# Winners of first Researchers in Fundraising Awards announced

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/20/winners-first-researchers-fundraising-awards-announced/
- Published: 2013-11-20T14:32:20+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The inaugural Researchers in Fundraising (RiF) Awards were held on Monday at a London
event. The winners were announced by Elly Bohme and Alison Montgomery, who founded
RiF, the special interest group for prospect researchers, twenty years ago.

The event was sponsored by prospect and wealth research specialists Prospecting 
for Gold and Factary.

**The Prospecting for Gold Award for Prospect Research Innovation**

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Winner: Stephen Jones, University of Leicester, for using LinkedIn to drive lead
generation and enhance the major gift prospect pool.

Runner up: Anna Behan, Edward Brown and Caroline Callaghan, Great Ormond Street 
Hospital Children’s Charity, for developing a prospect reporting system to manage,
track and promote campaign reporting through SAS.

**The Factary Award for Prospect Research Impact**

Winner: Caroline Callaghan, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, for
driving solicitation through research: identifying, profiling and promoting a prospect
to secure a £10m gift.

Runner up: Rhoda McIntire, University of St Andrews, for successfully identifying,
profiling and proposing attendees for the university’s 600th Anniversary Dinner,
which raised £350,000 for scholarships.

The [Researchers in Fundraising](http://www.rif-uk.org) Awards will run again in
2014. UK Fundraising will announce when they are open.

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## Comments

### By: Finbar Cullen

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/20/winners-first-researchers-fundraising-awards-announced/#comment-3935
- Published: 2013-11-21T08:47:40+00:00

Another excellent event – a great networking opportunity for prospect researchers.
The awards are an exciting innovation, and should help to spur prospect researchers
to even greater efforts …