This new award aims to encourage and recognise the efforts of early career researchers in adopting effective and inclusive approaches to Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE). It is open to any early career researcher in rare disease in the UK, along with a key PPIE contributor.
The winning researcher and PPIE contributor will receive funding to attend the annual Rare Disease Research UK (RDR-UK) conference (March 2025, Manchester). The pair will be celebrated at the conference at a prize-giving, and invited to co-write a blog for the websites of RDR-UK and Genetic Alliance UK.
Deadline to apply is Sunday 17 November 2024 – further details and application form here
Please direct any queries to [email protected].
The judging panel consists of:
- Jillian Hastings Ward (chair; PPI contributor)
- David Church (oncology researcher, basic science)
- Sadia Haqnawaz (PPIE contributor)
- Amy Hunter (PPIE facilitator)
- Kerry Leeson-Beevers (PPIE facilitator and contributor)
- Michelle Peter (social scientist)
- Amanda Stranks (PPI Lead)