Physics and Astronomy

Prizes for postgraduate Physics and Astronomy students

As a postgraduate student in Physics and Astronomy, you will be eligible for a number of prizes, which are awarded annually for outstanding work.

Masters prizes

  • Prize for outstanding performance on MSc Physics

  • Prize for outstanding performance on MSc Data Science

  • Prize for outstanding performance on MSc Physics with Education

  • The William McCrea Prize (Astronomy/Cosmology)

PhD prize

  • The Roger Blin-Stoyle Award for outstanding PhD thesis

Image of male in front of a building at CERN, Geneva.2023 prize winners

The Roger Blin-Stoyle Award
Marco Aparo

2022 prize winners

The Roger Blin-Stoyle Award
Marcus O'Mara

The William McCrea Prize
Kelsie Frances Robson

Prize for outstanding performance on MSc Physics
David Dullaway

Prize for outstanding performance on MSc Data Science
Tanakorn Udomworarat

2021 prize winners

PhD student Luana Olivieri

Luana Olivieri

The Roger Blin-Stoyle Award
Luana Olivieri
(Emergent Photonics Lab)
Tom Steudtner
(Theoretical Particle Physics research group)

Prize for outstanding performance on MSc Physics
Stanislav Biryukov

Prize for outstanding performance on MSc Data Science
Luke Jones

The William McCrea Prize (Astronomy/Cosmology)
Grant Close