Call for Applications

Best Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards

The Japan Society of Molecular Science (JSMolSci) presents “Best Presentation Awards at the Annual Meeting” and “Best Poster Awards at the Annual Meeting” to young JSMolSci members who give what are judged to be the best oral and poster presentations at the Annual Meeting.

1. Eligibility
Applicants for The Best Presentation Award must be
1) a member of JSMolSci.
2) either under the age of 33 on September 1, 2011, or enrolled as a student at the time of their presentation at the Annual Meeting.
3) the presenting author and the first author of an accepted oral presentation.

Applicants for The Best Poster Award must be
1) a member of the JSMolSci.
2) enrolled as a student at the time of their presentation at the Annual Meeting.
3) the presenting author and the first author of an accepted poster presentation.

2. Application
i) Applications are accepted at the website for the JSMolSci Annual Meeting.
ii) Only self-nominations are accepted.
iii) Applicants require their JSMolSci membership number to confirm the fulfillment of ‘Eligibility 1)’.
iv) Applicants should indicate their date of birth or student enrolment details to confirm the fulfillment of ‘Eligibility 2)’.
v) If the applicant has previously been awarded “The Best Presentation Award” or “The Best Poster Award” they must specify the differences between their present and previous work.

3. Deadline
June 13, 2011 (the same date as the application deadline for presentations).

4. Selection
Awardees are selected on the basis of their presentations at the Annual Meeting.
If there are a large number of applicants, they will be screened based on the submitted abstract.
* Depending on the number of applicants to the oral presentation, the organizers of the Annual Meeting may ask some applicants to change the presentation format from oral presentation to poster presentation. In that case, the type of award applied for will be changed accordingly.

5. Announcement
Awardees will be announced on the JSMolSci website within a month of the Annual Meeting.

6. Correspondence
Presentation Award： Akira Terasaki (Kyushu University）terasaki@chem.kyushu-univ.jp
Poster Award： Shinji Saito (Institute for Molecular Science）shinji@ims.ac.jp