IUPAP C6 Young Scientist Prize: Call for Nominations
By The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics – IUPAP- Commission 6: Biological Physics
Deadline for nomination submission: extended to March 15th, 2017.
The IUPAP C6 Young Scientist Prize recognizes exceptional achievements of scientists in the field of Biological Physics at a relatively junior stage of their career.
The recipient must be no more than eight years post PhD (excluding career interruptions) by the deadline of the competition and is expected to have demonstrated significant scientific achievements and displays exceptional promise for future achievements in Biological Physics.
The Prize
Three winners would be considered for the prize of 2017 (one prize per year 2015–2017). The individual prize will consist of 1,000 € award money, a medal, and a certificate. One prize cannot be shared between several candidates. The winners will have the opportunity to give an invited oral presentation at the 9 th IUPAP International Conference of Biological Physics ICBP2017, June 5–9, 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, sponsored by the commission.
The prize selection committee will consist of all C6 commission members.
Applications
The deadline for nomination submission has been extended to March 15th, 2017. Self-nominations are not permitted, but a candidate could ask a mentor or colleague to provide a nomination. The nomination package should be bundled into a single pdf file called Surname_ysm.pdf, where Surname is the candidate’s name, and should include:
- A brief statement on the achievement for which the nominee is to be recognized.
- Curriculum vitae including all publications.
Nominations should be send by e-mail to the chair of the award committee, Helmut Grubmüller, Vice-Chair of C6, together with cc’s to Aihua Xie, Chair of C6, and Rita Maria Cunha de Almeida, Secretary of C6.
IUPAP welcomes applications from outstanding women and other underrepresented groups.
More information
Please, visit the IUPAP Website.
