The Hestia 2021 Awards are the fourth organized and promoted call for awards by the Hestia Foundation and the Hestia Chair in Integrated Social and Health Care of the International University of Catalonia (UIC Barcelona). Following the established line. We intend to recognize the best initiatives in the field of research in the socio-sanitary or mental health field, the aim of which has been to improve the care of complex chronic patients with high social vulnerability. In this edition, we have chosen to open a specific category for studies relating to COVID-19 and the impact of this pandemic.
Categories
Best published article (COVID-19)
– First Prize: EUR 2000
– Second Prize: EUR 1500
– Third Prize: EUR 1000
Best published article (not COVID-19)
– Mental health: EUR 1000
– Sociosanitary: EUR 1000
Best Communication at a Congress
– Mental health: EUR 500
– Sociosanitary: EUR 500
– Palliative Care: EUR 500
The call for these awards, together with the Hestia Research Scholarship, is an important step in recognizing and disseminating the work that health professionals are doing in the field of social and health care and mental health. This is an area where it is still very difficult to have the support and support needed to develop a research activity of excellence, so we in the Hestia Chair want to support it so that this is progressively possible.
The deadline for these awards is 30 September 2021.
