Duke of Edinburgh's Prize
When he was President of the Club the Duke offered this annual prize for the best underwater scientific project carried out by members.
This is now the premier award made by the British Sub-Aqua Club. By agreement with the Club the Jubilee Trust administers the Prize. Aplications are sent to the Trust and the Trustees who represent a wide range of scientific expertise, select a short-list and submit these to the Duke for his final selection.
Anyone who has done anything of a "research or discovery" nature can enter for the Prize. You do not have to have been awarded a Trust Grant to enter, but each year we encourage the best grant assisted projects to apply.
Application is simple, download the form here.
The prizewinners and two runners-up will be invited to the Palace for a formal presentation by the Duke himself. Everyone gets a signed certificate and the winner receives the Duke's medal.
Previous recipients of the prize are:
| 1965 | Michael Davis, Robin Crump, Cambridge University Branch | Sea Cucumber Research, Malta |
| 1967 | Major Hume Wallace | Survey Roman Fort - Selsey Archaeology |
| Kingston Branch | ||
| 1968 | Sidney Wignall, Colin Martin & | “Santa Maria de la Rosa” |
| Cdr. John Gratton | ||
| 1969 | Dr. David Bellamy | Operation Kelp |
| 1970 | Croydon Branch | Mewstone Ledges Archaeology Survey |
| 1973 | Peter Cornish | HMS XE8 Recovery Solent |
| 1974 | Peter Cornish | Locate Midget Submarine X5 Kaajford - Norway |
| 1975 | Watford Branch | Chenies Well Archaeological Survey |
| 1977 | John Hancock | Laminaria Forest Project |
| 1978 | Ken Clark | Lift of the “Gitana” |
| 1979 | Hugh Lubbock | St. Paul’s Rocks, equatorial Atlantic ocean |
| Cambridge University Branch | ||
| 1980 | Les Holliday & Dennis Cawston | St. Lucia Marine Biological Survey |
| 1986 | Roger & Harry Blake | Arnheim Rhine Expedition |
| 1987 | Ian Skelton | “Die Frau Metta Catherina von Flensburg” |
| Plymouth Sound Branch | ||
| 1988 | Alan Griffiths & | Ray Dennis |
| 1989 | Cambridge University Branch | Antigua Archaeology |
| 1990 | Dr. Cecil Jones | Monitoring the Menai Straits |
| N. Wales Marine Study Group | ||
| 1991 | Major Gerald Moor | Jutland Expedition |
| 1992 | Captain Murray Whiteside | Operation Battle Ensign |
| 1993 | James Tyson | Tin Ingot Wreck |
| S. Devon & Northampton Branches | ||
| 1994 | Marguerite St.Leger Dowse | Men and Women in Diving |
| 1995 | Imperial College Branch | Greenland Expedition |
| 1996 | Edward Cummings | “Earl of Abergavenny” Survey |
| 1997 | Michael Thomas | Doux de Coly Cave Exploration |
| 1998 | James Massey | Bay Islands Expedition |
| 1999 | Al Goodwin | Norsix 99 – Stirling Bomber |
| 2000 | Martin Jones | Kiaora Aotearoa |
| 2001 | Alasdair Harris | Eucare Madagascar |
| Edinburgh University | ||
| 2002 | Don Asprey | Fiordland New Zealand. |
| 2003 | Samantha Harding | Depth, Cognitive Function and Metacognitive Awareness |
| 2004 | Steven Holyoak, Panaga Club |
Life Beneath the Platforms |
| 2005 | Marguerite St.Leger Dowse | Women and Diving Studies |
| 2006 | Kevin O’Neill | Expedition Benthic Orchid 2 |
| 2007 | Paul Morris, Leicester Underwater Exploration Club |
Isle of Skye, historic wreck archeology |
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