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
