Two Prizes were made in the pilot year of the Award.
Firstly The RSE Beltane Senior Prize for Public Engagement was awarded to a Professor Aubrey Manning, a well established and respected communicator in his field.
Secondly the RSE Beltane Innovators Prize for Public Engagement was awarded to Joanna Brooks, a PhD student from the University of Edinburgh. The judges believed Joanna to be an emerging talent, who although does not have a long history of engagement shows enormous promise as an innovator in the field.
