Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award

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The result was Keep, withdrawn by nominator. --Bduke (Discussion) 01:51, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award[edit]

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This appears to be a salary supplement award for which an individual academic must apply, that is awarded to multiple individuals in the range of 10000-30000 pounds per annum for 5 years per the details at [1]. I am unable to locate any reliable secondary source coverage to establish notability of such a salary award. It appears to be designed as a recruiting/retention device primarily. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 21:30, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Popularly known as the "Beckhams of Science". There are buckets of stories from universities celebrating their faculty receiving these prizes, and if we're looking for coverage that's independent of both the Royal Society and the schools, here's some examples:

Nature [2],
Times Higher Education[3][4]
The Telegraph[5]
The Guardian[6]]
--Arxiloxos (talk) 23:09, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination withdrawn - Thank you for turning those up, Arxiloxos. They were not coming up for me in google searches. I'll try to include some of them into the article. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 23:59, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 00:47, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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