Biological Psychiatry Australia (BPA) aims to promote excellence in research performed in the field of biological psychiatry within Australia. Research promoted by BPA is cross-disciplinary and cross-species, consisting of Psychiatry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Psychology, Behavioural Neuroscience, Physiology, Genetics, and Epidemiology.
Applications/nominations for the 2025 BPA Best Research Paper Award have closed for 2025.
The awards are offered to BPA members in three categories:
1) Student (Bachelor, Honours, Masters or PhD program)
2) ECR (0-5 years post PhD)
3) General (any BPA member)
The winners in each category will receive a certificate and a $250 gift card and will be invited to present their paper at a BPA webinar. For guidelines and entry form go here. Applications will only be considered if the appropriate documents are attached to the application (including proof of enrolment for the Student category and proof of PhD completion for the ECR category).
Past Awardees:
| Year | Student Category | ECR Category | General Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Nga Yan Tse | Dylan Kiltschewskij | Rachel Hill |
| 2024 | Ashlea Segal | Roberta Goncalves Anversa | Philip Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel |
| 2023 | William Reay | Maria Di Biase | Yann Quidé |
| 2022 | Sidhant Chopra | N/A | Claire O'Callaghan |
| 2021 | Divyangana Rakesh | Leigh Walker | Olivia Dean |
