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Rural Research Award
The RANZCP Rural Research Award is an annual prize awarded to a Trainee or Fellow who has recently obtained Fellowship within the 12 months prior to the application deadline.
The prize is an incentive award of the College, designed to encourage research achievements and excellence in rural psychiatry.
Eligibility criteria
The award is open to current Trainees or Fellows who have achieved Fellowship within the 12 months prior to the application deadline. Previous recipients of the Award will not be eligible to receive the Award on a further occasion.
Form of award
- A$1000
- a framed certificate
- an invitation to submit their work for publication in the Australasian Psychiatry Regional, Rural and Remote virtual collection.
The Award may be made to one person or can be shared amongst two or more if their work is of equal merit. If shared, each recipient shall be entitled to an equal portion of Prize money.
How to apply
Applicants for the Award are required to submit an anonymised cover letter and an anonymised copy of their work (which is subject of the Award) in accordance with the Awards Submission Process.
Submissions for the Award may take the form of:
- Fellowship or Advanced Certificate Scholarly Project
- a published article
- a draft article suitable for publication in a journal equivalent to the Australasian Psychiatry
- a case review/study
- a quality improvement project
Key dates
Applications are open annually, from 1 September to 31 October (11.59 pm AEDT).
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