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A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize

Our most valuable prize fund, the A F Harvey Prize awards an annual research prize of £350,000.

Professor John Travers - 2022 winner of the AF Harvey Prize

2022 Winner Announced

John C. Travers is a Professor of Physics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, and director of the Laboratory of Ultrafast Physics and Optics. He creates new light sources with tailored, and often extreme, properties, and is recognised as a pioneer in using gas-filled hollow waveguides for ultrafast frequency conversion, pulse compression and supercontinuum generation.

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About the award

This is our most valuable prize fund, awarded to phenomenal researchers working in the fields of radar and microwave, lasers and optoelectronics, or medical engineering.

Our search and selection panel scour the world for potential candidates each year, drawing on expansive international networks to reward the most innovative workers in these fields.

A F Harvey Lecture

Find out more about the 2022 winner Professor John Travers and his 2023 lecture.
Go to https://www.theiet.org/impact-society/awards-scholarships/a-f-harvey-prize/the-af-harvey-lecture/

Previous winners

Read about our previous recipients and their research.
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Panel

Find out more about our panel – esteemed colleagues from around the world who are experts in the prize subject areas.
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History of the prize

Find out more about Dr A F Harvey, the late engineer behind this phenomenal prize.
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