Call for Nominations: Health Services Research Impact Award

Call for Nominations: Health Services Research Impact Award Posted: 09 Jul 2013 08:42 AM PDT Call for Nominations: Health Services Research Impact Award 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 2014 National Health Policy Conference, held February 3-4, and the winner will receive complimentary registration, travel and lodging to the conference. The deadline for submissions is August 31. Eligibility Criteria Research may be published or unpublished, a single study or a body of work, the work of an individual or a team.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.