UKABIF Awards open for Nominations and Applications

UKABIF is accepting applications and nominations for the UKABIF Awards 2020 which are kindly sponsored by Cygnet Healthcare. There are four awards to choose from and winners will be presented at UKABIF's 'Time for Change' Summit in November 2020. The categories are the UKABIF Film Award; The Mike Barnes Award for Innovation; The Stephen McAleese Award for Inspiration and the UKABIF Public Engagement Award.  You can read more about each award and complete applications through our website. Just click on the links above and below! 

UKABIF Film Award
The UKABIF Film Award will acknowledge, recognise and reward a short film, of no more than three minutes, which raises awareness of the benefits of neurorehabilitation following an Acquired Brain Injury.

Mike Barnes Award for Innovation
The award is being run in collaboration with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Brain Injury MedTech Co-operative, one of eleven MedTech and In Vitro Diagnostic Co-operatives (MICs) funded by NIHR across the UK.

The Award is open for entries from everyone with an innovative project/concept in the management of Acquired Brain Injury that has originality, viability, feasibility and desirability. The Award will recognise and celebrate the most credible innovative project/concept and provide the winner with support to take it further.

Last year's winner was Goal Manager. Dr Penny Trayner has made a short film about how the Innovation Award has helped the over the past 10 months.  To view please click here.

The Stephen McAleese Award for Inspiration
Nominations are sought for those who really make a difference to the lives of those with acquired brain injuries. You can make a nomination via our simple online form.

UKABIF Public Engagement Award
Extend the reach of your research by participating in the poster sessions of the UKABIF Summit. The award will be determined by our summit delegates as the most accessible and engaging at the event.

The deadline for all awards is 19th October 2020.