ABCD & Merial Invite Applications For Their Young Scientist Award 2011

Application deadline 15 January 2011 The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for the ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2011. The ABCD and Merial Young Scientist Award, created in 2008 and worth €1000, is funded by Merial and is presented to a young scientist in veterinary or biomedical science. Candidates should have made an original contribution to the field of feline infectious diseases and/or immunology, which has been published or accepted for publication in a referenced journal (PubMed, Web of Science, Web of Knowledge), or accepted by another assessing body (e.g. a Thesis Committee) in 2009 or later. Candidates should be based in Europe (EU or EFTA country), have completed a veterinary or biomedical curriculum, and be 35 years of age or younger. Applications should be made in English in an electronic format and include a short abstract (max. 500 words) of the work the applicant wishes to submit, as well as a short curriculum vitae and two personal references. Any relevant publications and/or dissertation on the topic should be included. The deadline for submission is 15 January 2011. The award of €1000 is funded by Merial and will be presented by the ABCD at the congress of the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) to be held in Vienna (Austria) from 23 to 26 June 2011. The award winner will receive a complimentary registration to this congress. Return travel expenses and accommodation will also be covered to allow the laureate to attend the event. The winner is expected to give a short presentation of his/her findings at this event. The recipient of the ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2010, presented at the ISFM congress on 20 June in Amsterdam, was Dr William McEwan (Cambridge, UK), for his work on the species-specificity of the feline immunodeficiency virus. Application forms and detailed rules can be downloaded from the ABCD web site (www.abcd-vets.org) For further information, please contact Karin de Lange, ABCD secretary, [email protected]

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