This award for early career researchers aims to recognise scholarly research that ensures historically marginalised and under-represented voices are heard.
The award is named in honour and memory of Farah Jamal, an exceptional early career researcher who conducted innovative work on health inequalities. She believed that new approaches were needed for tackling long-term social problems, and she creatively blended the theories and methods of various disciplines to address complex research questions. Her PhD thesis comprised systematic reviews and qualitative studies aimed at understanding the interrelationship between institutional school structures and systems and local student culture and their influence on health and health inequalities for young people. Her research was founded on the concept of a “sociological imagination” to understand complex social processes.
Eligibility criteria
- We will consider early career individuals (within seven years of a PhD, or equivalent, not including career breaks) who have made an important contribution to ensuring under-represented or marginalised voices are heard in evidence synthesis in any area within the ambit of the Campbell Collaboration.
- The award may be given for a series of research studies or a single research contribution (e.g. a PhD thesis).
Nominations
Nominations should be sent to info@campbellcollaboration.org by 4 September 2026. Required details will include a letter of nomination (no more than two pages) indicating how the nominee meets the criteria and a three-page CV for the nominee highlighting relevant achievements.
The nominations committee is comprised of members of the Campbell Technical Advisory Group. The final decision rests with the Campbell Board following a recommendation by the committee.
The Campbell Collaboration is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We particularly welcome nominations of people who have been under-represented in past Campbell awards, for example, women, and people from low- and middle-income countries.
Award recipients
2025: Edlin Glane Mathias
2024: Ashrita Saran
2023: Laurenz Langer
2022: Zack Marshall
2021: Brenda Hayanga and Promise Nduku