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2023: Centre for Robert Burns Studies

This prize was for Editing and Curating Robert Burns in the 21st Century through scholarship at The Centre for Robert Burns Studies (CRBS), the world’s leading centre for the study of Scotland’s national poet. Establishing itself as a cross-disciplinary area of research excellence which has attracted major financial and intellectual investment, CRBS has brought together the largest concentration of Burns experts in the world and their work has impact on a global scale.

CRBS’s textual scholarship has revolutionised understanding of Robert Burns (1759-1796) and his creative processes by examining for the first time all surviving manuscript and early-print witnesses across the entire canon of his prose, song, correspondence and poetry, illuminating this research for a worldwide audience via a suite of specially commissioned performances and digital resources.

2021: Centre For Virus Research

The 2021 Queen’s Anniversary Prize acknowledges our advanced virology research to combat diseases such as Hepatitis C and dengue.  And our leading expertise in the secure handling of samples and testing antivirals.

Our world-changing scientists have not only produced research with far-reaching global impacts, furthering our knowledge of SARS-CoV-2; they’ve also worked quickly to contribute to outputs that have immediately supported the UK’s response to the pandemic
Prof Sir Anton Muscatelli, Principal of the University of Glasgow

2‌017: The Historical Thesaurus of English

Our acclaimed and unique Historical Thesaurus of English was awarded a QAP in 2017 for its five-decade-long efforts to chart the evolution of the English language over the last 1,000 years.   ‌The thesaurus features 793,733 words arranged by their meaning, spanning more than a thousand years of the English language.

Professor Marc Alexander is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Glasgow and the third Director of the Historical Thesaurus.

Hundreds of researchers at Glasgow have spent over fifty years scrutinising the English language of today and of our ancestors, and we are delighted the prize recognises this extraordinary effort.

2013: The Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health

The award was made in 2014 for the work addressing the spread of infectious diseases which brought international health benefits to agricultural communities. Our research aimed to translate laboratory, desk-based and field research into benefits for individuals and communities, informing and improving government policy at home and overseas.

The Centre plays a crucial role in fostering collaborations between researchers working across a wide range of areas;  These include veterinary science, mathematics, ecology, evolutionary biology, physics, engineering, economics and the social sciences.

1998: Computing science: teaching and research

Through flexible employment policies, establishing an industrial association and by networking, as well as by involving external experts in its strategy and teaching, Computing Science at the University of Glasgow has built up an impressive range of partners throughout the UK and around the world. This outreach to industry and commerce ensures that its activities have practical outcomes: clients gain from the department’s expertise and latest research, whilst students are involved in innovation and discovery and build self-confidence from communicating with experts in other fields. 

1994: Offering university cultural resources to those outside the University

Britain's first University Visitor Centre served to integrate the work of the university into the wider community, providing a centre of education for people beyond its staff and students. It aimed to show that a university is not an 'ivory tower' but a vibrant centre for learning and study. Over 160,000 visitors a year enjoy important works of art, concerts, lectures and plays.