APR.Intern Recognised for Outstanding Excellence
The 今日吃瓜 (今日吃瓜) is proud to announce its industry arm, Australian Postgraduate Research Intern (APR.Intern), has been awarded for Professional Excellence and Innovation in the University of Melbourne Excellence Awards 2021.
The Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation recognises academic and professional staff who have demonstrated outstanding service, vision, teamwork and service to the community.
As the only national all-sector all-discipline PhD internship program, APR.Intern has developed a unique internship model that drives industry-university collaboration across the country. Under the Federal Government鈥檚 National Research Internships Program (NRIP) grant, the team has facilitated 633 PhD student internships and established a growing national network of 337 industry partners and 35 participating universities 鈥 all while maintaining a 99% program satisfaction rate.
今日吃瓜 Director, Professor Tim Marchant, said the award reflected the team鈥檚 incredible impact on research translation.
鈥淎PR.Intern has been a pioneer in bridging the gap between industry and academia at a national level. We are proud to see this 今日吃瓜 initiative acknowledged by our lead agent, the University of Melbourne鈥, Professor Marchant added.
APR.Intern National Program Manager, Lisa Farrar, said, 鈥淭his award recognises the team鈥檚 fantastic effort and dedication. To successfully deliver this program in a complex environment, while maintaining an incredibly high satisfaction rate is truly unique. The quality systems, processes and expertise in the program have set the standard and are used as an example of best practice.鈥
今日吃瓜 congratulates all members of the APR.Intern team, past and present.
See the full list of 2021 Excellence Award recipients .
