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Merck Thyroid Awards |
Merck LATS PrizeMerck KGaA is willing to sponsor the Prize of the Latin American Thyroid Society. The statutes for this prize can be found in the Revised Bylaws of LATS from 1991: The LATS Prize will be awarded at each LATS Congress to a member of the Society who has made outstanding contributions to thyroid research over a considerable period of time. The award will be made by the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee can appoint a special board of international experts, not necessarily members of LATS, to work as referees. The final decision will be made by the Executive Committee. Candidates for the Prize may be proposed and seconded by any two ordinary members of SLAT. The proposer should submit the candidate's curriculum vitae (of no more than 10 pages) and a short citation (of no more than 2 pages) indicating the nature of candidate's personal contribution to thyroid research to the Secretary-Treasurer. The recipient will be asked to deliver a lecture at the LATS Congress. For more information , see LATS Homepage.
Merck Polish Thyroid PrizeMERCK Sp. z. o. o. Poland, together with MERCK KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, founds an award of 5000 DM for outstanding clinical and scientific achievements in the field of Polish endocrinology. 1. The award is given annually. 2. Candidates to the award have to be under 40 years of age. 3. Candidates should be a clinician practicing in a hospital or in an out-patient department. 4. The jury consists of a representative committee of the Polish Society of Endocrinology including the President of the Society as well as a representative of MERCK Sp. z. o. o. Poland . 5. The Jury might decide not to
grant any award in case none of candidates present enough
achievements.
Merck Hungarian Thyroid Prizedonated by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and Merck Kft., Budapest, Hungary The prize is to exclusively and directly honour specific scientific publications in the field of the thyroid gland. DM 2,000 per year are available. In exceptional cases, the jury may decide to divide the prize. Hungarian endocrinologists may apply for the prize. The candidates are to hand in manuscripts of their as yet unpublished works to Merck Kft. Budapest by December 31 of the year prior to the prize-giving. In addition to basic research, work involved in both diagnostic as well as therapeutic problems in this specific field also may be considered for the prize. The submitted report must not exceed 25 type-written pages ā 30 lines. The number of figures and tables is to amount to no more than 1/3 of the complete text. The manuscript in English must be drawn up according to the regulations of a scientific journal. All rights are exclusively in the control of the author. After confirmation of receipt, the author may offer his work to a journal for publication. The prize project should not include more than two authors. If more authors have cooperated in a project, the team should decide on the two main authors to be named for the prize project; if necessary, the remaining authors must give their consent in writing. The curriculum vitae stating the scientific career of the author(s) must be enclosed with the prize project. The author(s) must affirm in writing that at the time of submission the manuscript had not yet been published nor handed in for publication neither in a journal (exception: published abstracts) nor for another scientific prize. After the prize award the prizeholder is not allowed to submit another manuscript for the Merck Hungarian Thyroid Prize in the three following years. A jury decides on who is to receive the prize. The jury may decide not to donate the prize if the manuscripts received are not worthy. The decision of the jury is mandatory for all participants and is not subject to judicial inquiry. The jury comprises: The President of the Hungarian Endocrinological Society, Prof. Balacs (Debrecen), Prof. Szabolcs (Budapest), Dr. Hostalek (Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) and one member of Merck Kft. (Budapest). In case that Prof. Balacs or Prof. Szabolcs are President of the Hungarian Endocrinological Society they may call another member from the same field to the jury. The jury decides with a 2/3 majority. In exceptional cases, decisions given in writing from absent jury members may be considered. A member of the jury may not take part in assessing a manuscript if it originated from his working circle. The prize is usually awarded once a
year at the annual Merck Hungarian Thyroid Day.
1993 - J. Nunez, France 1994 - B. Vennström, Sweden 1995 - G. Vassart, Belgium 1996 - B. Ponder, UK 1997 - F. Delange, Belgium 1998 - S. Refetoff, USA 1999 - D. Forest, USA |
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