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“Fundación Vila Saborit” Nursing Research Awards

 

The Vila Saborit Foundation, Sagrat Cor Hospital and UIC Barcelona set up the Nursing Research Awards in 2016 with the aim of recognising the work of young researchers, promote scientific excellence, support research in the field of nursing and disseminate research from the discipline of nursing. 

The awards have two categories. 

A) Doctoral theses (biannual) 

B) Final master’s degree subjects (organised every year)  

Terms and conditions of the 4th edition of the Awards (2019)

 

The following people can be candidates:

Professionals who take a university (official) master’s degree and who have defended a research project within the context of a final master’s degree project (TFM) in the area of knowledge of nursing.  They must have defended their TFM during the academic year when the call takes place.  Candidates must have obtained a minimum mark of 8.  They must attach their academic record for the master’s they have taken.

The call is open to all the students enrolled for university master’s degrees offered by Catalan universities. 

The projects must be unpublished and written in Catalan, Spanish or English.  They can be related to any area of nursing knowledge. 

Characteristics of the prize: 

Final Master’s Degree Projects: annual call 

1st prize:  €1.000
2nd prize:  € 500 (each)
Deadline and location to deliver candidacies to: 

Candidacies must be delivered on paper to the secretariat for the awards, located on the Sant Cugat Campus of UIC Barcelona (calle Josep Trueta, s/n), or via email to the following address  premiosvilasaborit@uic.es, for the attention of María Vera, and must include the correctly filled in paperwork in the required format. 

The deadline for candidacies will start on 13 March 2019 and end on 7 october 2019 (in August paper proposals will not be accepted by the secretariat).  Only proposals presented using the correct format and within the stipulated deadline will be accepted. 

Documentation and method of delivery:

Final Master’s Degree Project candidacies

The presentation of Final Master’s Degree Project candidacies must exclude any details that might identify the person putting forward their candidacy.  The document for the Presentation of Final Master’s Degree Project candidacies which can be downloaded here www.fundaciovilasaborit.cat, here www.hscor.com or here www.uic.es.must be filled in and then delivered.  Inside the same envelope must also be a completed and signed copy of your Personal Data Protection document and a certificate accrediting a mark of excellent for the aforementioned project. 

Your candidacy document must contain no more than 4.000 words.

Selection process: 

The prizes will be awarded by a specially created expert jury consisting of representatives of the following institutions:

  • The Vila Saborit Foundation.
  • Holders of PhDs in Nursing (one member for each Catalan university that offers Nursing degrees and master’s degrees).
  • Holders of PhDs in Nursing who are also members of Catalan healthcare institutions.
  • Experts in research from the Sagrat Cor University Hospital.
  • The Barcelona Official Professional Association for Nurses (COIB).

The evaluating jury will be made public on the following websites www.fundaciovilasaborit.cat, www.hscor.com and www.uic.es once it has been set up.

The jury’s decision will be made public at the prize giving ceremony which will be held on 18 November 2019, the day after celebrations for the saint’s day for the patron saint of nursing, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. 

Once the candidacies selected as finalists have been defended in public in a final evaluation by the jury, the winners will be announced. 

The Vila Saborit Foundation, Sagrat Cor Hospital and UIC Barcelona reserve the right to disseminate the prizes awarded via another type of medium.

 The jury’s decision cannot be appealed, and the prize can become null and void if the projects presented do not meet the requirements the jury considers necessary. 

Candidates who do not present their project in the required format, who do not present the corresponding application form correctly filled in or the documentation within the deadline and as specified will be excluded. 

Dates for the 2019 edition: 

13 March to 7 October. Receipt of candidacies

23 September to 7 November. Evaluation by the jury

18 November at 5 p.m.  Prize giving ceremony in the Function Room in the Sagrat Cor University Hospital. 

Secretariat for the awards 

UIC Barcelona
Sant Cugat Healthcare Campus
Josep Trueta, s/n
Times: from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3.30 to 5.30 p.m.
Contact details:  María Vera
935 042 000
premiosvilasaborit@uic.es

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