The British Society for Cardiovascular Research

BERNARD AND JOAN MARSHALL RESEARCH PRIZES

Nominations Sought

The Bernard and Joan Marshall Research Prizes are awarded annually for outstanding research by young scientists. The inaugural competition will be held in 2010. The prizes are supported by an endowment to the Society by the late Bernard and Joan Marshall.

The Prizes

The prizes are intended to reward excellence in research in any area of cardiovascular biology or medicine. There are two prizes:
  • The Bernard and Joan Marshall Young Investigator Prize (3000 euro)
  • The Bernard and Joan Marshall Research Excellence Prize (5000 euro)
Prizes, together with commemorative plaques, will be presented during the BSCR Autumn Meeting dinner.

Elegibility

There are no citizenship restrictions and applications are welcome from academia and the pharmaceutical industry. Applicants must be members of the BSCR or be in the process of applying for membership.

Candidates for the Young Investigator Prize are eligible if they are in training for a higher degree (PhD, DPhil, or MD) or received their higher degree no more than 3 years before July 1st 2010.

The Research Excellence Prize is for more established investigators, and candidates are eligible if they received their higher degree no more than 10 years before July 1st 2010.

Payment of each prize is contingent on the winner presenting a 20 minute talk at the BSCR Autumn meeting and submitting a short article describing their research interests and their award-winning work (of between 1500 and 3000 words) for publication in the BSCR Bulletin.

Application

Please submit by email attachment to the Chair of the BSCR (Chris Newman) the following four items:
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Covering letter justifying the application, including a summary of research achievements (max. 1500 words for the Young Investigator Prize, max. 3000 words for the Research Excellence Prize).
  • A full manuscript that is in preparation, or submitted, or is a PDF of a paper published after July 1 2009, relevant to the application.
  • A supporting letter from the research supervisor or Head of Department (as applicable) that briefly summarises the applicant's contribution to the research described.
It is expected that the applicants will have taken a major role in the work, and will be either first or senior author of the paper submitted for review.

The deadline for submission is July 1 2010.

Please note that any unpublished material presented will be treated with the strictest confidence, and that the material, whether unpublished or not, will not be published by the British Society for Cardiovascular Research, meaning that no copyright issues should arise as a consequence of entering the competition.

Judging and Announcement of Winners

The Committee of the Society will select the winners during the first two weeks of July 2010, and the winners will be contacted at the beginning of August in good time for them to make arrangements to attend the BSCR Autumn meeting.

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