ISOQOL President’s Award
Deadline for Nominations: May 31 of each year
The goal of this award is to recognize outstanding contributions (by an individual or group) to the advancement of the quality of life field in one or more of the following areas: "education of professionals, patients or lay individuals about the value of quality of life assessment as related to health"; "promotion or execution of quality of life research or other scholarly activities"; and "facilitating or furthering policy initiatives that impact upon health-related quality of life." The winner may be given the opportunity to give a 20-minute plenary during the Annual Meeting.
Please submit your nomination package consisting of
- a letter from the nominator specifying the nominee's contributions,
- the curriculum vitae of the nominee, and
- an external support letter.
Please
send your nomination package to:
President
ISOQOL Executive Office
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101 USA
Fax: 703-556-8729
The award will be selected by the ISOQOL Executive Committee and approved by the Board of Directors. The award will consist of a plaque, a $1000 honorarium and up to $1000 in travel expenses if the recipient plans to attend the Annual Conference.
Past
recipients
2001 Donald Patrick (Ivan Barofsky President)
2002 George Torrance (David Osoba President)
2003 John Ware (Mirjam Sprangers President)
2004 Robert Kaplan (Albert Wu President)
2005 Neil Aaronson (David Feeny President)
2006 David Osoba (Peter Fayers President)
2007 Dennis Revicki (Madeleine King President)
Early Career Investigators' Award
ISOQOL is committed to promoting excellence in quality of life research. Therefore, the Early Career Investigators' Award (formerly the Young Investigators' Award)will be presented during the conference closing plenary ceremony. This award recognizes the best overall oral and poster presentations made by full-time student or post-doctoral individuals in the early stages of their career in QOL research, having either received their doctorate within the last five years or having worked as an independant researcher in the field for five years or less.
Best Poster Award
In recognition of the vital role that posters play in communicating QOL research methods and findings, the Scientific Program Committee will present a Best Poster Award during the closing ceremony. A special jury organized by the Scientific Committee will judge all of the posters.
Outstanding Article of the Year Award
Submission deadline: July 15th of each year.
Purpose
of the Award
Beginning in 2003, ISOQOL will award the Article of the Year Award to recognize
and honor the single best article dedicated to health-related quality of life
(HRQL) research that was published in Quality of Life Research journal
during the previous
calendar year. This award recognizes the author(s) for significant
intellectual contributions that promise to advance the state of the art in
HRQL research
methods or theory.
Nature
of the Award
First author of the winning article will receive a plaque recognizing the outstanding
research. Additional authors will receive a certificate.
Eligibility
Criteria
Any HRQL research article written by any author(s) that was published for the
first time during the previous calendar year in Quality of Life Research journal,
will be eligible if nominated for this award by an active member of ISOQOL.
Nomination
Procedures
Any ISOQOL member may nominate an article by completing and submitting a nomination
package. If more than one person nominates a
particular published article for this award, a Lead Nominator will be assigned
to assemble all nomination documents, submit the nomination package, and serve
as the correspondent for all questions regarding the nomination.
For each nomination, a Nomination Package consisting of the following should be submitted to the ISOQOL Nominations Committee at info@isoqol.org (Note: materials that are submitted with the nomination CANNOT be returned):
- A complete copy of the published article must accompany the nomination.
- A nomination letter should be provided that states why the article represents an outstanding contribution to the field of HRQL and describes how it advances HRQL research, clinical application or affects health policy.
- Nomination will identify the author(s) and provide the full citation for the article.
Review
and Selection
The ISOQOL Nominations Committee serves as the review and selection committee
for the Article of the Year Award. If an article written by a member
of the committee is nominated for the award, that member will be removed
from the review and selection committee for the current year and the
Board of Directors will appoint another ISOQOL member to serve on the
committee in his or her place.
The committee will recommend the single article that promises to be the most significant advancement to HRQL research from all those nominated each year based on its scientific quality and societal relevance. (The committee has the discretion to not make the award in any given year.)
Award Presentation
The ISOQOL Article of the Year Award will be presented during the award ceremony
at the annual meeting of the Society.
Should you have any questions regarding the Article of the Year award, please contact the ISOQOL Executive Office at info@isoqol.org or call 703-556-9222.
Click here for Past Recipients