Health Student Research Prize
The Health Student Research Prize recognises students who have distinguished themselves with a particularly excellent example of written work. The award was introduced to highlight the breadth of student research at Health and is an alternative to the former gold medal assignment.
Who can make a recommendation?
Are you employed in an academic position and principal supervisor for a student at Health who has distinguished his or herself through a particularly excellent example of written work? Then you can recommend the student for the Health Student Research Prize.
Who can be recommended?
Students, research year students and integrated PhD students from a degree programme at Health, who have distinguished themselves through a particularly excellent piece of written work, such as e.g. a Bachelor's project, Master's thesis, an assignment from an honours programme, an article, or similar.
The work for which the prize is awarded must have been completed during the period of study and the recommendation of candidates for the prize may be made up to one year after they earn a Master’s degree. Integrated PhD students can only be recommend for work they have completed while they were Master’s degree students (i.e. before they transfer to Part B).
Previous prize winners cannot be recommended.
The written contribution
Written contributions that may form the basis for assessment can be a written assignment (experimental or theoretical) or an article (draft or published) with the student as the lead author.
Co-author declarations are required for the contribution. If necessary, use this template.
It is not a prerequisite that the written work is produced as part of a formalised programme (it may be based on voluntary research in a student’s leisure time outside of a formalised programme).
Assessment
The nominee is assessed by a sub-committee from the academic council. The assessment is based on the recommendation from the supervisor and the student's written work. The nominee is assessed on the basis of a single written contribution, with the nominee’s CV only used as a supporting document.
Assessment criteria:
- Originality in the approach to the topic
- Insight and overview of the original literature in the area
- Ability to advance original testable hypotheses and/or ask relevant scientific questions
- Ability to formulate himself/herself at a high academic level
- Clear communication of messages
- That the work represents a substantial, outstanding performance
The assessment takes into account the different levels of contributions and recognises the singular presentation on the individual levels.
Awarding
The prize is awarded once a year, usually in January-February on the basis of a deadline which normally lies in November.
As a general rule, one prize is awarded per department: Department of Public Health, Department of Biomedicine, Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, and Department of Clinical Medicine/Department of Forensic Medicine. The departmental affiliation for a given recommendation follows the recommender’s (supervisor) primary place of employment.
The prize from a department may accrue to another department if the assessment committee deems it appropriate.
How do I recommend a student?
The principal supervisor recommends a student by filling in the form on the website. The student's written work, including the co-authorship statement and CV, are uploaded together with the completed form (max 10 MB).
