Every year BERA recognises academic excellence and rigour in research by a Doctoral student. This underscores BERA’s commitment to developing capacity, advancing quality and methodological originality within the field of educational research.

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant should be a fully paid up member of BERA at the time of nominations.
• The institution at which the student submitted their dissertation should have confirmed the degree awarded by 31st December 2019; i.e this award is awarded to education students who have completed their doctorate in the previous year (2019).

Prizes

• £500
• Blog
• Complimentary registration at BERA Conference 2020.

Application Details

Application for the award should consist of

1. A submitted nomination on the BERA website below
2. Supporting documents
   1. An abstract of the thesis
   2. The thesis
   3. A supporting statement emailed directly to BERA  from your supervisor (600 words)
   4. A headshot we can use on the BERA website

 After submitting your application below please email these documents to membership@bera.ac.uk. PDFs will not be accepted.

Judging

Nominations will be scored by a BERA selection panel. The panel’s judgement will be framed by the following criteria:

• Research quality, including rigour, transparency and validity
• New area of research
• Methodological originality
• Significant conceptual or theoretical contribution to its field
• (Potential) impact for policy-makers, practitioners and other research users

2021

The award will open for applications in autumn, and will close January 2021