This annual, international award endowed with Euro 75,000 is designed to recognise and reward young scientists at the outset of their career, promote innovation in biomedical research and encourage translation to benefits in human health.

To align with a key theme of the World Health Summit, the 2010 call is on: “Medicine in Transition – Novel Applications of Personalized Medicine in Chronic Diseases”. The scientist’s work should address questions of health care of a high global health impact and develop perspectives of clinical application of personalized treatment approaches for chronic deseases. The selection of the winner will be undertaken by a jury comprising deans of the M8 institutions and a senior Pfizer scientist. The announcement of the winner will be made at the World Health Summit 2010.

Eligibility
The award will be open to all research scientists who are:
1) Considered to be in the “training phase” of their careers, and
2) Currently working in an academic institution.

Application
The following documents are required:
1) Application Form including a field for the applicant´s Curriculum Vitae
2) Two Recommendation Letters

Please send the filled out form including your CV and the two Recommendation Letters to award2010@worldhealthsummit.org  

For further details, please contact: Dr. Mazda Adli at mazda.adli@charite.de 

Closing date for submission:  31 July 2010