[Astronomy] The Cormack Prize
Today I received some news by email that has made me very excited. I've been awarded the Cormack Postgraduate Prize, which means that I'll be receiving a cheque for £400!
The prize is awarded annually by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, specifically the Robert Cormack Bequest Committee (who also organise an annual, 1 day conference to showcase Scottish research in astronomy). It is given out to reward outstanding contribution to Scottish astronomical research, and is awarded for the best paper accepted for publication between February of the year preceding the award, and January of the same year. The postgraduate nominated must be the lead author of the paper.
Obviously I'm very honoured to receive the award, which given the timeframe must be for my first paper on tidal interactions in hot Jupiter systems. I certainly didn't enter for it, so my supervisor must have done so for me.
It's things like this that really keep me going with my research. The fact that someone thinks my work is interesting and worthwhile is a big motivating factor, and it's certainly got me re-energised. I'll be honest, the money is great but even without it I'd be very pleased.
The prize is awarded annually by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, specifically the Robert Cormack Bequest Committee (who also organise an annual, 1 day conference to showcase Scottish research in astronomy). It is given out to reward outstanding contribution to Scottish astronomical research, and is awarded for the best paper accepted for publication between February of the year preceding the award, and January of the same year. The postgraduate nominated must be the lead author of the paper.
Obviously I'm very honoured to receive the award, which given the timeframe must be for my first paper on tidal interactions in hot Jupiter systems. I certainly didn't enter for it, so my supervisor must have done so for me.
It's things like this that really keep me going with my research. The fact that someone thinks my work is interesting and worthwhile is a big motivating factor, and it's certainly got me re-energised. I'll be honest, the money is great but even without it I'd be very pleased.
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