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 2019. Many congratulations to the winners.
| University | Winner |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Barbara Zanasi |
| Imperial College London | Guy Cranfield |
| Keele University | Kieran Winfield |
| National University of Ireland, Galway | Ciaran Tierney |
| Portsmouth University | Alexandra Edwards |
| Royal Holloway University of London | Jack Beckwith |
| Trinity College Dublin | Bernard Loughlin |
| University College Cork | Kenneth Hurley |
| University of Leicester | Thomas Green |
| University College London | Emily Prosser |
| University of Derby | Guy Jones |
| Durham University | Neil Harrison |
| University of Edinburgh | Stuart Holley |
| University of Exeter | David Hughes |
| University of Glasgow | Matthew Staitis |
| University of Leeds | Thomas Pavey |
| University of Liverpool | Abigail Plimer |
| University of Manchester | James McCann |
| University of Newcastle upon Tyne | Sarah Willis |
| University of Oxford | Kristiina Joon |
| University of Plymouth | Arjun Sreekumar |
| University of Southampton | Ryan Jenkins |
| University of St. Andrews | Rory Chengleng |
| University of Brighton | Hadeel Ahmed Ali Bony-Kaya |
| University of Aberdeen | Sarah Ledingham |
| Cardiff University | Jamie Foster |
| University of Birmingham | Sian Kay Miller |
| University of Bristol | Sam Woodcock |
| University of Cambridge | Alix Harrow Toby Brooks |
| University of Hull | Jack Connor |
| University of Aberystwyth | Elin Jennings |
| University of East Anglia | Nathan Bloom |
| University of Portsmouth | Alexandra Edwards |
| Open University | Siobhan Brocklehurst |