AMRC Science Communication Awards 2009
The winners of AMRC's Science Communication Awards were announced at reception at the Royal Society on Tuesday 10 March 2009.
AMRC's awards reward the very best science communications practices of our 115 member charities, and is the only scheme to recognise specifically the important role played by medical research charities in engagement, involvement and public understanding of science.
The categories in the 2009 competition are:
1 Online Research Information (sponsored by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration)
Winner: Cancer Research UK
scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org
Runner up: Breakthrough Breast Cancer
www.breakthroughgenerations.org.uk
Highly Commended: Chronic Granulomatous Disorder Research Trust
www.cgd.org.uk/cgd/research
2 Patient Information Leaflet (Sponsored by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration)
Winner: Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Breast cancer risk factors: the facts
Runner up: Kidney Research UK
Living with kidney disease, what you should know
Highly Commended: Wellbeing of Women
What every woman should know about her body
3 Patient and Public Involvement (sponsored by the Department of Health)
Winner: Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS Research Network
Runner up: Kidney Research UK
The Kidney Research UK future kidney research priorities survey
Highly Commended: Deafness Research UK
Tinnitus Survey 2007
4 Research Report for Non-Expert Audience (sponsored by the Department of Health)
Winner: Research into Ageing
The Disconnected Mind
Runner up: Parkinson's Disease Society
Progress research magazine
Highly Commended: Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Highlight
5 Science Reportage in Annual Report or Review (sponsored by the Academy of Medical Sciences)
Winner: Parkinson's Disease Society
Parkinson's Disease Society of the UK Annual Report and Accounts 2007
Joint Runners up: The Bupa Foundation
Bupa Foundation Annual Review 2008
Deafness Research UK
Annual Review 2007
6 Campaigning and Public Affairs (new category, sponsored by the BioIndustry Association)
Winner: Motor Neurone Disease Association
MND Association Research Foundation
Runner up: Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Triple negative breast cancer and the launch of the triple negative trial
Highly Commended: Prostate Cancer Research Foundation
Give a few bob
7 Use of Design (sponsored by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
Winner: Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Risk Factors: The Facts
Runner up: Multiple Sclerosis Society
Research Matters
Highly Commended: Medical Research Scotland
Medical Research Scotland Annual Review 2007-08
8 Innovative communication by small charities
Winner: Chronic Granulomatous Disorder Research Trust
News on the CGD research front - a collection of research stories
Runner up: Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths
www.fsid.org.uk/research.html
Highly Commended: British Liver Trust
BBVs are bad company
Overall winner (sponsored by the Medical Research Council)
Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Risk Factors: The Facts
The winning charity in each category received £300, a quality-mark of their communications excellence which can be used on published literature and website, and a certificate. The overall winner was selected from the category winners and received a cheque for £1000.
11 March 2009