ECR Prize 2025

ECR Prize 2025 Winners

The Faculty of Health appreciates the outstanding contributions that contract research staff make to the Faculty. In recognition of this, and after Dr Silke Fricke’s announcement during the Faculty Showcase event on the 19th of June, we are pleased to confirm the results of the annual Early Career Researcher Prize Scheme for 2025.

Ameera Jailani – Clinical Medicine - Awarded for outstanding contribution to leadership. Nominated  by Dr Gareth Richards with a letter of support from Zeyneb Kurt.

Quote from Ameera

“Very thankful to have been nominated by genuine mentors, one of whom saw me through my PhD/early postdoc and one whom I was fortunate enough to meet last year through the pancreatic cancer network I co-established to promote collaboration and knowledge exchange between different Faculties/Schools and beyond. I aspire to lead as well as those who have led me.

Ada Jimenez-Gonzalez - Neuroscience - Awarded for outstanding contribution to leadership and teaching. Self-nominated with a letter of support from Dr Raquel Martins.

Quote from Ada

“I’m extremely grateful to receive this prize. Contributing to teaching and leadership has been extremely rewarding. This is partly due to the researchers I’ve met in other universities, in the Grierson lab and within Sheffield, who have themselves been excellent teachers to me. I’m also grateful to the colleagues and students who I had the opportunity to meet and help because their excitement for expanding their science and willingness to learn took them beyond their own lab.”