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Research Team
Research Team 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 undertaken by a team where the lead investigator is an occupational therapist, a team of occupational therapists.
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.
- For the Category 4 - Research Team Award, the majority of OTs within the research team must be members of OTA.
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
Lynette Mackenzie and the UoS occupational therapy, general practice, and primary care team
2021
The Brain Recovery and Rehabilitation Research Group
2017
Professor Iona Novak
2015
Christine Imms
2013
Lindy Clemson
2013
Belinda Carr
2005
Annie McCluskey
2003
Natasha Lannin
2001
Chris Lloyd
Hazel Bassett
1999
Margaret Wallen
Fiona Williams
1997
Jennifer Fleming
1995
Sharon Doyle
Margaret Wallen
1993
Lindy Clemson
Maryanne Roland
1991
Sue Findlay
1991
Leeanne Carey
