Centre for Strategic Elements & Critical Materials Wins Outstanding Research Impact Award

The Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements & Critical Materials has won the Outstanding Research Impact award at the University of Birmingham's 2026 Research & Impact Awards. The Centre Award recognises research that has delivered a wide-reaching and significant benefit to society, policy, the environment and beyond. The University's research portal records the prize as awarded on 26 March 2026, with Gavin, Critical Materials Research Fellow at Birmingham Business School, listed as a recipient alongside the Centre. The Centre was co-founded by Professors Allan Walton and Paul Anderson and Dr Gavin Harper, and is led by Professors Allan Walton, Paul Anderson and Emma Kendrick.