This annual award is made by SERA to an early-career educational researcher for excellence and promise in their work.

The prize is awarded to the best research paper written by an early-career researcher based in Scotland and is presented annually at the SERA conference.

The award will be presented at the next in-person SERA conference and consists of a certificate, a cash prize of £250, conference fee and attendance at the conference dinner. The winner of the prize will be encouraged to present the paper at the SERA conference in the following year and to submit it for consideration by the Scottish Educational Review.

Previous Estelle Brisard Memorial Prize Winners:

• Dr. Shagufta Shafqah Chandi – University of Glasgow (2012)
• Mr. David Johnston – University of Aberdeen (2013)
• Dr. Kirsten Darling – University of Aberdeen (2014)
• Dr. Denise Mifsud – University of West of Scotland (2015).
  • At the 2015 edition, the submission from Anna Wilson (University of Stirling) was highly commended.
• Tracey Hughes – PhD student at University of Stirling (2016)
• Dr Jennifer Farrar – University of Glasgow (2017)
• Omolabake Fakunle – University of Edinburgh (2018)
• Dr Alexia Barrable – University of Dundee (2019)
• Dr Murray Craig – University of Edinburgh (2020)
• Ms Eneida Garcia Villanueva – University of Glasgow (2021)
• Denise McGee-Dewar – University of Edinburgh (2022)
• Kirstin Campbell – 2023
• Mingzheng Hu – University of Edinburgh (2024)