The Society’s Departmental Representatives, at each Earth Science and Geology Department in the UK and Ireland, nominates the second-year student with the highest ranking marks in Mineralogy and Petrology, or an equivalent exam. The award winners receive free Student membership of the Society for two years, one of the Society’s recent book publications and a certificate.
Here is a list of the awards made for 2017. Many congratulations to the winners.
| University | Winner |
| Birkbeck, University of London | |
| Imperial College London | Laurence Childs |
| Keele University | |
| Kingston University | |
| Lancaster University | N/a for 2017 |
| National University of Ireland, Galway | Katie Daly |
| Open University | Anya Lawrence |
| Portsmouth University | Ben Rider-Stokes |
| Royal Holloway University of London | Sandra Clement |
| Trinity College Dublin | Maeve Murphy Quinlan |
| University of Leicester | Rassu Shrestha |
| University College Dublin | |
| University College London | Joel Rodney |
| University of Derby | Lewis Barwell |
| Durham University | Anna Whitford |
| University of East Anglia | Csaba Cseh |
| University of Edinburgh | Frances Crabb |
| University of Exeter in Cornwall | Rowan Halkes |
| University of Glasgow | Gary Mullen |
| University of Leeds | Mawgan Naylor |
| University of Liverpool | Charity Rose |
| University of Manchester | Jacob Evans-White |
| University of Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| University of Oxford | William McKenzie |
| University of Plymouth | Andrew Hammett |
| University of Southampton | Joseph Pendleton |
| University of St. Andrews | Daniel Vermond |
| University of Brighton | |
| University of Aberdeen | Thomas Theurer |
| Cardiff University | Amy Johns |
| University of Birmingham | |
| University of Bristol | James Blackford |
| University of Cambridge | Carrie Soderman |
| University College Cork | Daniel Rowell |
| University of Hull | Molly Dyson |