NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARDS – ISSFAL 2010

In keeping with the ISSFAL mission to encourage students and persons early in their careers to do research in the area of fatty acids and lipids, ISSFAL 2010 will  follow the tradition established many years ago, and offer awards for new investigators.

To compete for the New Investigator Awards applicants should meet the following criteria:

1. Be an ISSFAL member (see ISSFAL.org.uk for details)
2. Be a PhD student, or within 5 years of receiving the PhD or equivalent research degree.
3. Supply an abstract on which you are the first author and indicate for which track (Lipids and Health, Biochemistry of Lipids, and Lipids and Nutrition) you submit this abstract. (Note: the abstract must be accepted for presentation (oral or poster) to remain eligible for a New Investigator Award¹)
4. Supply a signed letter of support from your supervisor as Pdf¹.
5. Supply a brief (one page) CV that clearly indicates the terminal degree¹.

¹On documents in 3-5, applicants full name should be typed in the upper right hand corner.

All submitted abstracts meeting the above criteria for the New Investigator Award will be ranked for scientific quality by an independent jury.  40 (and possibly more if sponsorship funds are sufficient) New Investigator  Awards will be made at ISSFAL 2010, and will include complimentary registration, the opportunity to apply for limited travel support (see below), an invitation to attend the “meet the Professor” breakfast, and the opportunity to win valuable prizes for the quality of presentations and posters.

Per track (Lipids and Health, Biochemistry of Lipids, and Lipids and Nutrition) – and prior to the meeting – the top 3 ranked abstracts will be identified as ‘NIA winner award candidates’ and these authors will be requested to prepare both a poster presentation and a 10 minute oral presentation. These 9 ‘NIA winner award candidates’ will be rewarded a laptop computer (previously used to equip the conference internet café during the conference).

The poster presentations of the ‘NIA winner award candidates’ will be judged by an independent jury and the best poster presentation per track will be honoured with a Top New Investigator Award certificate and will be invited to present his/her work orally in the award session on Wednesday, June 2, at 13 h.

Send all 3 required documents before Februari 1^st  to:
ISSFAL 2010
attn: Kim Willems
P.O.Box 616
6200 MD MAASTRICHT
The Netherlands

or email all the documents to issfal2010@maastrichtuniversity.nl. Be sure to note the institution and year you received your PhD or expect to receive it on the abstract form as well as on your CV. You will be notified if you have received a complimentary registration or not by March 15^th, 2010.

All New Investigator Awardees will:

1. Receive complimentary registration to ISSFAL 2010
2. Be invited to attend the  “meet the Professor” breakfast.
3. Be eligible to apply for travel support (see procedure outlined below)
4. Be eligible to receive additional recognition awards based on the presentation at the meeting in Maastricht (to be awarded at the close of the Congress)

Travel support for New Investigators

ISSFAL will make available travel support for those scientists who would otherwise not be able to attend for financial reasons. Applicants for this travel support should meet the criteria for the New Investigator Award. The ISSFAL Board of Directors has made available a total sum of U.S. $ 10.000 for this purpose.

Procedure

Please provide a letter (<500 words) in which you explain why you are in need of travel support and what other possibilities for travel funds you have explored. A letter of recommendation of the head of the Department/Institute should accompany this letter. The Organizing Committee will decide how to distribute the funds and communicate this decision to you by march 15, 2010. Preference will be given to applicants from developing nations and defined by the World Bank Criteria. For more information please contact the organising committee via e-mail: Issfal2010@maastrichtuniversity.nl

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