North East of England Branch

Overview

This award has been established to recognise and reward British Psychological Society (BPS) members who undertake excellent communication of psychology with the public in the North East of England. The awards are open to nominations for psychologists at any career stage. Applications are encouraged from early career psychologists who may have undertaken a small engagement project, as well as more experienced psychologists.

The focus of the award is on public engagement in the North-East of England. 

Nominations are welcome from BPS members who are not based in the North-East of England but whose work is delivered to publics in the North-East.

Nominations can be made for a specific one-off engagement project or a number of linked projects.  Nominations can be made by a third party, such as a colleague or a client, or individuals can self-nominate. Third party nominators should ensure that they have sufficient knowledge of the public engagement project to make a convincing case to the judging panel. 

Conflicts of Interest:

Nominators must declare all personal and professional conflicts of interest, for example if nominating a colleague, spouse, partner or other relation. Conflicts of interest will not prevent acceptance of the nomination, but will be borne in mind by the awarding panel when considering the award. If there is found to be a conflict of interest that has not been declared, the nomination will be withdrawn.

Award

The recipient will be awarded £1200 and will be invited to deliver a public engagement or member lecture at one of the North East branch's events.

Apply for the Public Engagement Award

Regulations and eligibility

• This award is open to BPS members who have undertaken a public engagement initiative in the North East of England.  The nominee (or in the case of groups, the lead member) must be a member of the BPS.
• Applicants must provide links to output or other evidence, e.g. photographs, and contact details for a referee who was involved in the project.
• The award winner must be prepared to supply a short article on the project(s) for the Branch to use on the website, publication and / or social media channels.
• The award winner may be invited to present a short presentation on their project at a local branch event.

Selection Criteria

Each application will be considered on its own merit by the awarding panel who are appointed by the North East of England Branch Committee.  The panel will consider all submissions on the basis of the impact and quality of the contribution.  The following criteria will be used to score each application:

• Relevance of engagement project to the public interest
• Relevance of engagement project to psychology
• Innovation and creativity in the engagement project
• Quality of engagement project

Public Engagement may include but is not limited to:

• Public lectures, events, exhibitions and other face-to-face activities
• Radio, television or film
• Publishing on the web
• Community based activities
• Social media campaigns

Recipients may include those communicating their own research findings or those who ensure that a range of high quality psychological evidence is communicated (for example, via television/radio documentaries, science fairs, public engagement projects or newsprint and the emerging area of e-media including blogs and YouTube. This could also be in recognition of consistently good work over a number of years or outstanding contributions in a single year.

Award

This award has been established to recognise the research work undertaken by undergraduate psychology students studying in the North-East of England.

There are 10 x £70 awards available.

Apply for the Undergraduate Award

Criteria 

• The award is for a 500 to 1,000 word written article that describes the work carried out as part of an undergraduate degree in any area of psychology. It should be a self-contained article, which is able to communicate research findings in an engaging style to the awarding panel.
• Applicants must provide a letter of support from an academic supervisor or their contact details.
• The award winner must permit the NEEB to publish the winning article on the branch website, publication and / or social media channels.
• The award winner may be invited to present a short presentation on their project at a local branch event.
• Entries must be individual and must not have been published previously.
• Recent graduates (within 18 months of graduating) from an undergraduate degree course from a university based in the North-East of England, are eligible. Applicants must have submitted their dissertation/thesis /final research paper within the last academic year. Submissions are welcomed from students researching any area of psychology.

Awarding Panel 

The awarding panel will be appointed by the North East of England Branch Committee. The panel will consider all submissions on the basis of the impact and quality of the contribution.

Award

This award has been established to recognise the research work undertaken by postgraduate psychology students studying in the North-East of England.

There are 10 x £70 awards available.

Apply for the Postgraduate Award

Criteria

• The award is for a 500 to 1,000 word written article that describes the work carried out as part of a postgraduate degree in any area of psychology. It should be a self-contained article, which is able to communicate research findings in an engaging style to the awarding panel.
• Applicants must provide a letter of support from an academic supervisor or their contact details.
• The award winner must permit the NEEB to publish the winning article on the branch website, publication and / or social media channels.
• The award winner may be invited to present a short presentation on their project at a local branch event.
• Entries must be individual and must not have been published previously.

Awarding panel

The awarding panel will be appointed by the North East of England Branch Committee. The panel will consider all submissions on the basis of the impact and quality of the contribution.