1. Neville Butler Memorial Prize John Bynner previous director and Tom Schuller present director of Longview

2. Neville Butler Distinguished paediatrician early advocate of the life course approach to understanding health Founder of: National Child Development Study (1958 cohort); 1970 Cohort Study (BCS70) Involvement until his death in March 2008 in establishing the Millennium Cohort Study

3. Prize Content - 5,000 word essay on longitudinal research findings Aims – encourage and support early career longitudinal researchers to communicate research results to academic readership and general public Eligibility - PhD or equivalent; UK based work Outcome - £5000; assistance with publication in Longview Journal, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies; media training

4. Operation Year 1 (2008): 7 applicants – joint winners Dylan Neale (Insitiute of Education ), Maria Portanti; Simon Whitworth (Office of National Statistics ) Year 2 (2009): 3 applicants - joint winners Luna Muñoz (University of Northern Lancashire ); Mayada Elsabbagh (Birkbeck College) Scope - secondary analysis of large-scale, long-term longitudinal datasets; short-term longitudinal survey; longitudinal clinical study of babies; longitudinal study of firm