New research awards for Scots nursing, midwifery and AHP’s
Scotland’s Chief Nursing Officer, Professor Fiona McQueen, has announced the launch of a new awards scheme for Scottish based nurse, midwife and allied health professional researchers.
This is an opportunity to highlight your research by nominating yourself, your team or a colleague for a Nursing Midwifery & Allied Health Professions (NMAHP) Award.
Awards will recognise excellence and be given for the following categories:
- Innovation
- of ideas, services or research methods
- Impact or Potential for Impact
- research that has had or has the potential to have significant impact on services and outcomes
- research that has added important knowledge to inform the training of NMAHPs at undergraduate, postgraduate or CPD level.
- Personal Achievement/Development
- Early career researcher: individuals showing promise as potential high quality researchers.
- Research leadership: examples of exemplary leadership – either within an NHS or HEI context.
Nominees in each category will be invited to a national event in the Autumn in Edinburgh – where the winners will be announced.
Winners will receive a certificate and an award up to the value of £500 to be used specifically for travel to further their research links, conference attendance or relevant research training.
The application form can be accessed from www.nmahp-ru.ac.uk or alternatively by emailing [email protected] or [email protected]
Self-nomination is preferred but a nomination from a third party will be accepted. Completed nomination forms should be sent to Karen Stanton: [email protected] by midnight on 30th June 2015.
