Idox is pleased once again to be supporting the RTPI Awards for Research Excellence for 2016.
The awards are intended to:
- recognise the best spatial planning research from Royal Town Planning Institute accredited planning schools
- highlight the implications of academic research for policy and practice
- recognise the valuable contribution of planning consultancies to planning research
- promote planning research generally
Submitted research and its potential implications for planning policy and practice can relate to anywhere in the world (not just the UK and Ireland). The five award categories are:
- Academic Award
- Early Career Researcher Award
- Student Award
- Sir Peter Hall Award for Wider Engagement
- Planning Consultancy Award
As the UK’s leading provider of planning and building control solutions to local authorities, Idox actively engages with issues affecting the planning profession. Here at the Idox Information Service, we see our core mission as improving decision making in public policy, by improving access to research and evidence, and we are proud to be playing a part in these awards to promote academic, researcher and student excellence in this area.
This is the second time that Idox has given its support to the RTPI Awards for Research Excellence. In 2015, we sponsored the Student Award, won by Emma Thorpe, a student in the School of Planning and Geography at Cardiff University. Idox also sponsored the Sir Peter Hall Award for Wider Engagement Award, won by Dr Paul Cowie from Newcastle University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape. Next month, Paul Cowie will be making a guest contribution to our blog to describe the impact of winning the RTPI award.
This year, Idox will again be sponsoring the Student and Wider Engagement awards, as well as the Planning Consultancy award.
The closing date for applications to the awards is 31 May 2016. Further information and application forms are available here.
The Idox Information Service is the first port of call for information and knowledge on public and social policy and practice. For 40 years the service has been saving its members time and money, and helping them to make more informed decisions, improve frontline services and understand the policy environment. For more information see: http://informationservice.idoxgroup.com
In partnership with RTPI, the Idox Information Service has introduced an individual membership offer, which provides a 30% discount on the normal price.
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