ACMHN 2025 AWARDS

Please read the eligibility criteria carefully or each of the awards below. Presenters will not be able to put their presentation forward for the awards at any time other than during the abstract submission process.

Research Award

To be eligible for the Research Award, the abstract must report on a research project that is completed, or a completed section of a program of research, and that has ethics approval, or is a systematic review, or quality improvement project. Poster presentations are not eligible for this award category.

Stan Alchin Award

The Stan Alchin Award is presented to the best clinical paper presented by a clinician or group of clinicians. To be eligible for the ACMHN Stan Alchin Award it is a requirement that presenters are clinicians at the time of presentation. Poster presentations are not eligible for this award category.

General Award

The General Award is presented for the best paper presented reporting on management/administration/policy issues, project work, Masters, PhD or other research that does not meet the criteria for the Research Award and the Stan Alchin Award. Poster presentations are not eligible for this award category.

The Meryl Caldwell-Smith First Time Presenter Award

This award is dedicated to Meryl Caldwell-Smith AM, former Lifetime contributor to the College and is presented to the individual who is presenting for the first time outside of their organisation/place of work/tertiary institution. The presenter must be the first author on the presentation and the and present the majority of the content. Poster presentations are not eligible for this award category.

Lightning Presentation Award

The goal of lightning presentations is to articulate a topic in a quick, insightful, and clear manner. These efficient talks are intended to gain the attention of the audience, communicate key information, and allow for several presenters to share their ideas in a brief period of time. Lightning presentations are brief which requires the speaker to make their point clearly and rid the presentation of non-critical information. This causes the audience to be more attentive to the speaker and gain a broader array of knowledge from the presentations given. The number of slides is significantly less than a traditional oral presentation. Speakers must be careful not to read the details which they include in slides. Poster presentations are not eligible for this award category.

Poster Award

All posters are eligible for the Poster Award and will be assessed against the following criteria:

  • Contribution to mental health knowledge is demonstrated 
  • Contribution to mental health practice is demonstrated 
  • Visually appealing, legible font and not crowded 
  • Content is clear, concise and original
  • Relevance to mental health nursing and implications for mental health practice is shown

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