NOMINATION CRITICIAL DATES:
Call for nominations opens 9am Wednesday,12 March 2025
Nominations close 5pm Wednesday, 30 April 2025
PURPOSE:
The RISING STAR AWARDS aims to recognise and showcase specific achievements of developing researchers across Canberra Health in the past 3 years, and contribute to a positive research culture which supports and acknowledges progress and development in research capacity and capability.
DEFINITIONS:
For the CHARM RISING STAR AWARDS, developing researchers are defined as:
- early research career, typically clinician-researchers, or
- early to mid-career in academic contexts.
Developing researchers may or may not have higher degree qualifications (e.g. Masters, PhD). Researchers who are full Professors are not eligible for individual awards, but can be included in teams.
There are 5 AWARD categories:
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AWARD CATEGORY
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INDIVIDUAL / TEAM
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DESCRIPTION
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Collaborative research
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Team only |
For achievement(s) demonstrating effective multidisciplinary collaborative research
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Practice-changing research
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Individual or team |
For research achievement(s) that can be linked to a change in clinical practice
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Consumer-engagement research
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Individual or team
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For research achievement(s) which demonstrate authentic involvement of health care consumers
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Clinician-researcher
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Individual only |
For research achievement(s) by a researcher who is solely employed in a role related to clinical service delivery (i.e. not employed by an academic institution)
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Outstanding new researcher
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Individual only
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Recognising outstanding research achievement(s) by an individual with either no Higher Degree in Research (Masters /PhD), or within 2 years of HDR being awarded
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GUIDELINES:
- Note an individual nominee can be supervised by a Professor (e.g. Masters or PhD students). If nominating for a team award, the lead member must meet the above definition of ‘developing researcher’.
- For the Clinician-researcher award, this can be someone with a health background who is employed in a role related to clinical service delivery (i.e. not a researcher employed by an academic institution).
- Research ‘achievements’ can be interpreted broadly, but could include a grant, publication, presentation, workshop or promotion of research activity in the media.
- Nominations can be made by self or others (e.g. supervisors, peers).
- Nominees could be employees of any institutions related to CHARM (e.g. CHS, ACT Health, ANU, UC, UNSW, ACU etc) or the wider health workforce in Canberra.
- The same individual/team can be nominated in more than 1 category, however winners for 1 category will be deemed ineligible to win any other categories. (There will be 5 separate winners).
OUT OF SCOPE:
- Achievements / outcomes delivered prior to 2023
- Projects that are in the quality improvement domain only.
- Researchers who do not primarily practice within Canberra / ACT.
AWARDING PROCESS:
- All finalists will be advised via email and invited to attend The Rising Star Awards session on Monday 16th June at the Canberra Hospital Auditorium
- Winners will be announced at the CHARM Rising Star Awards session on Monday 16th June
- Winners of each category will have 1 minute to speak about their project / achievement
- Winners will be awarded a small prize by the Minister as a recognition of their achievement
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