AWARDS

    Celebrating and supporting outstanding contributions to child and adolescent psychiatry — in Türkiye, around the region, and among those who inspire and encourage professionals

    Eligibility

    Nominees may be clinicians, researchers, educators, advocates, institutions, or community programs. Activities recognized may include clinical innovation, high-impact research, training and capacity building, policy work, public engagement, or advocacy. For the Türkiye Contribution Award, the nominee’s principal impact should be within Türkiye. For the International Contribution Award, impact should be primarily outside Türkiye. The Encouragement Award recognizes those who actively mentor, fund, or otherwise enable others’ professional development.

    Nomination Process

    Nominations open annually from [dates]. Required materials: completed nomination form; a 500–800 word statement describing the nominee’s impact; up to three supporting documents (publications, evaluation reports, letters of support); contact details for nominee and nominator. Self-nominations accepted where indicated. Submit nominations via the online portal [link] or email info@capacity.org

    National Contribution Award
    Recognizes an individual, team or institution whose outstanding clinical, research or educational work has significantly advanced child and adolescent psychiatry in Türkiye.

    International Contribution Award
    Honors a clinician, researcher or program outside Türkiye that has made a major and demonstrable impact on child and adolescent mental health in their country or region.

    Encouragement Award (Teşvik Ödülü)
    Celebrates individuals or organizations whose leadership, mentorship or advocacy encourages and supports early-career professionals, trainees, and community teams working with children and adolescents.


    Selenge BALJINNYAM
    • 2025

    This year, the award has been presented to Selenge BALJINNYAM. After completing her high school education in Mongolia, in the Orkhon Valley—where Turkish history began—she pursued her medical degree at Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine in Türkiye. She later completed her specialization in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Diseases at Bezmialem Vakıf University.

    With the aim of effectively utilizing the support she received from Türkiye, she has initiated efforts to contribute to child psychiatry in her own country. She continues to serve as an advisor to the Ministry of Health of Mongolia in the field of child and adolescent mental health and plays an active role in curriculum development. She also collaborates with academics from Türkiye in carrying out Mongolia’s child mental health action plan and scientific advisory work.

    In recognition of her contributions to the development of child and adolescent mental health services in her country, she has been deemed worthy of this year’s International Contribution to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Award.

    All National Contribution Award International Contribution Award Encouragement Award