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ELIGIBILITY
- Applicants should be either studying for a higher research degree eg. Honours, Masters, PhD, MD (other higher qualifications may also be acceptable), or have been awarded this degree not longer than five years before the closing date for applications for the Award.
- Applications are restricted to individuals who are either studying or working at the Women's and Children's Hospital, the Departments of Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the University of Adelaide, or the Child Health Research Institute.
APPLICATION PROCESS
- Applicants should submit an abstract on one aspect of their research work (not more than 350 words). This should take the form of an abstract submitted to the program organisers of a scientific conference. The following should also be submitted:
- A lay summary of the abstract (not more than 250 words);
- A statement setting out the significance of the research to the health of women/children (not more than 150 words);
- A statement demonstrating that the applicant is personally carrying out the research (not more than 100 words);
- A brief CV (not more than 350 words); and
- A supporting letter from the Head of their Department.
- Please submit one hard copy of all documentation and email all files to Dr Michael Fietz, Chairman YIA Committee, Chemical Pathology, michael.fietz@adelaide.edu.au
- Closing Date for Applications: Friday December 21, 2001 at 5pm
ASSESSMENT PROCESS
Preliminary Judging
- The applications will be assessed by a judging panel consisting of scientists external to the Women's and Children's Hospital who are either currently supervising PhD candidates or engaged in 'active' research.
- Eight applicants will be chosen by this panel to proceed to the second stage of judging. The eight semi-finalists will be notified by January 25, 2002
- Semi-finalists will be required to give an oral presentation of their research work to a general scientific audience, who are not necessarily specialists in the applicant's area of work. Judging will take place on the week beginning February 18th, 2002.
- Presentations by the semi-finalists should be no longer than 12 minutes in length with an additional three minutes for questions. The judging panel will be comprised of the scientists used to assess the first round applications.
- Presentations will be assessed both on the quality of the science and the presentation skills of the speaker. Please note that judging of the semi-final presentations will be weighted towards the quality of the science.
Criteria for Judging
- The quality of science will be assessed on criteria such as scientific content, methodology and validity of conclusions.
- The presentation skills will be assessed on criteria such as the use of appropriate audiovisual aids, clarity of presentation, engagement with audience, understandability, and general professional appearance.
Note: It is important that the presentations are simplified sufficiently to be understandable to scientific and medical researchers from a broad range of fields.
- Three finalists will be chosen to move forward to the Award event (final judging). They will be notified on the day of the semi-final judging.
Final Judging
- At the Award event on the evening of Tuesday March 19, 2002, the three finalists will be required to give a 12 minute presentation in lay language to a general audience consisting of researchers, clinicians, other interested staff and invitees (eg donors, business representatives etc). There will be an additional three minutes for questions by judges only.
The judges will all be members of the media. Presentations will be assessed on the ability of the finalist to communicate his/her research in an interesting and understandable way to non-scientists. Judges will assume that all presentations are of high scientific quality.
Criteria
The finalists will be assessed on criteria such as:
- The ability to make their research understandable and relevant to the general public.
- The ability to generate enthusiasm and interest in their research by the judging panel, ie, applicants should consider how to make their research attractive to the media.
- Presentation skills – including engagement with audience, clarity of presentation, and general professional appearance.
- The winner will be announced that night and receive a purse of $1000. The other two finalists will each receive $500
Note that the Award committee members are happy to discuss the assessment criteria to ensure that all applicants clearly understand how the various stages will be assessed. Please contact
Dr Michael Fietz (Chairman YIA Committee),
Department of Chemical Pathology, Tel. 8161 8062,
michael.fietz@adelaide.edu.au or
Dr Edna Bates
Corporate and Community Relations, Tel. 8161 7388,
mailto:batese@wch.sa.gov.au
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Tuesday
- 19 March 2002
- the Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide.
- Guest speaker:
- Dr Norman Swan
- ABC Radio & Television
- "Communicating Science and Medicine to the Public"
- Eligibility
- Application Process
- Assessment Process
- About the Award
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About the Award
