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The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Awards and Grants

The Howard Cooper Travelling Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2027
Opens Sep 1 2026 12:00 AM (AEST)
Deadline Oct 31 2026 11:59 PM (AEDT)
Description

About The Howard Cooper Travelling Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 

The Howard Cooper Travelling Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is named in honour of the late Dr Howard Cooper, a former Chair of the RANZCP’s Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 

It is made annually to a visiting overseas trainee psychiatrist or psychiatrist from the Asia-Pacific region who wishes to gain experience in child and adolescent psychiatry in Australia or New Zealand.

Eligibility Criteria 

  • The Fellowship is made to an overseas-based psychiatry trainee or psychiatrist who is within five years of obtaining their psychiatry qualification. 
  • Recipients must be from the Asia-Pacific region.

Selection Requirements

  • The selection process will take into account the need for training and experience not readily available in the applicant’s home country, and the capacity of the applicant to improve local child and adolescent mental health services on return to their home country.

Form of Award  

The Prize comprises:

  • A framed award certificate
  • A$3500
  • An invitation to accept the award at the College Ceremony during Congress.
  • Registration to attend either the Faculty conference (at which the recipient would make a formal presentation) or the RANZCP Congress.

Contact

awards@ranzcp.org.

The Howard Cooper Travelling Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2027


About The Howard Cooper Travelling Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 

The Howard Cooper Travelling Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is named in honour of the late Dr Howard Cooper, a former Chair of the RANZCP’s Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 

It is made annually to a visiting overseas trainee psychiatrist or psychiatrist from the Asia-Pacific region who wishes to gain experience in child and adolescent psychiatry in Australia or New Zealand.

Eligibility Criteria 

  • The Fellowship is made to an overseas-based psychiatry trainee or psychiatrist who is within five years of obtaining their psychiatry qualification. 
  • Recipients must be from the Asia-Pacific region.

Selection Requirements

  • The selection process will take into account the need for training and experience not readily available in the applicant’s home country, and the capacity of the applicant to improve local child and adolescent mental health services on return to their home country.

Form of Award  

The Prize comprises:

  • A framed award certificate
  • A$3500
  • An invitation to accept the award at the College Ceremony during Congress.
  • Registration to attend either the Faculty conference (at which the recipient would make a formal presentation) or the RANZCP Congress.

Contact

awards@ranzcp.org.

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Opens
Sep 1 2026 12:00 AM (AEST)
Deadline
Oct 31 2026 11:59 PM (AEDT)