The Institute presents a number of awards each year. Some of these come from nominations from Institute members.
You are encouraged to nominate suitable candidates for these awards.
| Award | Purpose | Details of Award | Eligibility | Nomination arrangements | Committee responsible |
| The Roy Sharpe Prize | For a significant contribution through research and development in any branch of NDT to the benefit of industry or society. | Certificate and £300 cash. Sponsored by an Associate member of the Institute. | Any research worker(s) may be nominated. | Nomination required. This should show the significance and the benefit to industry or society. | NDT Technical |
| The Nemet Award | For an outstanding contribution to the practice of NDT (by an individual). | Certificate and £500 cash from trustee fund set up by Dr Tony Nemet. | Any individual. | Nomination required. This should show the contribution to the practice of NDT. Encouraging the wider use of NDT, especially by small companies, should also be mentioned if applicable. | Trade Group |
| The Hugh MacColl Award | For a distinguished contribution by an individual to the teaching or training of NDT or condition monitoring. | Certificate and £300 for buying training, books etc from Institute funds. | Any individual Institute member is eligible. | Nomination required. This should show the contribution to teaching or training of NDT. | MQ&E |
| The Tony Lager Award | For meritorious service to an Institute Branch by an individual. | Framed certificate. | Any individual Institute member is eligible. | Branches to nominate. Contributions to Branch and other Institute activities should be described. | MQ&E |
| The Jim Cottier Travel Scholarship | To aid the professional development of BINDT members by attending an overseas conference. | A contribution of up to £600 for travel expenses. | Any Institute members who are in the early stage of their careers, ie who are either students or are within the first five years of full-time employment. | Candidates should submit an application which demonstrates how the candidate will benefit professionally from the proposed visit. | Awards Committee |
| The William Gardner Award | For the best paper in the proceedings of the NDT Annual Conference by a person in the early stages of their career. | A certificate, a cash sum of £200 and free Institute membership for one year. | Anyone who is either a student or within the first 5 years of full-time employment, who presents a paper at the Annual Conference and has the paper published in the Proceedings. | Anyone who notifies the Conference organisers when submitting their paper that they meet the criteria. | NDT Technical |
| The John Grimwade Medal | For the best paper published in Insight in the preceding year. | An engraved silver medal + certificates to author and co-authors. | Any Institute member who has published in Insight will be automatically considered (co-authors need not be members but only the lead author receives a medal). | Automatic. Shortlist prepared by Technical Committee. | NDT Technical |
| The Ron Halmshaw Award | For the best paper on radiography published in Insight in the preceding year. | Certificate and a cash sum of £300 from trustee fund set up by Dr Ron Halmshaw. | Anyone who has published a radiography paper in Insight will be considered. | Automatic. Shortlist prepared by Technical Committee. | NDT Technical |
| The T H Cole Award | For the Institute Branch with the best percentage increase in membership during the preceding year. | Gavel and engraved block held for one year. Also a framed certificate. | All Institute Branches automatically qualify. | Automatic. | MQ&E |
| The COMADIT Prize | For a significant contribution through research and development in any branch of Condition Monitoring to the benefit of industry or society. | Certificate and a cash sum of £300. | Any research worker or group of named research workers. | All members of the CM Technical Committee are invited to submit nominations for the Prize. | CM Technical |
| The Len Gelman Award | For the best paper in the Proceedings of the CM Annual Conference by a person in the early stages of their career. | A certificate, a cash sum of £200 and free Institute membership for one year. | Anyone who is either a student or within the first 5 years of full-time employment, who presents a paper at the CM Annual Conference and has the paper published in the Proceedings. | Anyone who notifies the Conference organisers when submitting their paper that they meet the criteria. | CM Technical |
Notes:
- Nominations for the Roy Sharpe, Nemet and Hugh MacColl awards are welcomed from any Institute member.
- Nominations should be submitted to BINDT by 31 March for awards covering the previous calendar year.
- Awards relating to the previous calendar year are normally presented at the NDT Annual Conference in September.
- The COMADIT Prize and The Len Gelman Award are normally presented at the CM Annual Conference.
