MPLS Impact Awards 2024

#1 head and shoulders of Professor Grovenor.  #2  Professor Nellist in his lab, leaning against a microscope

Congratulations to Professor Chris Grovenor (left) and Professor Pete Nellist (right) for winning MPLS Impact Awards this year.

Professor Grovenor has been awarded the 2024 MPLS Policy Impact Award for his work with the National Nuclear User Facility, of which he has been directly responsible for delivering an ambitious vision to support the UK nuclear sector.  Chris secured £80M of Government investment for the NNUF's second phase which led to 25 new laboratories or major pieces of equipment being installed between 2019-2021 in 18 universities or national laboratories.  Almost 300 unique users, including 144 early career researchers, have benefitted from access to facilities not available in their home institutions, to report advanced insights related to radiation damage in fusion materials to robotic deployments to reduce human interventions in decommissioning studies at Dounreay.

 

Professor Nellist has been awarded the 2024 MPLS Social Impact Award for his work leading the North-West Science Network, which is an Oxford initiative engaging with schools and college students, making use of research-level scientific resources to equip students to make informed choices in relation to higher education, to support them with their applications and entries into University, and to provide them with events such as summer schools.