Criteria - Poster Research Presentation Awards

Category:

• General (up to 3 awards each conference)
• New Investigator (up to 3 awards each conference)
• Student (up to 3 awards each conference)

Description:

The Best Poster Research Presentation Award was established in 1998 to recognize the scientific merit exhibited on the poster presentation.

Criteria:

• Background provides appropriate perspective/context for the subject
• Objectives/research questions are clearly stated
• Research design/methods/modeling is appropriate and transparent {scores on this will determine winners in case of ties}
• Data sources and/or sampling procedures are clear and appropriate
• Research objectives are met/addressed
• Factual information is kept separate from interpretations or implications
• Abstract is presented in an unbiased manner
• Clarity of presentation

Selection Process:

The top 5% of scores given by the Research Peer Reviewers at the time of submission are considered for the award. 

Selection of Judges:

• Prior to the conference, ISPOR holds a Call for Judges, where registered attendees can sign up to be an on-site research award judge.
• Judges are asked to select their field of interest, based on ISPOR taxonomies.
• Undergraduate students are not eligible to be an on-site research award judge.

Judging Process:

• Judges are assigned presentations according to their field of interest
• Each judge evaluates their assigned posters
• All posters are judged equally regardless of categories. Judges do not know whether the presentation is Student, New Investigator or General
• Judge's scores are compiled, per category, and tallied to get the overall score
• ISPOR determines the recipients of the Awards (up to three in each category)

Nature of Award:

A certificate stating the award name, name of the presenting author, and title of the presentation shall be emailed to the award recipient after the conference when the conditions of acceptance are met.

Award Announcements:

Official announcement of the recipients will occur after the conference via the Value in Health abstract supplement issue, the ISPOR website, and via email to conference attendees.