Prizes and awards

The Anne Anderson Award is awarded to a female member of Cochrane who has made a significant contribution to the enhancement and visibility of women's participation within Cochrane.

The Bill Silverman Prize is awarded to acknowledge explicitly the value of criticism of Cochrane, with a view to helping to improve its work, and thus achieve its aim of helping people make well-informed decisions about health care by providing the best possible evidence on the effects of healthcare interventions.

The Chris Silagy Prize is awarded to an individual who has made an "extraordinary" contribution to the work of Cochrane which would not be recognised outside the scope of this prize.

The Kenneth Warren Prize is awarded  to the principal author of whichever Cochrane Review authored by a national living in a developing country is judged to be both of high methodological quality and relevant to health problems in developing countries.

The Thomas C Chalmers Award is awarded to the principal author of the best oral and the best poster presentation addressing methodological issues related to systematic reviews.

The Cochrane-REWARD Prize will highlight both underused "remedies" and the need to invest in research to identify problems and solutions to them.

Cochrane Consumer Stipends are awarded to a limited number of patients and caregivers who are active contributors to Cochrane work to assist them in attending a Global Evidence Summit or Cochrane Colloquium event.

Cochrane LMIC/UMIC Stipends are awarded to a limited number of active Cochrane members who are living and working in low-, lower-middle- and upper-middle-income countriesto assist them in attending a Global Evidence Summit or Cochrane Colloquium event.