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Apply now for the 2010 JDRF/Macquarie Group Foundation Diabetes Research Innovation Award.

Diabetes Research Innovation Award

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the Macquarie Group Foundation (MGF) continue their support of excellence and innovation in research in the field of type 1 diabetes through the annual JDRF/Macquarie Group Foundation Diabetes Research Innovation Awards.

These Awards recognise excellence and innovation in medical research by exceptional researchers in Australia contributing to the search for prevention and/or a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications. Awards will be provided in two categories: Early Career Researcher and Established Researcher.

The winners of each Award will receive a plaque and a cash prize of $5,000 to be used for the advancement of their research career in the field of type 1 diabetes.

Eligibility

All eligible applicants should:

  • be working in the field of health and medical research at an approved institution or organisation in Australia at the time of application;
  • have the research conducted in an Australian medical research department or institute; and
  • be appropriately qualified (PhD, MBBS or equivalent)

If the relevant qualifications were earned within a 15 years period prior to submission of the application, the nominee is eligible for the Early Career Researcher Award. If the qualifications were awarded more than 15 years earlier, the nominee is eligible for the Established Researcher Award.

Criteria

The committee seeks to identify two outstanding researchers with demonstrated innovation in a high impact research study relevant to type 1 diabetes, with a particular emphasis on research outcomes published or patented in the 2009 calendar year.

All applications will be evaluated on the following criteria:

  • Innovation: Explanation of the nature of the innovative or unique approach or direction of their research and the importance of these findings to progress in type 1 diabetes research;
  • Importance: Demonstrated importance to JDRF's therapeutic areas: Immune Therapies, Beta Cell Therapies, Complications Therapies or Glucose Control;
  • Impact: Evidence of research excellence, such as publications or patents in the 2009 calendar year, supported by at least one written reference;

Selection Process

Eligible applications will be assessed by a panel of eminent medical researchers. The panel will include a lay representation drawn from the type 1 diabetes community.

Awardees should be prepared to discuss research achievements with the public and media.

Closing Date

Applications and supporting material from referees must be postmarked or emailed (documents in rtf or pdf formats are preferred), no later than Friday, 23 April, 2010 and sent to:

JDRF (JDRF/MGF Diabetes Research Innovative Award)
PO BOX 183
St Leonards, NSW 1590

Or by email: mgfaward@jdrf.org.au

Apply

To apply, download our application form below:

Application Form (doc)