Announcements for 2009

Egon Stahl-Award in Silver for 2009

On the occasion of his 60th birthday, Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Egon Stahl donated a medal, a document and a monetary prize in order to recognize and promote young scientists working in the field of Pharmacognosy (Pharmaceutical Biology) and Analytical Phytochemistry.

As a rule, the silver medal and an award of € 3000 should be awarded to scientists up to the age of about forty, who have published outstanding scientific work during the years following their graduation. The bronze medal and an award of € 1500 will be given to young scholars up to the age of about thirty whose theses are of outstanding quality.

In 2009 the ESA Silver will be given during the 57^th International congress and annual meeting of GA in Geneva on Aug 16 -20, 2009 (www.ga2009.org).

Members of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA) are invited to submit nominations for candidates together with supporting data to the president of GA, Prof. Dr. Brigitte Kopp, Vienna.

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

All documents have to be submitted in electronic form (as CD in 3 copies). Deadline for submissions is March 15, 2009.

December, 2008
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Kopp, GA president

 

Documents to be sent to:

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

Bionorica Phytoneering Award 2009 of GA - Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research

The Bionorica Phytoneering Award (BPA) acknowledges outstanding research in the field of development and application of phytopharmaceutical products.

The award is endowed with 10000 € by the endowing sponsor Bionorica AG, Neumarkt, Opf., (Germany).

The aim of the award is to motivate preferentially young scientists (normally younger than 45) to perform research in the following areas:

-         pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of herbal medicinal products and their active principles

-         clinical research in the areas of respiratory tract infections, inflammation, women's health, and metabolic syndrome

-         safety and pharmacovigilance studies.

Scientists or research groups of universities and other non-commercial scientific institutions are entitled to apply.

Scientific publications on a specific topic which have been published during the last three years can be considered. They must be submitted together with a CV and a list of publications to the president of GA, Prof. Dr. Brigitte Kopp, Vienna, in electronic form (as CD in 5 copies) until April 20, 2009.

 

The Bionorica Phytoneering Award will be bestowed during the annual 57^th GA congress in Geneva, 16 – 20 Aug, 2009, (www.ga2009.org), the awarded scientific results shall be presented during the annual congress in a lecture of half an hour (detailed information here).

December, 2008
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Kopp,  GA president

Department  of Pharmacognosy
University of Vienna
Centre of Pharmacy
Althanstr. 14
A - 1090 Vienna, Austria
e-mail: brigitte.kopp@univie.ac.at