Swiss Amgen Cardiology Research Award 2016

An Official Scientific Prize of the Swiss Society of Cardiology

Rules for entry:

• The Swiss Amgen Cardiology Research Award is awarded for original research work in cardiovascular disease.
• Prizes may be awarded for one or more research projects (to a maximum of three) provided that they are connected.
• The manuscripts should be published or accepted for publication in a recognised peerview journal. Consideration can be given only to work published in the year in which the prize is awarded or in the year immediately preceding or following it.
• Applicants should be the principal author of the work being submitted. Should several works be submitted, the applicant should be the principal author of at least one of them.
• Applicants must be under 40 years of age on the deadline for submission. They must be Swiss citizens or working in Switzerland. Swiss citizens may also sub- mit work carried out abroad provided that they are working in Switzerland at the time of the award.
• The prize will be awarded annually by the Swiss Society of Cardiology together with Amgen Switzerland AG, normally on the occasion of the Annual Confer- ence, but exceptionally at another event sponsored by the Society.
• The prize winners will be selected by a prize jury whose members will be nomi- nated by the Swiss Society of Cardiol- ogy. The jury will consist of a chairman, representatives of all Swiss universities, some members of the board of Swiss Society of Cardiology as well as interna- tional experts. Members of the jury will be elected for four years and may be re-elected. A representative of Amgen Switzerland AG will be included as an observer.
• The prize will be CHF 30 000, donated by Amgen Switzerland AG.
• The prize winner undertakes to use the prize money of CHF 30 000 exclusively to continue his or her research. The money may be used for salaries, equip- ment or disposable materials.

Applications should be submitted by April 3, 2016, by e-mail to: info@swisscardio.ch.

Further information: Swiss Society of Cardiology Karin Guldenfels Schwarztorstrasse 18, CH-3007 Bern

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