The following is the announcement that was made for 1998-1999.  As far as I know, it 
still stands, but those interested should check with the COGS School Office to make 
sure -- RC

PRIZES FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN COGS 
  
 Starting this year (1998-9), COGS will offer prizes for research excellence in 
 undergraduates. One prize will be available for award in each of the 5 
 disciplines in the School, Psychology, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence and 
 Linguistics (all BA), and Computer Science (BSc). They will be awarded for the 
 dissertation or project in each discipline which shows the greatest research 
 achievement (as opposed to potential).  The markers of the relevant assessment 
 units will have absolute discretion over the interpretation of "research 
 achievement", and they will recommend the awards to the relevant Exam 
 (Sub-)Board for ratification.  They should bear in mind that the dissertation 
 or project chosen will be seen as representing high achievement and as 
 designating a possible research student, so the prestige of the award should 
 not be compromised.  They should not feel obliged to make an award.  In 
 particular, the dissertation or project should not require significant 
 editorial attention before dissemination. Markers may nominate one or more 
 (ranked) runners-up if dissertations or projects of sufficient merit exist. 
  
 The cash prizes for CSAI and Psychology are currently offered by Searchspace 
 (CSAI) and Marks and Spencer (Psychology). The COGS cash prizes will be in 
 Linguistics, Philosophy, and an additional one in CSAI. The Philosophy award 
 will be called the Maggie Boden Prize. The CSAI prizes will be one each for a 
 BA and a BSc student. 
  
 The form of the prizes is as follows : 
  
 1.  Publication of the work as a local research paper and/or as a link from 
 COGS web-pages, i.e. with the explicit endorsement of the School. 
  
 AND 
  
 2. (Mode A) A cash award of 300 pounds (500 from commercial sponsors) 
    OR 
    (Mode B) A fee-waiver for each year (up to a maximum of three, 
    exceptionally extendable to four) during which the prizewinner is 
    registered as a FT postgraduate in COGS (or pro rata for a PT 
    postgraduate), equivalent at current rates to 2610 pounds per year. 
  
 The Mode B award may be given to the Searchspace and Marks and Spencer 
 prizewinners in addition to the sponsors' cash award. 
  
  
  
 The conditions of the prizes are as follows: 
  
 1. The prize is normally open only to COGS undergraduates, but undergraduates 
 of the relevant disciplines in other Schools may be considered if they apply 
 to become postgraduate students in COGS. Undergraduates from other Schools may 
 receive the prize only in Mode B, and only if they do in fact become 
 postgraduates in COGS. 
  
 2. No fully funded postgraduate, i.e. one receiving their whole fee from an 
 outside agency like the ESRC, shall receive the prize in Mode B. If the 
 prizewinner is fully funded, the runners-up in each subject become eligible 
 for the Mode B award in addition to any Mode A award to the prizewinner. 
  
 3. If there are no (eligible) runners-up, the Mode B award may be offered at 
 the Dean's discretion to an eligible candidate in a subject other than that of 
 the original offer, taking into account the School's research strategy 
 priorities. No award shall ever be made to a person not of at least nominated 
 runner-up status. 
  
 4. The award in Mode B must be taken up no later than the third academic 
 year after graduation. 
  
 5. The awards in Mode B will be notified to the Postgraduate Office in time 
 for registration if it has been possible for the prizewinner to signal 
 acceptance of the award early enough. 
  
 6. The dissertation or project must be submitted in a word-processed form 
 which is compatible with, or convertible into, the editor used for CSRPs or 
 COGS web pages. Failure to do this will compromise the award. 
  
  
 Richard Coates 
 Dean, COGS