Announcements for 2012

Egon Stahl-Award in Bronze 2012

On the occasion of his 60^th 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 bronze medal and an award of € 1,500 will be given to young scholars up to the age of about thirty whose thesis was of outstanding quality. The prize will be awarded during the 60th International Congress (Joint Meeting with ASP, AFERP, PSE and SIF) and Annual Meeting of GA in New York, 28 July - 1 August 2012 (http://icnpr2012.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. Wolfgang Blaschek, Kiel, Germany. Nominations of oneself cannot be considered.

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 5 copies). Deadline for submissions is March 15, 2012.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Blaschek,  GA president

Documents to be sent to:

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Blaschek,  GA president
Pharmaceutical Biology
Institute of Pharmacy
University of Kiel
Gutenbergstraße 76
D - 24118 Kiel, Germany
e-mail: wbla@pharmazie.uni-kiel.de

Dr. Willmar Schwabe Award 2012 of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research

For the 4th time the Dr. Willmar Schwabe Award will be given in 2012. 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 10,000 € by the endowing sponsor Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH, Karlsruhe (Germany).

The aim of the award is to motivate preferentially young scientists (normally 40 years or younger) to resolve phytotherapeutical and phytopharmaceutical problems in an interdisciplinary approach, in order to support the evidence-based use of natural products.

Research groups and scientists of universities and other non-commercial scientific institutions are entitled to apply. Scientific applications to be nominated (consisting of up to three relevant scientific publications on a specific topic which have been published during the last three years, the CV(s) and the list(s) of publications) must be submitted to the president of GA - Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Blaschek, Kiel, Germany, in electronic form (as CD-Rs in five copies) until April 4, 2012.

The Dr. Willmar Schwabe Award will be bestowed during the 60th International Congress (Joint Meeting with ASP, AFERP, PSE and SIF) and Annual Meeting of GA in New York, 28 July - 1 August 2012 (http://icnpr2012.org). The awarded scientific results shall be presented during the congress.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Blaschek,  GA president
November, 2011

Documents to be sent to:

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Blaschek,  GA president
Pharmaceutical Biology
Institute of Pharmacy
University of Kiel
Gutenbergstraße 76
D - 24118 Kiel, Germany
e-mail: wbla@pharmazie.uni-kiel.de