The Leverhulme Trustees are pleased to announce the results of the 2009 competition for Philip Leverhulme Prizes. These Prizes, with a value of £70,000 each, are awarded to outstanding young scholars who have made a substantial and recognised contribution to their particular field of study, are recognised at an international level, and whose future contributions are held to be of correspondingly high promise.

The Prizes commemorate the contribution to the work of the Trust made by Philip Leverhulme, the Third Viscount Leverhulme and grandson of the Founder.

The broad fields of research covered by this year’s awards were:

• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Engineering
• Geography
• Modern European Languages and Literature
• Performing and Visual Arts

Dowload a list of the prize winners: http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/PLP/2009

Download details of the prize winners and their specialisations: http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/PLP/2009