Lloyd’s has recently launched its 2011 Science of Risk Research prize. You can enter on their website.

£2,000 will be awarded to the best research paper in each of the five categories (below), plus a £3,000 prize will be given to the best overall paper. The categories selected for research papers in this year’s round are:

• Natural hazards (excluding climate change)
• Climate Change
• Biological and Technological Risks
• Behavioural Risks
• Insurance Operations and Markets (including financial mathematics)

Papers must be peer reviewed and have already been published in a journal.  Papers accepted for future publication by a journal are admissible, but you need to obtain permission from the journal to enter the prize and to use the summary for promotional purposes. Further details are available on the website or in the information booklet.