Projects and individuals from four MPLS departments and one division-led programme were shortlisted for seven of the 13 award categories. The shortlisted projects from MPLS are as follows:
Breakthrough Researcher Award
- Breakthrough Research in Agentic AI Safety and Security – Department of Engineering Science
Collaboration for Innovation Award
- AutoInspect – Department of Engineering Science
Commercialisation and Entrepreneurship Award
- OrganOx – Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences and Department of Engineering Science
Commitment to EDI Award
- RisingWISE – Mathematical, Physical & Life Sciences Division
Local Community Engagement Award
- Comprehensive Oxford Maths and Physics Online School (COMPOS) – Department of Physics
Making a Difference Globally Award
- The Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) – Department of Biology
Research Engagement Award
- Quantum Theory in Pictures – Department of Computer Science and Department of Physics
- Seismic Senses at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition – Public Affairs Directorate, Department of Biology, Doctoral Training Centre (MPLS), School of Geography and the Environment
Nominated collaborative projects with MPLS members amongst the team include:
- The Global Primary Care team
- Fire Safety Response Team
- Research Culture Toolkit
- Leading in Academic Research Environments
- The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
- Graduate Programme in Brain Imaging
- The Confident Manager Series
- The Centre for Global Epilepsy