interlude
1:08:58 Remarks Mr. Ian Mitchell, National Flour Mills
1:15:08 Feature Speaker Hon. Colm Imbert, Minister of Finance
1:35:23 Presentation of Principal’s Research Awards
1:54:51 Musical Interlude
2:00:12 Presentation of Principal’s Research Awards
2:22:19 Closing Remarks, Prof. Duraisamy Saravanakumar

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