By far the most exciting and focused project by the Trust to date has been the development of a dream to institute a Peter Darrell Choreographic Award.

This became a reality in 1997 when it was announced that the Trust had been awarded a grant of £98,498.00 from the Scottish Arts Council's New Direction Lottery Fund towards the cost of creating and establishing the choreographic award and to fund the publication of a book on Peter's work.

The Award is a platform for emerging choreographers as Peter was particularly keen to foster and encourage choreographic talent. It was in this light that the Trust decided to commemorate his life and work with the Award.

To date, awards have been presented in 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007. For more information about the pieces or the winning choreographers follow one of the links below:

Name	Year	Judging	Dance Title
2007	Vanessa Haska	Commissioned	Sorry For the Missiles
2007	Diana Loosmore	Commissioned	Chasing Ghosts
2003	Beth Cassani	Commissioned	My House is Melting
2003	Victor Quijada	Commissioned	Self Observation Without Judgement
2000	Liz Roche	Commissioned	To time Taking Blush
2000	Jan De Schynkel	Commissioned	She is as he Eats
1998	Stephen Hughes	Winner	Here Comes Renard
1998	Jane Jewell	Shortlisted	Aspire
1998	Micheal Keegan-Dolan	Shortlisted	Death and the Fool