First Nations professionals are encouraged to nominate in the other categories; Senior Scientist, Early-Career, Mid-Career, Mentor, Clinician, Lived and Living Experience, and Advocacy Awards
Eligibility
You must identify as a member of a First Nation of Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand (Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Māori) and work in: research, training, practice, prevention, or policy in any area related to substance use at any stage of your career.
Selection Criteria
Evidence of significant contribution to research, training, practice, prevention, or policy in any aspect of substance use. Nominees need to show the extent of the impact of their work and how it has made a substantial and practical contribution to one of these areas. In rating the nominee, the extent to which the practical suggestions, treatment and policies have been taken up in the field will be considered.
For example:
- Research: Contribution to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs research, demonstrated by the range and quality of evidence-based research outputs; broader dissemination and/or implementation strategies to scientific as well as broader audiences (i.e., general public, clinicians, policymakers, other stakeholders.
- Policy: a central role in the development of important policy that has been taken up at a local, state, national or international level, or leadership in the form of management practices and implementation of evidence-based practices.
- Training: a substantial program of training and workforce development using evidence-based strategies that have had a demonstrated impact on responses to Indigenous health.
- Prevention and Treatment: the development and/or implementation of evidence-based practices to prevent drug use, prevent harms or treat the consequences of drug use.