The JC Dawes Bursary offers £2000 to finance travel and subsistence on a research or study programme into wastes management or related subjects.
The award is open to Chartered Waste Managers (MCIWM and FCIWM) for a study programme in a country other than that in which they normally reside. Previous winners have carried out a studies in India, USA, Sri Lanka, Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa, New Zealand and Japan.

2011 winner Chris Davey with CIWM President Derek Greedy
If you would like to apply for this award, please download the
JC Dawes Award Application Form
Entries can be submitted at any point during the year. However, for your entry to be considered for this year's award, the deadline is 1st June.
Hall of Fame
2011 - Chris Davey
A study to identify the major European wine producing regions where the constraints of Application Rules prevent lightweighting of the bottles, the increased use of recyclate and export of wine for bottling in country of sale
2010 - Dan Cooke
A study of utilisation of technologies, and of political and social perceptions and attitudes towards waste treatment technology in Japan
2009 - Victoria Bond
Zero Waste in New Zealand
2008 - Janice Frost
Assessment of the Delivery and Management of Recycling and Reprocessing Activities at Resource Recovery Parks in California and Seattle, USA
2007 - Toni Gladding
International study on Alternate Weekly Collection, evaluating experiences in Canada and the Netherlands in the context of schemes running in the UK
2006 - Simon Read
Programme of capacity and Partnership building in Nkonkobe, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa