We are absolutely delighted to be able to announce the Finalists our 16 judges selected to compete for the ultimate honour of being named Winner of their Category on the 12th August, live and online. Congratulations to:
Category
A finalists:
The
RADIANT study
The
Feelings Program Team
Super
(Priority-Connect)
CP-Achieve
CanEngage
Consumer-led
VR Wheelchair Simulator Project
Category
C Finalists:
Parent
Partner - NHMRC CTC, University of Sydney
Raising
the Bar
Enhancing
Cultural Empathy in Diabetes Education
FSHD
Global Research Foundation
GeneEQUAL
team
Category
F Finalists:
Sydney
Health Partners' Consumer Advisory Group
The
SNAP Trial Consumer Reference Group
The
PLATIPUS Lived Experience Committee
VCCC
Alliance Cancer Consumer Advisory Committee
For noting, due to insufficient entries, we will not be announcing finalists in Categories B, D and E. However, the judges did identify excellence within Categories D and E and will be announcing a Winner for categories D and E on the 13th August at the Awards Ceremony. There will be no winner announced for Category B this year.
We'd like to thank all of our volunteer judges who devoted hours to considerately reviewing and scoring the 59 entries submitted for the Awards against a detailed set of scoring criteria in order to get us to this point There were 4 judges for each category (2 consumer + 2 research/consumer engagement professionals), who independently scored each entry, and then met to review the overall scoring. Where there were significant variations in scoring, the consumer's scoring was weighted more heavily in the discussions to ensure truly consumer-led assessments of excellence. In brief, the entries were scored against the following criteria:
Impact
(Local and External)
Authenticity
& Effectiveness
Excellence
and Innovation
Transferability
Nature
and Depth of Partnership/Experience
Breadth/Diversity
& Inclusion
Community
informed activity
We'd also like to thank the 1408 people who registered to vote and cast 2282 votes for the People's Choice Awards. These winners will also be announced at the Awards Ceremony on the 13th August.
You're invited to attend the Live, Free, Virtual Finals and Awards Ceremony during National Science Week.
To learn more the live events and registering at : https://ccrew.accesscr.com.au/cpir-2025/live-finals-aug2025/.
Intrigued and inspired about how you could contribute to health and medical research? Contact us, or consider subscribing to our CCReW Updates for monthly opportunities to participate in clinical trials, or learn about/contribute to/partner in research: https://bit.ly/Signup_for_CCReW_News. Alternatively, reach out to your local health service, university or research institute to see what opportunities they have for you to get involved in their research.
About our Award Sponsors and Supporters
These Awards would not be possible without the contributions of our financial sponsors below:
• Platinum Event Sponsor: Bellberry Limited. Bellberry Limited is an independent, not-for-profit organisation established in 2004 providing high-quality, time-efficient, and internationally-accredited scientific and ethical review of research projects.
• Gold Sponsor, Excellence in Research Participant Experience Award: Mater Research.
• Bronze Supporters: Save Our Sons Duchene Foundation; Curtin University enAble Institute
Thanks also go to all our in-kind supporters who have helped spread the word about this event. Learn more about all our steering committee, judges, sponsors and supporters here: https://ccrew.accesscr.com.au/thankyou-cpir-village/