The Roux Prize is open to applications and is intended for anyone who has used health evidence in innovative ways to improve the health of populations. Diverse entries welcome: Laureates may be workers in government agencies, researchers in academic institutions, volunteers in charitable organizations, or health service providers working in the community.
Prize Description
Each year, the Roux Prize winner receives $100,000 that can be put toward anything the winner desires. Past winners have used their winnings to fund academic scholarships, their research, or their own life’s causes.
The information included in the nomination form:
- Nominee’s personal information: title, name, degree, position or role, organization, email, phone number, and physical address.
- Nomination statement (1000-word limit): The nomination statement should express why you feel this candidate is deserving of the Roux Prize. The strongest nominations will be those which:
- Describe the scope and relevance of the problem addressed by the nominee.
- Describe how the candidate used evidence to improve population health. Please include specific examples that highlight the importance of the evidence for achieving the outcome, and highlight the breadth and significance of the impact on the population.
- Describe the nominee and the context in which they performed their work, including any barriers or obstacles they had to overcome to achieve the outcome.
- Describe any innovations the nominee implemented in their use of evidence.
- Describe how the prize would benefit the nominee.
- Optional: Supporting materials. You may provide any documents which provide evidence of the nominee’s achievements and in particular highlight how the nominee used evidence to improve population health and/or the magnitude and relevance of the impact of the nominee’s work. These could include peer-reviewed articles, media publications, letters of support, etc. (5 maximum).
- Nominator’s personal information: title, name, degree, position or role, organization, email, phone number, and physical address.
- Optional: Co-nominator personal information: title, name, degree, position or role, organization, email, phone number, and physical address.
Award
The $100,000 Roux Prize is awarded annually by the nomination process as stipulated.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nominations for The Roux Prize are welcomed from across the globe.
- Preference is given to individuals, but groups are eligible.
- Self-nominations are discouraged.
- Current full-time faculty, fellows, or employees of IHME and the University of Washington are not eligible.
Conditions for Award
- Upon notification, the award must be accepted by the recipient within a term decided by IHME, and be received by the recipient at the Roux Prize Awards Ceremony in 2023.
- The prize is valued at $100,000 USD and is for the personal use of the recipients. An award citation and a medal will also be presented.
- If a group, rather than an individual, receives the award, the prize will be evenly divided among them. Each will receive an award citation and medal.
- Awards are made to residents of any country without the restriction of gender, race, religion, creed, or nationality.
- All selections are final and are not subject to review or challenge.
- The winner will be announced prior to the award ceremony in 2023.
The Selection Process
The winner of the Roux Prize is selected in two rounds.
- First, the Roux Prize Nomination Committee – comprised of distinguished individuals in population health research, policy, and practice – reviews all nominations and selects the finalists.
- Then, the finalists are reviewed and a winner is selected by the Roux Prize Nomination Board.
Nomination instructions
- As the evaluation of Roux Prize nominees depends on the information supplied, nominations should be accurate, detailed, and complete.
- Nominations should be in English. Due to organizational capacity, the receipt of applications in languages other than English cannot be guaranteed. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
- Please submit nominations for 2023 by April 15.