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 2018. Many congratulations to the winners.
| University | Winner |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Jeff Thompson |
| Imperial College London | George Hedley |
| Keele University | Owen Hewitt |
| National University of Ireland, Galway | Weston Harding |
| Portsmouth University | Alexander Cordoba |
| Royal Holloway University of London | Matthew Sharpe |
| Trinity College Dublin | Ellen Mullarkey |
| University of Leicester | Ella Sample |
| University College Dublin | Maria Noone |
| University College London | Eilish Brennan |
| University of Derby | Felicity Holden |
| Durham University | Alexandra (Sasha) Warren |
| University of Edinburgh | Timothy Nicol |
| University of Exeter in Cornwall | Randolf Maier |
| University of Glasgow | Mirren Green |
| University of Leeds | William Towers |
| University of Liverpool | Harriet Ames |
| University of Manchester | Iestyn Ball |
| University of Newcastle upon Tyne | Jennifer McDaid / Niyamal Ali (dual winners) |
| University of Oxford | George Willement |
| University of Plymouth | Megan Hammett |
| University of Southampton | Rebecca Walker |
| University of St. Andrews | Olivia Gubbins |
| University of Brighton | Ermelinda Goncalves |
| University of Aberdeen | Rtaj Bensalah |
| Cardiff University | Abigail Jordan |
| University of Birmingham | Lydia Rose Fairhurst |
| University of Bristol | Yuzhang Chen |
| University of Cambridge | Ben Harris |
| University College Cork | Conor McMurtry |
| University of Hull | Jacob Phillips |