HSR Impact Award: Call for Nominations

AcademyHealth requests nominations of health services research that has made a positive impact on health policy and/or practice. The lead researcher of the winning impact will receive $2,000, and the research will be disseminated widely as part of AcademyHealth's ongoing efforts to promote the field of health services research and communicate its value for health care decision-making. The award will be announced at the 2011 National Health Policy Conference, held February 7-8, and the winner will receive complimentary registration, travel and lodging to the conference.

Call for Nominations for the 2011 HSR Impact award is open. The deadline for nominations is July 30.

Eligibility Criteria

• Research may be published or unpublished, a single study or a body of work, the work of an individual or a team.
• Time frame for when the research was conducted is open, but the impact should have occurred recently.
• Nominators and nominees are not required to be AcademyHealth members
• Self-nominations will be accepted.

Selection Criteria

Each nomination will be evaluated on:

• Quality of research;
• Effectiveness of research dissemination and translation approach; and
• Impact of the research.

Download the 2011 HSR Impact Award Nomination Form

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