North West London Clinical Research Awards 2020
UPDATE: Nominations are now closed. The winners will be announced at a special ceremony on 19 November 2020.
The North West London Clinical Research Awards are back for a second year, showcasing the work carried about by researchers and research staff on commercial and non-commercial studies across our region.
This year it is more important than ever to recognise achievements in the face of adversity, so we’ve added two extra awards to recognise those working on COVID-19 research.
The awards are open to anyone working in research in North West London, but nominations must be related to work on studies on the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) Portfolio since the start of 2020.
Nominations will be judged by a panel of staff and patient representatives from across North West London. You can’t nominate yourself or your own team, nor can members of the judging panel take part.
Judging will be based on the quality of the content, not the number of nominations, so please make sure you give us as much information as possible on why you think they should receive an award.
Nominations close on Friday 16 October 2020.
Winners will be announced at an online awards ceremony featuring a special guest on Thursday 19 November 2020.
Categories
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD FOR COVID-19 RESEARCH – INDUSTRY
This award is open to an individual or team that has made an outstanding contribution to the delivery of one of the commercial Urgent Public Health (UPH) COVID-19 Studies.
Excellence in this category could be demonstrated through:
- Working fast and under great pressure to set up and open commercial UPH studies to recruitment
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD FOR COVID-19 RESEARCH
This award is open to an individual or team that has made an outstanding contribution to the delivery of one of the non-commercial Urgent Public Health (UPH) COVID-19 Studies.
Excellence in this category could be demonstrated through:
- Working fast and under great pressure to set up and open non-commercial UPH studies to recruitment
OUTSTANDING COLLABORATIVE WORKING
This award is open to an individual or team that has made an outstanding contribution to the delivery of NIHR CRN portfolio studies by working collaboratively.
Excellence in this category could be demonstrated through:
- Bringing together teams who have not previously worked together for more effective research delivery
- Working with a research team to embed research into clinical pathways
- Working effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Working across organisational and/or specialty boundaries
EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT
This award recognises an individual or team that has gone the extra mile to ensure that patients, the public, their relatives and carers are involved in research projects and are aware of research opportunities.
Excellence could be demonstrated in the following areas:
- Working to promote patient and public involvement in research delivery
- Adapting study delivery based on the feedback of patients and the public
- Effective feedback of study results to participants
- Raising awareness of research and the opportunities to take part
RISING STAR
This award recognises the achievements of an individual who is new to research, and has gone above and beyond expectations to make a positive impact on research delivery. They may be a research nurse/practitioner, clinical research support worker or staff member working in a cross cutting role in clinical research.
Excellence in this category can be demonstrated by:
- Showing an exceptional level of initiative, skill and commitment in their role
- Demonstrating their commitment to making a significant difference to patients, carers and their colleagues
OUTSTANDING RESEARCH SUPPORT
This award recognises the standout contribution of an individual that has contributed to the successful set up or delivery of a clinical study.
Excellence could be demonstrated in the following areas:
- Ability to establish robust procedures to help ensure swift and effective delivery of a study
- Working effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Recruitment to time and target
- Adoption of a novel recruitment strategy
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
This award celebrates the achievements of a researcher who has successfully led a Portfolio study. Their work has improved the quality and impact of portfolio research.
Excellence could be demonstrated in the following areas:
- Recruitment to time and target
- Adoption of a novel recruitment strategy
- Working across organisational boundaries to successfully deliver a study
- Ability to lead and influence others
- Effective patient and public engagement strategies
- Evidence that research findings have had an impact on clinical care
- Implementation of innovative approaches and good practice
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT – INDIVIDUAL AWARD
This category celebrates those individuals who demonstrate that they have gone the extra mile to deliver research.
Excellence could be demonstrated through:
- Showing an exceptional level of initiative, skill and commitment in their role
- Demonstrating their commitment to making a significant difference to their colleagues, research participants and carers
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT – TEAM AWARD
Excellence could be demonstrated through:
- Showing an exceptional level of initiative, skill and commitment in their role
- Demonstrating their commitment to making a significant difference to their colleagues, research participants and carers
- This award celebrates the achievements of a team who have gone above and beyond in delivering research in North West London
Nominations now open. Get yours in before the end of Friday 16 October 2020.
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