Announcements for 2008

Egon Stahl-Award in Gold 2008

The Egon Stahl-Award in Gold is the highest scientific honour of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research (GA). It acknowledges the outstanding scientific lifetime work of a research scientist who has been closely attached to Pharmaceutical Biology (Pharmacognosy, Chemistry of Natural Products), in its whole range, through his scientific work.
The Egon Stahl-Award in Gold is endowed with a goldmedal and with Euro 5000. The prize will be awarded during the annual congress of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research.

Nominations can be made by all regular members of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research. Nominations of oneself can not be considered.
The following must be enclosed with the nomination:
A detailed acknowledgment of the scientific works and names of further experts who could be consulted.
Nominations must be submitted to the president of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research by March 1, 2008.

Egon-Stahl-Award in Bronze 2008

Members of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research are invited to submit nominations for candidates, together with supporting data, to the president of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research.

A nomination for the prize has to include a curriculum vitae incorporating the most important data on the candidate's scientific career, an index on his/her publications, and reprints of several of his/her more recent publications. All publications can be taken be into consideration.

All documents have to be submitted in triplicate. Deadline for submissions is March 15, 2008.

Dr. Willmar Schwabe Award 2008
of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research

The Dr. Willmar Schwabe Award acknowledges outstanding results of pharmacological and/or clinical research in the field of herbal medicinal products. The award is endowed with 10000 € by the endowing sponsor Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH, Karlsruhe (Germany).

The aim of the award is to motivate scientists to resolve phytotherapeutical and phytopharmaceutical problems in an interdisciplinary approach.

Research groups and scientists of universities and other non-commercial scientific institutions are entitled to apply. Scientific applications to be nominated must be submitted to the president of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research, Prof. Dr. Brigitte Kopp, Vienna, in printed form in five copies until April 15, 2008.

The Dr. Willmar Schwabe Award will be bestowed during the annual GA congress in Athens, 3-8 Jul, 2008, a joint meeting with AFERP, ASP, PSE, SIF, the awarded scientific results shall be presented during the annual congress (detailed information under www.ga-online.org).

Application have to be sent to:
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Kopp
Department of Pharmacognosy
University of Vienna
Centre of Pharmacy
Althanstr. 14
A - 1090 Vienna, Austria
e-mail: brigitte.kopp@univie.ac.at