This award is designed to recognise the research being carried out by members of the Institution at Masters and PhD level, which is not necessarily published in formal peer reviewed journals.  The award will be presented to the best written paper based on a research project irrespective of their class of membership resulting from work done during the course of a masters, MPhil or PhD course of study at a recognised UK university.

2009 - Elena Deryagina - University of Hull - Investigation of the sustainability of the recycling activity in the city of Kingston Upon Hull by auditing the carbon footprint of the black box recycling scheme

2008 - T Walker - University of Ulster - The Role of Best Value and Performance Management in Developing Change Within UK Councils; An Exploratory Study

2007 - N Voulvoulis and J Pan - Imperial College London - The Role of Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) in Reducing Methane Emissions from Landfill Disposal of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the UK