Funding & Awards
Prizes & Medals
- Royal Medals
- Senior and Early Career Prizes
- The RSE BP Hutton Prize in Energy Innovation
- IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award
- RSE Beltane Prizes for Public Engagement
- Cormack Postgraduate Prize
- Prizes - Historical
W S Bruce Medal
Instituted in 1923, this Medal commemorates the work of Dr W S Bruce, an explorer and scientific investigator in polar regions. The Society acts as trustee for administration of the Bruce Medal fund and the award is made by a joint Committee appointed by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Physical Society and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
The Bruce Medal is awarded quinquennially and it is open to workers of all nationalities, preferably of Scottish birth or origin, and preferably at the outset of their careers. The Medal is for some notable contribution to Zoology, Botany, Geology, Meteorology, Oceanography or Geography. It should represent new knowledge, or be the outcome of a personal visit to polar regions by the recipient. Next award 2010.
28th Award 2004
Dr Michael Bentley
27th Award 1999
Professor David R Marchant
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