Fellow of the OTA Research Academy

The Occupational Therapy Australia Research Academy has been established to both recognise scholars in the occupational therapy profession but also to enhance research capacity building in the profession.

Notably, its core goals are:

• To generate new knowledge and grow the corpus of knowledge underpinning the profession of occupational therapy
• To make a positive and sustained contribution to the inclusion, participation and wellbeing of Australians through supporting high quality research
• To grow the research capacity – individually and collectively – of the members of OTA through a range of activities including grant provision, education and mentoring,
• To profile the contribution of occupational therapy researchers and scholars nationally and internationally through a range of media
• To ensure the representation of occupational therapy researchers in national debate, dialogue and policy developments on issues related to productivity, inclusion, participation and wellbeing

This award is run biennially.

Occupational Therapy Australia seeks to acknowledge those members who have significantly contributed to the development of the body of knowledge of the profession of occupational therapy in Australia through conferring the Award of Fellow to the Occupational Therapy Australia Research Academy, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellow to the Occupational Therapy Australia Research Academy.

Visit the OTA Research Academy page for more information.

Documents:

• Guidelines
• Nominations Form

Nominations for this award are now open and close at 5:00pm (AEDT) on Friday, 14 March 2025. Nomination forms are to be submitted to awards@otaus.com.au.