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What are the BUPA Foundation awards?
The BUPA Foundation awards provide a unique way of recognising and rewarding researchers' previous work as well as "seeding" follow-on studies if appropriate, or piloting work in a new direction prompted by the successful project.
They are presented in November each year, at the BUPA Foundation awards dinner held in London. A short video of each winning project is featured, followed by presentations and dinner.
The awards are made annually in recognition of excellence in medical research and healthcare in seven categories:
- Care of the elderly
- Clinical excellence
- Communication
- Epidemiology
- Medical research
- Occupational health
- Patient safety
Each award is £15,000. This is divided into two parts: £5,000 will be paid direct to the individual or team members and £10,000 will be for use to further the award winner's project.
The BUPA Foundation donates approximately £1.5 million per year through its medical research grants, grants for medical research on a specialist theme and its annual Foundation awards, the vast majority of which go to medical research teams in NHS hospitals.
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