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Early Career Researcher of the Year Award 2022

COMPETITION: OPEN FOR ENTRIES

UK Biobank will be hosting our next Scientific Conference as a HYBRID event on Tuesday the 21st of June 2022. 

We hope you can join us for this stimulating, one day event where you can expect world-leading speakers, exciting data developments, and updates on novel scientific results.

We are seeking entries from approved researchers of UK Biobank to two competitions:

  • UK Biobank Early Career Researcher of the Year Award 2022
  • UK Biobank Doctoral student of the year 2022: Thesis in Three Minutes

Find out more below

Supporting the next generation of scientists

The prizes for the best research using UK Biobank data have been funded by Mrs Elspeth Ramsay from Glasgow. Elspeth has had a lifelong passion for science, especially in the field of research, and in supporting these prizes hopes that you, the next generation of scientists, will excel.

UK Biobank Early-Career Researcher of the Year 2022

We encourage wide use of the UK Biobank Resource. This includes scientists just embarking on their research career, who may be the research leaders when the UK Biobank resource is at its most productive in years to come.

We are especially looking to celebrate the creativity and imagination of early-career researchers (up to 5 years’ post qualification). If that’s you, why not enter our competition to find 2022 UK Biobank Early-Career Researcher of the Year.

Not only will that look good on your CV – but there is a top prize of £1,000 up for grabs and two runners up prizes of £500 each. Plus 20 submissions will be invited to present a poster at the conference in London.

To enter you must be a researcher registered to use UK Biobank data. The abstract you submit must relate to approved research by you that is planned to start, or is under way or was completed using UK Biobank data.

Researchers of the winning abstract (as decided by a UK Biobank panel) will have the chance to present their work at the UK Biobank Scientific Conference, on Tuesday the 21st of June 2022 in London (virtual presentation links can be provided).

ENTRY FORM

Entry criteria

• Entrants must be registered to use the resource and early-career researchers, i.e. up to 5 years’ post qualification (PhD, masters, undergraduate) or undergoing aforementioned qualifications. Entrants may submit more than one entry;
• The entrant must be the first and presenting author, although the research may have co-authors;
• Entry can relate to completed or partially completed work on the UK Biobank data (published or unpublished).

Evaluation criteria
• Scientific merit of the abstract;
• Quality and originality of the work;
• Likely impact to improve human health.

How to submit your application
• Entrants should complete the Entry Form and return it to communications@ukbiobank.ac.uk by 8am (London time) Friday the 20th of May 2022;
• The winners will be notified by email by Friday the 27th of May 2022;
• The HYBRID event will take place in London and online on Tuesday the 21st of June

Decision of the judges is final.

Visit the UK Biobank Scientific Conference 2021 on demand content to see last year’s winning ECR presentation.

UK Biobank Doctoral Student of the Year: Thesis in Three Minutes

The UK Biobank Scientific Conference is attended by thousands of people and highlights the very best in scientific discovery through the use of data held in the UK Biobank resource. We want to use this event to shine a light on the many young researchers putting the UK Biobank data through its paces to improve human health. 

We are seeking video submissions from PhD students using the UK Biobank resource to showcase the talented, imaginative analyses using UK Biobank data. These videos will be made available on the UK Biobank social channels and available to watch by the thousands of international researchers from industry and academia that attend the UK Biobank Scientific Conference every year. 10 submissions will be selected and the winning submission will receive £300 Amazon vouchers.

Entry Criteria:
• Entrants must be registered to use the resource and undertaking research as part of a PhD (or have recently completed their PhD)
• Entry can relate to completed or partially completed work on the UK Biobank data (published or unpublished).
• Video clip must be no more than three minutes in total
• The video clip can include slides/figures as necessary

Evaluation criteria
• Scientific merit of the abstract;
• Quality and originality of the work;
• Likely impact to improve human health.

Submit the entry form and your video to communications@ukbiobank.ac.uk. Video files can be sent via WeTransfer or similar, or hosted in your personal YouTube and a link sent.

How to submit your application
• Entrants should complete the Entry Form and return it to communications@ukbiobank.ac.uk by 8am (London time) Friday the 20th of May 2022;
• The winners will be notified by email by Friday the 27th of May 2022;
• The HYBRID event will take place in London and online on Tuesday the 21st of June

Decision of the judges is final.

Visit the UK Biobank Scientific Conference 2021 on demand content to find out last year's winning doctoral student.

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