The Duke of Edinburgh's Prize has previously been awarded to BSAC members working on an interesting and exciting underwater scientific project
When the late HRH Duke of Edinburgh retired from public duties, the annual Duke of Edinburgh's Prize was retired and the Duke of Cambridge scuba prize, now known as the Prince of Wales Scuba Award, took over.
The Duke of Edinburgh's Prize annual prize was given to the best underwater scientific project carried out by BSAC members. The Duke of Edinburgh created the prize when he was President of BSAC and the Jubilee Trust (the official charity of BSAC) judge the projects submitted and award the Prize.
The prize winners and two runners-up have always been invited to the Palace for a formal presentation by the Duke himself. Everyone got a signed certificate and the winner receives the Duke's medal.
Grant funding and support
You can apply for a Trust Grant to help fund your research and discovery projects from the Jubilee Trust.
You do not have to have been awarded a Trust Grant to enter the Duke of Cambridge scuba prize, but each year we encourage the best grant-assisted projects to apply. Apply for funding.
Underwater scientific achievement Duke of Edinburgh prize winners
| Year | Club | Project | Project report |
| 2015 | Dr Matt Doggett | Black Bream Project | See project report |
| 2014 | Alison Mayor | Mulberry 70 | See project report |
| 2013 | Neville Oldham | Bigbury Bay Archaeology | See project report |
| 2012 | Daniel Pascoe | HMS Invincible | |
| 2011 | Alison Mayor | Kedge Hook | See project report |
| 2010 | Major Andrew Reid | Jurassic Shark 3 | |
| 2009 | Alison Mayor | Neptune Wrecks Project | |
| 2008 | Major Andrew Reid | Jurassic Shark 2 | |
| 2007 | Paul Morris | Isle of Skye Expedition | |
| 2006 | Kevin O’Neill | Expedition Benthic Orchid 2 | |
| 2005 | Marguerite St.Leger Dowse | Women and Diving Studies | |
| 2004 | Steven Holyoak | Life Beneath the Platforms | |
| 2003 | Samantha Harding | Depth, Cognitive Function and Metacognitive Awareness | |
| 2002 | Don Asprey | Fiordland New Zealand | |
| 2001 | Alasdair Harris | Eucare Madagascar | |
| 2000 | Martin Jones | Kiaora Aotearoa | |
| 1999 | Al Goodwin | Norsix 99 | |
| 1998 | James Massey | Bay Islands Expedition | |
| 1997 | Michael Thomas | Doux de Coly Cave Exploration | |
| 1996 | Edward Cummings | “Earl of Abergavenny” Survey | |
| 1995 | Imperial College Branch | Greenland Expedition | |
| 1994 | Marguerite St.Leger Dowse | Man and Women in Diving | |
| 1993 | James Tyson | Tin Ingot Wreck | |
| 1992 | Captain Murray Whiteside | Operation Battle Ensign | |
| 1991 | Major Gerald Moor | Jutland Expedition | |
| 1990 | Dr. Cecil Jones | Monitoring the Menai Straits | |
| 1989 | Cambridge University Branch | Antigua Archaeology | |
| 1988 | Alan Griffiths | “Adopt a Rock” Mount Bays Cornwall | |
| 1987 | Ian Skelton | “Die Frau Metta Catherina von Flensburg” | |
| 1986 | Roger Blake | Arnheim Rhine Expedition | |
| 1980 | Les Holliday | St. Lucia Marine Biological Survey | |
| 1979 | Hugh Lubbock | St. Paul’s Rocks | |
| 1978 | Ken Clark | Lift of the “Gitana” | |
| 1977 | John Hancock | Laminaria Forest Project | |
| 1975 | Watford Branch | Chenies Well Archaeological Survey | |
| 1974 | Peter Cornish | Locate Midget Submarine X5 Kaajford - Norway | |
| 1973 | Peter Cornish | HMS XE8 Recovery Solent | |
| 1970 | Croydon Branch | Mewstone Ledges Archaeological Survey | |
| 1969 | Dr. David Bellamy | Operation Kelp | |
| 1968 | Sidney Wignall | “Santa Maria de la Rosa” | |
| 1967 | Kingston Branch | Selsey Archaeology | |
| 1965 | Cambridge University Branch | Sea Cucumber Research |
