About RANZCP Senior Research Award
The RANZCP Senior Research Award (the Award) was established in 1978 to recognise excellence in research in psychiatry. The Award is presented to the applicant or nominee who has made the most significant contribution to psychiatric research over the preceding ten years.
Eligibility Criteria
Current Fellows or Affiliate members of the RANZCP are eligible for the Award. 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.
The Award may be made to one person or shared by two or more persons. Previous recipients of the Award are not eligible to receive the Award on a further occasion.
Applicants are encouraged to apply who have worked or trained on a part-time basis, are on or are returning from parental leave, a break in training, or undertaking another form of leave including carers/family leave.
Application Process
Applications/nominations for the Award may be made by Fellows or Affiliate members on their own behalf, or on their behalf by another RANZCP member.
It is required that written applications/nominations include:
- A curriculum vitae
- Five publications authored by the applicant/nominee considered to be their best or most impactful work over the past ten years
- A critical appraisal of the importance of the work to the field of study, and why the five publications were selected
- Copies of publications.
Where there are multiple authors involved, the application/nomination should clearly indicate the contribution of the applicant/nominee to the work.
The psychiatric research submitted as the basis of the application or nomination must have been published within ten years of the awards submission opening date, with publication in prestigious journals or their equivalent.
Form of Award
- A framed certificate
- A return airfare, accommodation, transfers to the RANZCP Congress
- Registration to the RANZCP Congress
- The recipient(s) is also expected to present a keynote address at the Congress based on this research
- An invitation to the College Congress during which the Award will be presented
Contact
The RANZCP Senior Research Award 2026
About RANZCP Senior Research Award
The RANZCP Senior Research Award (the Award) was established in 1978 to recognise excellence in research in psychiatry. The Award is presented to the applicant or nominee who has made the most significant contribution to psychiatric research over the preceding ten years.
Eligibility Criteria
Current Fellows or Affiliate members of the RANZCP are eligible for the Award. 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.
The Award may be made to one person or shared by two or more persons. Previous recipients of the Award are not eligible to receive the Award on a further occasion.
Applicants are encouraged to apply who have worked or trained on a part-time basis, are on or are returning from parental leave, a break in training, or undertaking another form of leave including carers/family leave.
Application Process
Applications/nominations for the Award may be made by Fellows or Affiliate members on their own behalf, or on their behalf by another RANZCP member.
It is required that written applications/nominations include:
- A curriculum vitae
- Five publications authored by the applicant/nominee considered to be their best or most impactful work over the past ten years
- A critical appraisal of the importance of the work to the field of study, and why the five publications were selected
- Copies of publications.
Where there are multiple authors involved, the application/nomination should clearly indicate the contribution of the applicant/nominee to the work.
The psychiatric research submitted as the basis of the application or nomination must have been published within ten years of the awards submission opening date, with publication in prestigious journals or their equivalent.
Form of Award
- A framed certificate
- A return airfare, accommodation, transfers to the RANZCP Congress
- Registration to the RANZCP Congress
- The recipient(s) is also expected to present a keynote address at the Congress based on this research
- An invitation to the College Congress during which the Award will be presented
Contact