Awards to be presented
MRS Awards 2008
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MRS Fellowships
An MRS Fellowship may be awarded to a Full Member who has made a significant contribution to market research and/or the MRS over a minimum of 10 years.
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MRS Gold Medal
The MRS Gold Medal is a rare distinction granted in recognition of an outstanding lifetime contribution to market research.
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MRS Silver Medal
For the best paper in the International Journal of Market Research, 2007.
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David Winton Award (for Innovation in Research Methodology) (sponsored by TNS)
For the paper which best adds to the body of market research knowledge by introducing a new, or stretching an existing, technique.
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MRS Accredited Masters Prize (sponsored by RS Consulting)
Awarded to the best research based dissertation by a student on an MRS Accredited Masters Programme.
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MRS Advanced Certificate in Market & Social Research Practice Award (sponsored by The Worshipful Company of Marketors)
Awarded for the best performance by a candidate taking the MRS Advanced Certificate in Market & Social Research Practice.
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MRS Conference Awards:
- Best Paper (sponsored by KD Consulting)
- Best Presented Paper (sponsored by Discovery Research)
- Best Newcomer (sponsored by New Fieldwork Company)
- Best New Thinking
- Special Contribution (sponsored by CSA Recruitment)
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MRS Award for Advertising & Media Research
(sponsored by Elizabeth Norman International)
For the submisison that best indicates how research increases the understanding of the way in which advertising works.
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MRS Award for Applications of Research
For the submission which best demonstrates how research has played a significant role in the decision-making process.
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MRS Award for Public Policy/Social Research
For the submission that best demonstrates the positive impact of research on decision-making within the public policy or social arena.
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MRS Award for New Consumer Insights (sponsored by Infotools)
For the best case study from a partnership that demonstrates how research has led to new understanding of the consumer.
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MRS Award for Financial Services Research
For the submission that best demonstrates the value of research to Financial Sector Clients.
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MRS/ASC Award for Technology Effectiveness
For the submission that best demonstrates outstanding innovation in the application of software technology to market, opinion and social research.
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MRS/AURA Insight Management Award (sponsored by McCallum Layton)
For the submission from a client/agency or in-house client team partnership that best demonstrates a holistic approach to insight management.
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MRS/BIG Busines-to-Business Research Award
For the contribution that best demonstrates research quality and vision in the business-to-business arena.
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IJMR Collaborative Research Award
For the best formal paper or Forum article published in IJMR that demonstrates evidence of genuine co-operation between the practitioner and academic communities in the field of market research related methodologies and applications.
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Research Magazine Awards 2008
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Best Agency
For the agency that has achieved the most in the last twelve months.
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Best New Agency
For a new agency that has best demonstrated an entrepreneurial spirit, achievement and ambition.
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Best Place to Work in Research
For the business that can demonstrate innovative thinking, enlightened approaches and new initiatives that make their business a great place to work.
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Business Transformation
For the agency/client partnership that can best demonstrate how they have together developed and delivered truly outstanding work which has helped transform an organisation, its products or services.
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Research Breakthrough
For the individual, the company, the product or the process which has led to the most significant recent breakthrough in the research industry.
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AQR
The Prosper Riley-Smith Effectiveness Award
For the paper that best demonstrates how qualitative thinking contributed to better businesses/better brands.
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