Taiwan Family Medicine Research Award

The Taiwan Family Medicine Research Award (TFMRA) was established by the Chinese Taipei Association of Family Medicine (CTAFM) in 2008. It is to support travel expense for three junior family physicians to attend a WONCA World Conference. The purpose of TFMRA was to encourage junior family physicians to conduct research in the specialty field of family medicine. 

The award

The TFMRA is a prize of USD 1,500 to each young family physicians for the excellence of their research. 

CTAFM will give a total of USD 4,500 to junior family physicians for them to attend the WONCA World Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Three junior family physicians will be chosen by a selection committee.

Winners should attend the WONCA World Conference 2025 in person to receive the award from the President of the Chinese Taipei Association of Family Medicine. 
At least one winner should be from the Asia Pacific Region.

Funding process

This funding is intended to cover the travel expenses of the awardee to attend the WONCA World Conference Lisbon 2025. The funds will be distributed on-site or transferred after the conference.

Eligibility for applicants

1. The applicant must fulfil one of the following qualifications: a practicing family physician; an attending physician at an academic institute, a resident in a formal training program, or a graduate student in the related specialty of family medicine. 
2. The applicant should be under 40 years of age and in the first three years of their research career. 
3. The applicant should submit a full paper that is unpublished and has not been presented elsewhere. 
4. The submitted paper should have received no funding from any resources or award.
5. The award paper should be presented at the WONCA World Conference 2025.
6. The awardee must attend the WONCA Lisbon Conference 2025 in person and be present at the WONCA Award Ceremony, which takes place during the conference.

Criteria for selection

1. Relevance of the research topic to the family medicine of the country where the research was conducted. 
2. The originality of the article and compliance to the codes of research ethics. 
3. Rigour of the research methodology. 
4. Contribution of the research to clinical practice. 
5. Quality of English writing including but not limited to abstract, introduction/background, literature review, materials and methods, results, and discussion.

To apply

Please send submissions, including a covering letter to Chinese Taipei Association of Family Medicine and a CV, by the closing date of Friday 21 March 2025, 17:00 UTC to the WONCA Secretariat at secretariat@wonca.com