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Times Higher Education kent Serendipity Award 2009 toe aan Mark Moloney (Oxford)
The Serendipity Award, celebrating the unexpected outcomes of research, went to organic chemistry tutor Mark Moloney, of St Peter’s College, Oxford. While researching how penicillin is made, he discovered that a similar process could be used to encourage dye migration in plastics.
This award, sponsored by Research Councils UK, recognises entrepreneurial spirit in universities and reward researchers who have spotted and seized unexpected opportunities for economic and/or societal impact arising from research.
The judges looked for:
- The unexpected nature of the discovery (the research may have taken place some time in the past)
- Significant positive impacts arising from the research that have become manifest in the past few years and have made a demonstrable contribution to society and/or the economy.
- The individual’s contribution to achieving the impact.
Het toekennen van Awards voor serendipiteit past in de visie van Pek van Andel. "Medewerkers uitleggen wat serendipiteit is en wat het belang ervan is. En dan aandacht, tijd, geld en prijzen beschikbaar stellen voor ongezochte vondsten, is van essentieel belang om serendipiditeit te verankeren in een organisatie. En daarnaast hard werken, mits met talent en visie."
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