Nottingham academics win three Leverhulme Prizes

PA 288/09 A trio of "˜outstanding scholars who have made a substantial and recognised contribution to their particular field of study' have been awarded 2009 Philip Leverhulme Prizes in three out of the annual competition's five categories. The University of Nottingham academics will each receive prize funding totalling £70,000 recognising the excellence of their research to date. Nottingham's winners are: Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer (pictured) from the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering; Dr Christopher Conselice from the Department of Physics and Astronomy; and Dr Stephen Legg from the University's School of Geography. With annual funding of some £50 million, the Leverhulme Trust is amongst the largest all subject providers of research funding in the UK. Winners of the Philip Leverhulme Prize are recognised at an international level, and their future contributions are held to be of correspondingly high promise. Professor David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, said: "It is a rare honour for academics to be recognised with a Philip Leverhulme Prize. I am very pleased to hear of the well deserved praise these three academics have received.