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Mid Career Researcher
Mid Career Researcher Award
This award is one category of OTA's Research Awards, which acknowledge a member’s contribution towards the advancement of the research base of occupational therapy in four categories: early career researcher, mid career researcher, clinical researcher, and research team.
This category refers to research conducted by an occupational therapist 5-10 years from the award of their PhD or with equivalent professional standing.
Frequency: Biennial.
Prize: $500 and framed certificate.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Applicants must be an occupational therapist who has completed research into aspect of occupational therapy practice, or research into issues relevant to occupational therapy, that has been published in the past two years.
- Applicants must be a member of Occupational Therapy Australia for at least the last five continuous years (unless a student, where membership of OTA can be a year).
- Applicants must be a resident of Australia.
Documents:
Applications for this award are now open and close at 5:00pm (AEDT) on Friday, 14 February 2025. Application forms with additional documents as listed in the Guidelines are to be submitted to awards@otaus.com.au.
Award Recipients
2023
Kitty Foley
2021
Tamara Tse
2017
Elizabeth Pearson
2015
Emma Campbell
2013
Nicole Andrews
2011
Pauline Boland
2007
Melinda Randall
2005
Hazel Bassett
2001
Cathy McBryde
1999
Louise Farnworth
1997
Traci-Anne Goyen
1995
Monica Moran
1993
Anna Murphy
1988
Margaret Mudie
Janet Binstead
