The RANZCP Early Career Psychiatrist Award

The RANZCP Early Career Psychiatrist Award was established in 1979 to encourage and promote research in psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand. The Award is presented to the trainee, or Fellow or Affiliate (within seven years of obtaining their primary specialist psychiatry qualification) who has contributed the most significant paper published in the past two years.

Eligibility criteria

Applications/nominations may be made by or on behalf of trainees (Associates), or Fellows or Affiliates who have been awarded their primary specialist psychiatry qualification within seven years of the opening date of the award submission. Periods of extended leave (e.g. parental leave) may alter the period of eligibility and can be taken into account by the Selection Panel. Relevant information should be outlined within the submission.

Previous recipients of the Award are not eligible to receive the Award on a further occasion.

Application/Nomination process

Applications/nominations for the Award may be made by trainees (Associates), Fellows or Affiliates, or on their behalf by another RANZCP member in the manner specified by the RANZCP.

It is required that written applications/nominations include a curriculum vitae and the nominated published paper. The nominated paper should be in a refereed journal and published within two years of the award’s submission opening date. Work performed wholly in Australia/New Zealand or partly in Australia/New Zealand and partly elsewhere is acceptable.

The candidate should, in normal circumstances, be the principal author. The submission must also include a statement (of up to 50 words) explaining the candidate’s role in producing the paper, and a statement (of up to 100 words) on why the paper is significant.

Key dates

Submissions are open annually, from 1 September to 31 October (11.59 pm AEDT).

Contact

awards@ranzcp.org