MARC EMCR and PhD Publication Prizes
2025 EMCR and PhD Publication Prizes - Winners Announced!
We were delighted to announce the winners of our EMCR and PhD publication prizes at our recent Symposium.
Dr Monica Jung was the winner of the 2025 MARC PhD Publication award for her paper titled Opioid characteristics and nonopioid interventions associated with successful opioid taper in patients with chronic noncancer pain.
Dr Ryan Baldwin was the recipient of the 2025 MARC EMCR Publication award for his paper titled Differences in ambulance attendances between children with and without an identified history of out-of-home care.
2025 MARC EMCR and PhD Publication Prize
SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
The Monash Addiction Research Centre (MARC) is committed to developing Early-Mid Career Researcher (EMCR) initiatives to assist our EMCRs in developing their addiction research careers. In addition to the emphasis placed on a strong track record in research publications and competitive funding, there is also the requirement for EMCRs to secure competitive Prizes & Awards. MARC offers our members the MARC EMCR and PhD Publication Prizes to support this.
We invite MARC EMCRs to nominate one 2023 or 2024 research publication for the 2025 MARC EMCR and PhD Publication Prizes. Two Publication Prizes will be awarded:
- EMCR (or Post-PhD) prize
- PhD candidate (or Pre-PhD) prize
NOTE: At MARC, we define an Early-Mid Career Researcher (EMCR) as a staff member (up to academic Level C) within ten years of their PhD conferral (taking career disruptions into account) at the time of publication. Individuals who were PhD candidates at the time of paper publication are eligible for the PhD candidate prize. The time of paper publication is the first date that the paper appeared online.
Benefits
The MARC EMCR and PhD Publication Prize includes an Award Certificate and a $150 gift voucher. The award will only be granted if an application is deemed to be of sufficient merit. Accordingly, MARC reserves the right not to make an award in any given year.
Terms of Award
- Applicants will be notified of their submission outcome by the MARC Publication Review Committee at the 2025 MARC Symposium on Thursday, 22 May 2025. The successful applicant (or someone nominated by them) will receive their award and certificate during the symposium.
- Award recipients will receive a $150 gift voucher and a certificate.
Assessment Criteria
- The main criteria for assessment will be the significance of the research, which should also encompass the research and/or translational impact:
ASSESSMENT (WEIGHTING) | |
|---|---|
| Significance of Research (including research and/or translational impact) | 40% |
| Journal Quality (impact factor, journal ranking, reputation in field) | 20% |
| Originality of Research | 20% |
| Contribution to Research by the EMCR/PhD | 20% |
| TOTAL | 100% |
Review and Assessment of Nominations
MARC Publication Committee staff will verify that all nominations meet the Applicant Eligibility Criteria and Publication Nomination Criteria.
Each prize group will be assigned to a Review Panel comprised of a Chair and two academics. Each Review Panel will examine all publications, and the Publication Prizes will be awarded to a publication based on the Assessment Criteria.
NOTE: Late, incomplete, or non-submitted applications will not be considered.
ENQUIRIES
All queries regarding this scheme should be directed to MARC by email at marc.info@monash.edu.
2023 MARC EMCR and PhD Publication Prize
Winners announced!
We are pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural 2022 MARC Publication Prizes.
EMCR prize winner:
Dr Amanda Cross won the MARC EMCR Publication Prize for the publication titled "Barriers and enablers to monitoring and deprescribing opioid analgesics for chronic non-cancer pain: a systematic review with qualitative evidence synthesis using the Theoretical Domains Framework".
PhD prize winner:
Louisa Picco won the MARC PhD Publication Prize for the publication titled "How do patient, pharmacist and medication characteristics and prescription drug monitoring program alerts influence pharmacists’ decisions to dispense opioids? A randomised controlled factorial experiment".