NRS Science Award - Call for nominations, deadline extended!
NRS Science Award
The Board of the Netherlands Respiratory Society announces the NRS Science Award, which will be presented every 2 years, amounting to 10,000 euros.
The NRS recognizes outstanding achievements in interdisciplinary respiratory science (and especially research that attracts attention from outside the discipline itself) with the NRS award, and this way aims to stimulate this research in the Netherlands.
Applications should be sent to: w.j.staal@umcg.nl, and be received no later than February 15, 2012.
The award will be granted for interdisciplinary research that has increased the exposure of respiratory research in the Netherlands (or has potential to do so).The award should be used for an activity that stimulates societal interest for the proposed research. The awardee(s) will report at the annual meeting of NRS, so for the first time in April, 2012.
Criteria for the award are (minimally 4 out of 6 criteria should apply):
- The study is innovative and is primarily embedded in the field of respiratory health and/or disease.
- The Dutch team of investigators has an interdisciplinary background.
- The study results have drawn scientific attention outside the respiratory field.
- The study concerns collaboration between two or more research groups from different institutes within or outside the Netherlands.
- The study has led to one or more collaborative scientific publications.
- The study results have been covered by general media and/or by the lay-press.Or, in case the study results were published recently: scientific interest from outside the respiratory field and/or in non-scientific media may be expected.
The submission should include a plan for the use of the award money, fitting the aims of the NRS Award.
Applications may be submitted by:
- individual scientists
- scientific groups
- scientific societies and
- universities / departments.
The application should include a short description of the research, relevant publication(s) and a statement highlighting those aspects of the research that meet the requirements of this award. In addition, a plan for spending the award money should be included in the application.
The award winner will be selected from applications by the NRS Newscommittee, which will present its proposal to the Board.
