At the AAAPC Annual Research Conference, Australian Journal of Primary Health presents a prize for the Best Oral Paper relevant to the interests and scope of the journal.

The prize consists of a certificate and a year’s subscription to the journal (online). The winner(s) is offered free Open Access in the journal for an accepted, peer-reviewed article arising from the Best Oral Paper. Following the conference the prize winner(s) are promoted more widely through social media channels and on the AJPH website.

Papers accepted for oral presentation, focusing on those informing critical discussion on primary and community services integrating theory and practice, and using perspectives from a range of disciplines are eligible. Oral papers presented at the conference are assessed by the journal’s judging committee, comprising the Co-Editors-in-Chief, members of the Editorial Panel and their nominees.

The judging committee considers several criteria for the prize, including originality, rigour, relevance to primary and community health policy and practice, inclusion of relevant groups to the research, and quality of presentation.

Congratulations to 2021 winner Molly George for paper entitled 'How to undertake research with refugees: An experiential and fieldwork analysis of a 3-year refugee research programme in Southern NZ'.

In 2021 AAAPC sponsored a prize for the Best Paper delivered by an early career researcher, academic registrar or trainee at the Annual Research Conference. 

The AAAPC Committee selects a winner from the abstracts submitted by early career authors for presentation at the Conference. The selected paper is presented during the Awards Plenary session at the Annual Research Conference.

Congratulations to 2021 winner Iona Bryson for paper entitled 'Remote self-management support intervention for type 2 diabetes: A systematic review'.

This award supports early and mid-career researchers undertaking research translating evidence into practice. 

The Award includes $1000 for research related purposes (e.g., attend conference, publication etc) to be used within 12 months.

Congratulations to 2021 winner Hankiz Dolan (University of Sydney) for paper entitled 'Adaptation of an encounter decision aid on contraceptive methods for Chinese migrant women living in Australia'.

From 2014 until 2018 the AAAPC sponsored a prize for Best Paper delivered by a First Time Presenter at the Primary Health Care Research Conference, hosted by the Primary Health Care Research and Information Service. If you were presenting a 15 minute paper for the first time at a Primary Health Care Research Conference you were eligible to be judged by the AAAPC research prize committee.

In 2020 the award was re-introduced at the AAAPC Annual Research Conference. In 2021 eligible First Time Presenters were judged by the ARC Prize Committee.

Congratulations to 2021 winner Aroub Lahham for paper entitled 'How do general practitioners perceive sedentary behaviour assessment and management in primary care in Australia? A qualitative study.'

The North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG), in collaboration with AAAPC, provides an award to assist an AAAPC member to travel to and present their work at the NAPCRG annual meeting. The award consists of free registration for the conference. In order to apply you must be a financial member of the AAAPC.

To apply for the award please submit your abstract to NAPCRG and send a copy of your abstract as submitted to aaapc.secretariat@anu.edu.au to be considered for the prize.

A judging panel will be convened by the AAAPC Executive to decide the winner.

Congratulations to 2019 winner Grant Russell and co-authors for paper entitled 'Primary health care access for vulnerable communities: Uncovering the balance between supply and demand'.