SIPSCON
2023

•    The award is instituted for the best original research paper by a young psychiatrist aged 40 years or below
•    Fifty percent of the authors, including the presenting author should be members of the Indian Psychiatric Society—Kerala Chapter.
•    The paper should be submitted in the format prescribed by Kerala Journal of Psychiatry.
•    It should not have been presented or published elsewhere, either in part or full.
•    An e-copy of the original research paper is to be submitted to the Chairman, Awards Committee of the SIPSCON.
•    The manuscript will be evaluated by a panel of three judges and the floor presentation will be evaluated by another panel of three judges. 
•    The judges shall not be co-authors of any of the papers submitted for the award. They shall not be affiliated with the institutions from which the paper is submitted. 
•    The total marks will be 100. A weightage of 70% will be given to the manuscript and 30% to the floor presentation.
•    Out of the 70 marks allotted for the manuscript, 20 will be for relevance of the topic, 30 for the methodology and 20 for the quality of the write-up. 
•    The first three papers which score the highest marks will be selected for floor presentation. 
•    The time allotted for floor presentation will be 8 minutes, and 2 minutes for discussion.
•    Out of the 30 marks allotted for floor presentation, 10 marks each will be for the quality of the PowerPoint presentation, coherence of presentation and discussion.
•    The paper which scores the highest total marks will be chosen for the Venad Guild Young Psychiatrist Award.
•    The Award shall carry a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/-, which is to be divided between the co-authors. 
•    Certificates shall be provided to all the participants.
•    For redressal of any grievances, the participants can address complaints to the President, IPS-Kerala Chapter.
•    If submitted to the Kerala Journal of Psychiatry, the award paper will be accepted for publication in the journal after an editorial review.
For participation send the proposal to

drthomasjohn@gmail.com  and copy to ipspsykerala@gmail.com 
Last date of receiving – August 1st  2022