Yvonne Carter Award for Outstanding New Researcher
Professor Yvonne Carter CBE was an outstanding and inspirational leader who had a remarkable impact on academic general practice. To commemorate her contribution to primary care research the Royal College of General Practitioners, through its Scientific Foundation Board, and the Society for Academic Primary Care have jointly instituted the Yvonne Carter Award for Outstanding New Researcher. The award of £1000 is made annually.
The award recognises the contributions of earlier career researchers in advancing the discipline of academic primary care through research. Academic primary care is a distinct discipline driving constant improvement in primary care through education and research (www.sapc.ac.uk). The award is intended to enable the successful candidate to meet and collaborate with researchers in other countries and to attend and present work at an international research meeting. The award is not intended purely as a travel grant for conference attendance without presenting, nor can it be used to fund a research project.
Please apply by submitting the following information by email only to SFB@rcgp.org.uk
- Your CV
- A letter outlining your current research. Including how your work to date demonstrates your contribution to advancing the discipline of academic primary care (whether education or research) through the research process. Your application should include an imaginative proposal for the use of the award funds (including anticipated benefits and outputs)
- A letter of support from your Head of Department outlining your contribution to the discipline of academic primary care, including confirmation that your academic post would continue for the duration of the 12 months award
Applications will be judged by a panel consisting of primary care academics from the RCGP and SAPC. The awards will be restricted to persons whose background the Award Panel considers to be genuinely grounded in primary care. The panel will assess applications for evidence of the candidate’s current and potential contributions to advancing primary care through research, including: personal research leadership, wider promotion of academic primary care, publications, other markers of distinction, as well as the clarity of the proposal for use of the award funds. Particular emphasis will be given to research which demonstrates an understanding of, and contribution to, the primary care vision.
The decision of the Panel is final and not open to appeal. The successful candidate will be required to submit a report detailing how they used the award and the outcomes from it and support PR activity relating to the award.
- 2011 Professor Christian Mallen (GP)
- 2012 Dr Katherine Cresswell (PhD)
- 2013 Dr Greg Irving (GP)
- 2014 Dr Helen Atherton (PhD)
- 2015 Dr Clare J Taylor, MBE (GP)
The award is open to earlier career researchers in primary care. Applicants will normally have completed their PhD/MD. Candidates with more than 5 years (pro rota) experience after their PhD/MD are ineligible to apply. You should be affiliated to a UK University, have published at least five pieces of original research in peer-reviewed journals, at least one as a lead author, and be actively engaged in high quality research.