2024 RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND TRANSFORMATION AWARDS

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Introduction

The strategic goal of the Gold Coast Health Research Innovation and Transformation Awards is to recognise, reward, and thereby encourage excellence in impactful research, innovation or transformation activity by Gold Coast Health staff.

Research Award categories are aligned to the Research Strategy, to stimulate excellence and reflect national research directions,such as the increasing focus on service and translation activities. The awards support a growing research culture at Gold Coast Health and are an opportunity to identify what we value in research.

The Health System Transformation Award aligns with our Strategic Plan 2024-2028 (G28) objective to drive future-focused change. This award fosters a culture of transformation and innovation at Gold Coast Health.

The Collaborative Delivery Award is a new award which acknowledges demonstrated collaboration and partnership in designing and delivering research, innovation or transformation. It recognises teams or organisations that have partnered with Gold Coast Health to deliver solutions to healthcare problems and to achieve sustainable impacts for patients, staff, systems or finance.

Award recipients will be honoured at the 2025 Gold Coast Health Research, Innovation and Transformation Showcase to be held 20 March 2025.

Nominations must address the overarching guidelines and specific criteria for the relevant category for the nomination to be valid and considered by the judges. 

Individuals or teams may Self-Nominate.  Submissions can also be made by Nominators, who have a direct knowledge of the individual/team and/or research project, and can appropriately nominate against the selection criteria and the nominee's contribution to research or health system transformation excellence.

Instructions for nomination

Nominations will be accepted across seven categories:

  • Novice / Emerging Researcher of the year award
  • Researcher of the year award
  • Research Support Award
  • Research Project Team of the year award
  • Translating Research into Practice award
  • Health System Transformation award
  • Collaborative Delivery Award

Nominations must address the overarching guidelines as well as the criteria relevant to the nomination category to be valid and considered by the judges.

Please ensure you have read the guidelines before commencing your nomination.

Once you have commenced the nomination form, ensure you 'save as you go' to avoid loss of content due to timeouts. You may 'save' at any point within the form to return later by logging back into SmartyGrants.  However, once you have 'submitted' the form, you will be unable to make further changes.

Nomination Requirements:

  • Please ensure you have read the nomination guideline.
  • Each of the category criteria should be clearly addressed.
  • Researcher CV/s (no more than 3 pages) to be uploaded where prompted.
  • Evidence to support the nomination (no more than 10 pages) to be uploaded where prompted.
  • Manager or Head of Department statement of support to be uploaded where prompted (click here for the template)
  • Manager or Head of Department statement of support for Collaborative Delivery category to be uploaded where prompted (click here for the template)
  • Communications piece summarising the research, health system transformation or collaborative delivery contribution which can be used for publicity purposes.

Please note: Where a Nominator is making the submission, any requirements (eg. CV/s, Manager Endorsement Statement, Communications Piece) that can't be provided by the nominator, will be requested from the nominee as part of their acceptance and validation of the nomination.

Where applicable, please convert your documents to PDF prior to upload.

Nominations close 16 December 2024 (Midnight end of day)

AWARDS TIMELINE

21 October 2024

Nominations Open

16 December 2024

Nominations Close

3 - 24 February 2025

Judging

3 March 2025

Finalists notified

20 March 2025

Awards presentation.  All finalists should be available to attend the presentation

CONTACT DETAILS

For any questions or assistance completing the nomination form please contact P: 5687 0663 or E: GCHResearchDevelopment@health.qld.gov.au