SWIG ‘Early Career Researcher Prize’ Scientific Poster Competition 

The SWIG Early Career Researcher Prize is intended to raise awareness of technology development and novel applications related to water measurements and thereby promote innovation in sensor research and commercial application.  

SWIG invites students and employees in the field of water sensor research to design a poster summarising their work. This is an opportunity for researchers within the water and environmental sectors to showcase their scientific talents and innovative thinking.

This year there are the following prizes: £1,000 1st prize, £200 2nd prize and £100 3rd prize.

The competition is open to all ‘early career researchers’ to include undergraduate and postgraduate students either in full time education or within the first 4 years of employment within their area of expertise.

All posters passing to the final judging phase will be printed and displayed at the WWEM 2014 conference and exhibition at Telford on 5-6 November, with the top 3 entrants being invited to give a short presentation as part of the seminar programme.  Final judging will be based on the poster and presentation, with the winner being announced at the WWEM Gala Dinner on the 5th November.

The winner of the 2012 prize was Andy Nicholls of the University of Bradford, with his work on ‘Monitoring of Wastewater Flow by Remote Measurement of the Free Surface ‘Fingerprint’’. Andy says: "The SWIG early career researcher competition 2012 was great fun and it was fantastic to be selected as the winner.  The award has enabled me to secure a post-doctoral position which will allow me to continue my research and develop the technology further. The event also generated a lot of interest in my research topic, and has opened several new avenues of collaborative work with partners both in industry and academia"  

Full competition details are available at www.swig.org.uk under ‘News/ECR Poster Competition’ or you can contact rosa.richards@swig.org.uk for further information.