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Guidance with College Awards Procedures

The College is a registered charity.  It is particularly concerned to ensure that its awards are made to the most appropriate people and that its procedures are open and transparent.

College Awards are administered by the Awards Committee which is a Committee of Council.  This guidance has been written to assist those applying for or nominating others for awards of the Royal College of General Practitioners and should be adhered to whenever possible.  Candidates and nominators should be aware that the College receives a high number of nominations and these are not always successful.

Accuracy

It is the responsibility of those applying and for those nominating others for awards to take particular care to ensure the accuracy of all information enclosed on forms.

Full Details

Full and comprehensive details are required on all awards forms.  Incomplete forms may delay the application being considered.

Special Relationships

It is not appropriate for members of the College to nominate spouses or other close personal relationships, or those with whom they are in partnership.  For those working together in Institutions such as Universities, full details should be set out on the application form explaining exactly what is the nature of the working relationship.

General Guidance

Candidates for College awards should not normally be currently contracted to the College for a piece of working being undertaken.

1. Nominations for College awards should wherever possible, be without the knowledge of the candidate. 
   
2. It is not appropriate to self-nominate for an award other than a competition award and self-canvassing is discouraged.
   
3. The Awards Committee reserves the right to recommend a different award nomination if this would be more applicable.  The nominator would be contacted in this instance.
   
4. The same piece of work can only be used to apply for one College award within a three year period. 
   
5. The information given on applications will be used solely for the purpose of supporting the objectives of the RCGP in the administration of its awards. All data will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Any queries should be addressed to Awards Administrator 

RoyalCollegeof General Practitioners

14 Princes Gate, Hyde Park

London, SW7 1PU                    

Tel: 020 7581 3232 Ext 233/285  Fax: 020 7589 3145 Email:  Awards Administrator