The James Sumner Award is a bursary of up to £1000 to fund the expenses of a Student or Graduate Member of the Institution attending a major international waste management conference. 

2009 - Irina Arakelyan - ISWA/DAKOFA Waste and Climate Conference 2009, Copenhagen

2008 - Elizabeth Rhodes - ORBIT 2008 Conference, Wageningen, Netherlands

2007 - Victoria Bond - Sardinia Symposium

2006 - Lucy Thomas - ISWA World Congress Amsterdam
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2005 - Sarah Evans - ISWA World Congress Argentina
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2004 - Melanie Chilton - International conference of the New York Solid Waste Association May 2nd-5th
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2003 - John Downer - ISWA 2003 Congress Melbourne, Australia

2002 - Sarah J Alder - International symposium of composting and compost utilisation in Columbus Ohio 6th-9th May 2002

2001 - Lucy Howlett - NAWTEC 9 – 9th Annual North American Waste to Energy Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, 6th-9th May 2001

2000 - Christopher French 

1999 - Simon Penney 

1998 - James Butler